Job summary
Are you looking to further develop your Dietetic career in Gastroenterology? We are looking for an experienced and proactive dietitian with excellent clinical, communication, team-working and leadership skills. You will lead the Adult Gastroenterology Dietetic service at City Campus which includes both gastroenterology outpatients and related inpatient areas. Funding is available for 1WTE however part time working and flexible working would be considered.
Main duties of the job
Your clinical caseload in gastroenterology and nutritional support will include provision of dietetic leadership to the multi-professional nutrition team, which reviews patients on parenteral nutrition (outside of critical care) and providing dietetic advice and treatment to a shared caseload of outpatients with gastrointestinal disorders including Coeliac disease, functional bowel disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. We are also working to incorporate the dietetic input to the Allergy service within the Gastroenterology dietetic team and your outpatient caseload will include some clinics working with patients referred from this service. You will provide clinical leadership to dietitians working in gastroenterology and surgery on City campus and work to develop and improve services together with other Highly Specialist Dietitians in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. You will be supported by a Specialist Clinical Dietitian in Gastroenterology, a Specialist Clinical Dietitian in Intestinal Failure and Therapy Service Managers for Dietetics. You will be part of a large team working in a range of other specialities which includes dietitians, dietetic technicians and dietetic assistants, and will support the Team Leader to ensure effective and efficient service delivery, promote staff development and wellbeing, as well as providing expert knowledge and support for dietetic colleagues and for the management team.
About us
We are a large and friendly department of around 100 staff including assistants and technicians providing dietetic and nutrition support across all areas of the Trust and beyond.
As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS. The Dietetic service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver high quality care.
We are committed to continuing professional development for all our staff through a range of opportunities that include recognised training courses, involvement in service development and audit. We have close links with the University of Nottingham, we take student dietitians for their placements and have supported our staff to undertake research training to PhD level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced dietitian with relevant clinical experience, leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to take forward this part of the dietetic service. Higher education (i.e. MSc level modules or above) is desirable. Please refer to the job description attached.
Main responsibilities:
To lead the team in the operational management of the Gastroenterology Dietetic service and contribute to the strategic development of the service.
To take responsibility for highly developed clinical reasoning in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and therapy management.
To monitor the performance of all staff within the clinical speciality.
To ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through the training and development of staff.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the service provided and ensure improvements are implemented (in liaison with the Therapy Services Manager).
To be responsible for identifying training needs of yourself and your team in line with Trust and Departmental objectives. To ensure that staff are aware of the need to maintain ongoing competence of all staff undertaking out of hours work where applicable. To provide training and support to cover out of hours work within your area.
This job will require working with inpatients therefore you will be required to wear the appropriate level of PPE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced dietitian with relevant clinical experience, leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to take forward this part of the dietetic service. Higher education (i.e. MSc level modules or above) is desirable. Please refer to the job description attached.
Main responsibilities:
To lead the team in the operational management of the Gastroenterology Dietetic service and contribute to the strategic development of the service.
To take responsibility for highly developed clinical reasoning in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and therapy management.
To monitor the performance of all staff within the clinical speciality.
To ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through the training and development of staff.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the service provided and ensure improvements are implemented (in liaison with the Therapy Services Manager).
To be responsible for identifying training needs of yourself and your team in line with Trust and Departmental objectives. To ensure that staff are aware of the need to maintain ongoing competence of all staff undertaking out of hours work where applicable. To provide training and support to cover out of hours work within your area.
This job will require working with inpatients therefore you will be required to wear the appropriate level of PPE.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Requires specialist knowledge for area of responsibility
- Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty (eg either obtained MSc or completed modules
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Desirable
- Higher Qualification (MSC or above)
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience, including wide exposure to different specialties and/or experiences at Band 6 in relevant specialty
- Experience of management of performance and sickness of staff and participation in recruitment of new staff to maximize workforce potential
- Experience in evaluation of evidence based practice, audit, service development and benchmarking
- Experience in use of appropriate outcome measures
Desirable
- Previous Experiece as a team leader dietitian
- Experiece of working in different clinical settings
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training
- Participation and leading /organising in-service training programmes
- Presention skills to groups of up to 25
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
- Able to communicate complex condition related information to patients, relatives/carers and other clinical/social care staff where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. language barriers, speech, cognitive problems
- To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy in performance management of staff
- Able to maintain accurate and comprehensive treatment records in line with the trust policy and departmental procedures
Analytical and judgement
Essential
- Ability to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
- Ability to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options including clinical and strategic issues
- Assess and manage risk in own area
- Evaluation of clinical and non-clinical interventions of self and your team
- Ability to collate information to identify trends and inform service development e.g. use of spreadsheets, computer generated workload stats.
- Ability to prepare annual review of services
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload of your self and your team, including daily tasks and longer term planning despite interruptions and changing priorities
- Effective delegation
Physical skill
Essential
- Basic keyboard skills including the inputting of data
- Ability to use a range of medical devices, some of which require dexterity and accuracy
Other
Essential
- Undertake out of hours duties as required. Maintain competence in nutritional support skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Requires specialist knowledge for area of responsibility
- Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty (eg either obtained MSc or completed modules
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Desirable
- Higher Qualification (MSC or above)
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience, including wide exposure to different specialties and/or experiences at Band 6 in relevant specialty
- Experience of management of performance and sickness of staff and participation in recruitment of new staff to maximize workforce potential
- Experience in evaluation of evidence based practice, audit, service development and benchmarking
- Experience in use of appropriate outcome measures
Desirable
- Previous Experiece as a team leader dietitian
- Experiece of working in different clinical settings
Communication skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training
- Participation and leading /organising in-service training programmes
- Presention skills to groups of up to 25
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
- Able to communicate complex condition related information to patients, relatives/carers and other clinical/social care staff where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. language barriers, speech, cognitive problems
- To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy in performance management of staff
- Able to maintain accurate and comprehensive treatment records in line with the trust policy and departmental procedures
Analytical and judgement
Essential
- Ability to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
- Ability to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options including clinical and strategic issues
- Assess and manage risk in own area
- Evaluation of clinical and non-clinical interventions of self and your team
- Ability to collate information to identify trends and inform service development e.g. use of spreadsheets, computer generated workload stats.
- Ability to prepare annual review of services
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload of your self and your team, including daily tasks and longer term planning despite interruptions and changing priorities
- Effective delegation
Physical skill
Essential
- Basic keyboard skills including the inputting of data
- Ability to use a range of medical devices, some of which require dexterity and accuracy
Other
Essential
- Undertake out of hours duties as required. Maintain competence in nutritional support skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).