Job summary
Are you a newly qualified dietitian or an existing band 5 dietitian with an interest in nutritional support?
We have a vacancy for a Band 5 rotational dietitian to join our experienced and friendly team of dietitians and dietetic support staff. This role offers the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of nutrition support including short and long term enteral feeding, supporting patients pre and post-surgery and those with long-term respiratory support needs. You will have your own caseload the majority of which will be inpatient facing.
As part of your role, you will contribute to audits, service development and publication of articles and abstracts to build your CPD portfolio. We have access to a range of CPD opportunities both internally and external nutrition related conferences such as BAPEN.
We have an established student training programme in which you will be involved.
Royal Papworth Hospital prioritises staff wellbeing and benefits of working here include free tea and coffee, subsidised restaurant and travel, and a climate-controlled building.
This is a permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide comprehensive dietetic service to Royal Papworth Hospital Trust as part of the Nutrition and Dietetic team. You will have responsibility for providing prehab and rehab nutritional support to a selection of wards as part of a rotation, that could include cardiac and thoracic surgical wards, cardiology wards, respiratory wards and outpatients and day-case settings. You will be involved in delivering relevant nutrition education sessions to staff as required.
You will provide support to other areas of the dietetic service during absence of colleagues such as transplant, respiratory support and sleep centre and cystic fibrosis after additional training and achievement of dietetic competencies in these areas.
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 & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & 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 & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
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 include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and 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
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 include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC recognised BSc/ MSc Degree in Dietetics eligible for registration.
Desirable
- Current Registration with HCPC
- Member of BDA
Experience
Essential
- Clinical pillar
- Previous experience of nutrition support in clinical practice placements.
- Experience of working face to face with patients and public
- Good communication skills, ability to liaise with professionals at all levels and discuss complex patient cases.
- Leadership pillar
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise own workload.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Education pillar
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering group education sessions
- Self-motivated and willingness to learn.
Desirable
- Clinical pillar
- 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
- Computer literacy
- Education pillar
- Experience of student training.
- Research pillar
- Knowledge of clinical audit and how its principles may be applied in practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
- Highly motivated and committed to personal development and service improvement.
- Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience, and reflection.
- Enthusiasm and commitment to dietetics.
- Flexible attitude to service delivery.
- Willing to seek advice where necessary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC recognised BSc/ MSc Degree in Dietetics eligible for registration.
Desirable
- Current Registration with HCPC
- Member of BDA
Experience
Essential
- Clinical pillar
- Previous experience of nutrition support in clinical practice placements.
- Experience of working face to face with patients and public
- Good communication skills, ability to liaise with professionals at all levels and discuss complex patient cases.
- Leadership pillar
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise own workload.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Education pillar
- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering group education sessions
- Self-motivated and willingness to learn.
Desirable
- Clinical pillar
- 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
- Computer literacy
- Education pillar
- Experience of student training.
- Research pillar
- Knowledge of clinical audit and how its principles may be applied in practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.
- Highly motivated and committed to personal development and service improvement.
- Able to demonstrate professionalism, resilience, and reflection.
- Enthusiasm and commitment to dietetics.
- Flexible attitude to service delivery.
- Willing to seek advice where necessary.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
