Dietitian - Band 5

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a newly qualified dietitian, or graduating later this year? Are you looking to return to practice or an existing band 5 dietitian searching for an exciting new role to enhance your skills and advance your career?

We have recently expanded our dietetic service. This means we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 dietitian to join our experienced and friendly team of dietitians, dietetic assistant and dietetic practitioner. This role offers the opportunity to work within the specialist areas of cardiac and thoracic surgery, cardiology and long-term respiratory medicine.

We have an established student training programme in which you will be involved and there are opportunities to contribute to audits, service development and publication of articles and abstracts to build your CPD portfolio.

This role is full time 37.5 hours per week for a fixed term of 2 years. Please note that student dietitians approaching the end of their training are welcome to apply and we can start pre registration candidates as Band 4 until HCPC registration is secured.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a comprehensive dietetic service to the surgical and medical wards at Royal Papworth Hospital Trust as part of the Nutrition and Dietetic team.

The successful applicant will be responsible for a selection of wards that includes cardiac and thoracic surgical wards, cardiology wards, respiratory wards and outpatients and day-case settings providing prehab and rehab nutrition support to patients. There is experienced support available for you to learn specialist dietetic skills in clinical areas such as heart and lung transplant, the management of rare conditions such as chylothorax and ataxia telangiectasia, cystic fibrosis and complex tube feeding.

You will develop and take part in staff and patient teaching, support band 3/4 dietetic assistants in terms of senior advice and be involved in the training of student dietitians.

There is the opportunity for the successful applicant to attend relevant study days and conferences and take part in audit and research projects.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge.

We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future.

Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today.

The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence and collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions.

Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality. The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

18 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9175-2324-2-NS3820

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration and associated behaviour standard at all times.
Highly motivated and committed to personal development and service improvement.
Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience, and reflection.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of nutrition support.
Experience of co-ordinating and delivering group education sessions
Experience of working face to face with patients and public.

Desirable

Previous experience of outpatient clinics / surgical pathways and working in an acute setting.
Experience of producing a simple Dietetic resource such as a diet sheet / poster.

Professional Registration

Desirable

Current Registration with HCPC ( NB B4 employment can be started whilst waiting for HCPC).
Member of BDA.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

Essential

Good communication skills, ability to liaise with professionals at all levels and discuss complex patient cases.
Organisational skills and ability to prioritise own workload.
Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
Self-motivated and willingness to learn.

Desirable

Presentation skills to groups.
Computer literacy.
Knowledge of clinical audit and how its principles may be applied in practice.

Others

Essential

Enthusiasm and commitment to dietetics.
Flexible attitude to service delivery.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trusts values Compassion Excellence Collaboration and associated behaviour standard at all times.
Highly motivated and committed to personal development and service improvement.
Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience, and reflection.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of nutrition support.
Experience of co-ordinating and delivering group education sessions
Experience of working face to face with patients and public.

Desirable

Previous experience of outpatient clinics / surgical pathways and working in an acute setting.
Experience of producing a simple Dietetic resource such as a diet sheet / poster.

Professional Registration

Desirable

Current Registration with HCPC ( NB B4 employment can be started whilst waiting for HCPC).
Member of BDA.

Knowledge, Skills & Ability

Essential

Good communication skills, ability to liaise with professionals at all levels and discuss complex patient cases.
Organisational skills and ability to prioritise own workload.
Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
Self-motivated and willingness to learn.

Desirable

Presentation skills to groups.
Computer literacy.
Knowledge of clinical audit and how its principles may be applied in practice.

Others

Essential

Enthusiasm and commitment to dietetics.
Flexible attitude to service delivery.

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.