Highly Specialist Learning Disability Dietitian

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced dietitian with excellent clinical and team-working skills to join the Learning Disabilities (LD) Service in Blackcountry Community Healthcare Trust , but employed by and part of the Dudley Group Foundation Trust, Community Dietitians Team based at Stourbridge Health and Social Care Centre .

If successful, you will work as a Highly Specialist LD dietitian to provide a safe, effective, and evidence-based dietetic service to the community patients with learning disabilities.

You will work as an integral member of the LD multidisciplinary team assessing, advising, managing and rehabilitating patients with complex nutritional and social needs. Your team-working, leadership, supervision and communication skills will be invaluable, as well as your ability to work autonomously to manage your caseload.

Main duties of the job

This role involves providing a highly specialised dietetic advice to adults with a learning disabilities and dysphagia. This post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary teams looking after these patients/clients.

This role will provide you with excellent professional and personal development opportunities. You will be required to lead on the development and implementation of patient-centred nutritional management pathways and other service improvement initiatives for patients Learning Disabilities. You will also have the opportunity to be involved with dietetic student placements, multidisciplinary team nutrition training, audit and the development of the wider dietetic service.

We are a friendly, supportive and innovative department with a commitment to patient-centred care and best practice. If this sounds like an exciting step within your career, then we look forward to receiving your application.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what's available for you here at The Dudley Group

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible

Date posted

15 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

253-0923-5622949

Job locations

Stourbridge health and social care centre

John Corbett Drive

Stourbridge

DY8 4JB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the details attached including the job description and person specifications for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the details attached including the job description and person specifications for this post.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc or post graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Membership of British Dietetic Association
  • Member of Special Interest Group relevant to this post

Eperience and skills

Essential

  • Extensive post-graduate experience in a range of clinical areas
  • Good Knowledge and experience in managing patients with nutrition related conditions such as malnutrition, dysphagia and home enteral tube feeding
  • Ability to manage large, busy and complex caseload
  • Accurate anthropometric and measurement skills

Desirable

  • PENG course or post registration training

Communication and Team working

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - articulate in all forms
  • Ability to communicate effectively with other members of the MDT
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc or post graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Membership of British Dietetic Association
  • Member of Special Interest Group relevant to this post

Eperience and skills

Essential

  • Extensive post-graduate experience in a range of clinical areas
  • Good Knowledge and experience in managing patients with nutrition related conditions such as malnutrition, dysphagia and home enteral tube feeding
  • Ability to manage large, busy and complex caseload
  • Accurate anthropometric and measurement skills

Desirable

  • PENG course or post registration training

Communication and Team working

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - articulate in all forms
  • Ability to communicate effectively with other members of the MDT

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stourbridge health and social care centre

John Corbett Drive

Stourbridge

DY8 4JB


Employer's website

https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stourbridge health and social care centre

John Corbett Drive

Stourbridge

DY8 4JB


Employer's website

https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Community AHP Services Lead

Frances Pons

frances.pons@nhs.net

01384323749

Date posted

15 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

253-0923-5622949

Job locations

Stourbridge health and social care centre

John Corbett Drive

Stourbridge

DY8 4JB


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