Job summary
Band 7 Clinical Lead Dietitian/Deputy Team Manager
Full-time (37.5hrs/week)
We are pleased to announce an exciting vacancy for a dedicated, enthusiastic, Band 7 Clinical Lead Dietitian/Deputy Team Manager to join the well-established Physical Health Allied Health Professions (AHP) Team at West London NHS Trust. This post is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Dietitian wishing to gain further leadership and management experience whilst also holding a clinically varied caseload. The post holder will be responsible for the line management of the two Band 6 and one Band 5 dietitians, that work within mental health services of the Trust, therefore some line management and/or supervisory experience would be useful. They will also provide clinical supervision to an additional Band 6 working in high secure services to ensure consistent care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about delivering high quality, evidence-based physical health care to a mental health patient group with an aim of person-centred care. The successful candidate will be responsible for offering high quality, thorough dietetic assessments and interventions to a caseload whilst also leading and continuing to develop the Dietetic provision for our mental health services including Acute Mental Health Services, Older People's Mental Health Services, West London Forensic Service and Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIS).
The position will be based at St Bernard's Hospital, Southall but travel across our other in-patient and community sites in Ealing, Southall, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow will be essential. Previous experience of working with people who have mental illness, learning disability or behavioural difficulties is highly desirable but not essential. We will be flexible on which areas of our caseloads are covered by this role, and will agree on a caseload, based on the skills/experience and preferences of the successful candidate, alongside the needs of the service.
About us
There are constant opportunities for joint working with multidisciplinary colleagues both within the team and across the wider services. The successful candidate will join the well-regarded, supportive and friendly Physical Health AHP team including Dietitians, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists, in addition to the wider ward-based/community multidisciplinary teams. The Physical Health Allied Health Professions (AHP) Team is ultimately striving to ensure all mental health service users receive excellent integrated physical and mental healthcare. Use of outcome measures is considered essential for measuring effectiveness of interventions and the team proactively engage in audit, quality improvement and research activities alongside this.
The Band 7 Clinical Lead Dietitian/Deputy Team Manager will be supported by the Physical Health AHP Team Manager and will deputise in the absence along with peers from Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy. Regular clinical supervision, appraisal, involvement in quality improvement projects and training opportunities will be provided.
Various continuing Professional development (CPD) and service development opportunities are available and include:
- A comprehensive Trust induction and Local departmental induction
- Regular in-service CPD sessions
- Extensive learning and development opportunities including Leadership & Management programmes, Quality improvement, and dietetics-specific courses
Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust Values
The post holder will:
- Togetherness: Ensure teamwork, mutual respect and trust sit at the heart of everything we do here. Our service users and their carers are an integral part of the team
- Responsibility: Ensure when we say were going to do something, we do it. We dont leave it to someone else to do. Our service users are responsible for engaging in their treatment.
- Excellence: Ensure we strive for excellence in everything we do. Good enough is simply not good enough. Excellent is better. The safety of our service users and our team is our number one priority.
- Caring: Ensure caring means more than showing compassion to our service users and each other. Its also about having a can-do attitude, stepping up and caring to be the best we can. Because we care, we give praise when its due.
Job Summary:
- To provide clinical leadership, and professional management to the dietitians of the Physical Health AHPs Team, and professional supervision to dietitian in high secure service.
- To provide the deputy team manager role for the Physical Health AHP Team and act up in the absence of the team manager.
- To have responsibility for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users and their carers are maintained at all times, and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence based practice by all dietitians in the Physical Health AHP Team and in high secure services.
- Professionally accountable for own caseload, working autonomously.
- To have responsibility for implementing, monitoring and auditing systems to ensure effective and timely appraisal, clinical supervision and training for all dietetic staff within the Physical Health AHP Team.
- To lead clinical audit, development of professional practice, quality improvement and service development in own area.
- To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
- To promote at all times a positive image of the Physical Health AHP Team and the wider Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust Values
The post holder will:
- Togetherness: Ensure teamwork, mutual respect and trust sit at the heart of everything we do here. Our service users and their carers are an integral part of the team
- Responsibility: Ensure when we say were going to do something, we do it. We dont leave it to someone else to do. Our service users are responsible for engaging in their treatment.
- Excellence: Ensure we strive for excellence in everything we do. Good enough is simply not good enough. Excellent is better. The safety of our service users and our team is our number one priority.
- Caring: Ensure caring means more than showing compassion to our service users and each other. Its also about having a can-do attitude, stepping up and caring to be the best we can. Because we care, we give praise when its due.
Job Summary:
- To provide clinical leadership, and professional management to the dietitians of the Physical Health AHPs Team, and professional supervision to dietitian in high secure service.
- To provide the deputy team manager role for the Physical Health AHP Team and act up in the absence of the team manager.
- To have responsibility for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of service users and their carers are maintained at all times, and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence based practice by all dietitians in the Physical Health AHP Team and in high secure services.
- Professionally accountable for own caseload, working autonomously.
- To have responsibility for implementing, monitoring and auditing systems to ensure effective and timely appraisal, clinical supervision and training for all dietetic staff within the Physical Health AHP Team.
- To lead clinical audit, development of professional practice, quality improvement and service development in own area.
- To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
- To promote at all times a positive image of the Physical Health AHP Team and the wider Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- B.Sc. (hons.) in Dietetics or post graduate diploma in Dietetics
- Post graduate training to MSc level or equivalent in a relevant subject
- Registration with HCPC
- British Dietetic Association accredited course(s) in relevant specialist area
- Certificate in Food Hygiene (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale)
- Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (or willingness to undertake within an agreed timescale)
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association and the Specialist Mental Health Group
- BDA Clinical Supervisory Skills course
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience in own service area
- Experience of leading quality improvement activities
- Participation in service development
- Experience of leading clinical governance activities including clinical audit
- Participation in research and development
- Substantial experience in clinical supervision of staff
Desirable
- Experience of line management
- Experience of budget management
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- B.Sc. (hons.) in Dietetics or post graduate diploma in Dietetics
- Post graduate training to MSc level or equivalent in a relevant subject
- Registration with HCPC
- British Dietetic Association accredited course(s) in relevant specialist area
- Certificate in Food Hygiene (or willingness to undertake within agreed timescale)
- Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (or willingness to undertake within an agreed timescale)
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association and the Specialist Mental Health Group
- BDA Clinical Supervisory Skills course
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience in own service area
- Experience of leading quality improvement activities
- Participation in service development
- Experience of leading clinical governance activities including clinical audit
- Participation in research and development
- Substantial experience in clinical supervision of staff
Desirable
- Experience of line management
- Experience of budget management
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).
Additional information
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).
