Job summary
We are excited to be looking to appoint a Head of Dietetics, which will be a new post for the organisation. We are therefore seeking someone with energy and passion for their profession, who is ready to lead our team of dedicated and caring Dietitians and Support Workers.
Here at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are working to support the further development of our dietetics services, recognising that this group of professionals is challenged nationally, we want the important role they play in the care of our patients to be front and centre within the care pathway. We are looking to appoint an ambitious, forward-thinking, highly skilled and compassionate Dietitian to this role and would be please to speak to anyone interested in applying.
Additional working pattern details: Flexible working arrangements available
Main duties of the job
Lead the continual development and improvement of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service, Home Enteral Feed Team (HEFT) and SWMS to provide high quality patient care.
Ensure regular, robust, and reliable reporting on all aspect of the Dietetic and Nutrition, HEFT and SWMS care provision is available.
Assist the Chief AHP in the delivery of the Nutrition & Hydration Improvement Groups objectives.
Act as the expert for nutrition and hydration for the Trust and partner organisations.
Ensure collaborative working between the Dietetic Service, the wider MDT and Gloucester Managed Services is maintained and updated as appropriate, in relation to nutrition and hydration.
About us
The service is currently split into three main elements, the Nutrition and Dietetics service, Home Enteral Feed Team (HEFT), and Specialist Weight Management service (SWMS), numbering over 60 staff members, working across two large acute sites within inpatient, outpatients and the community.
Our Nutrition and Dietetics Service covers 8 specialties across both sites (Bariatrics, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology/Stroke, Nutrition Support Team and Paediatrics). Our teams work within their specialist multidisciplinary teams to provide the best level of care to our patients we can.
The HEFT service was established in the county in 2000 and has steadily grown to be considered one of the leading HEFT services in the country. Growth has not just been in the team size, but there has been significant growth in the patient numbers and especially patient complexity. Patients are mainly seen on domiciliary visits anywhere in the county, providing they are registered with a Gloucestershire GP and is funded by the Integrated Care Board (ICB). The team has recently gained significant investment into the service from the ICB in order to grow to meet this growing demand.
Although the smaller of the three arms of the Dietetic workforce, our SWMS dietitians work together with our Clinical Psychology colleagues in a single multi-professional team, currently providing care to patients within tier 3 of this service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Head of Dietetics will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality nutritional and dietetic care, achieving this by:
Leading operational delivery of all dietetic services within GHFT (including acute, outpatient and community settings).
Aligning the development of the nutrition and dietetic service with all appropriate strategic drivers to develop and enhance the service.
Ensuring robust and appropriate governance exists within the nutrition and dietetics services, which maps into divisional and Trust governance frameworks.
Holding responsibility for day-to-day line management of the senior dietitians within the Nutrition and Dietetic Service, HEFT and SWMS, with overall accountability for all Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, administrative and other clinical staff (including appraisals, supervision, absence management and education).
Holding budgetary responsibility and oversight of all Dietetic services; dynamically manging this as appropriate to ensure quality and cost effectiveness are delivered within budget.
Providing appropriate professional and clinical leadership to all Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, administrative and other clinical staff.
Working collaboratively with wider multidisciplinary colleagues to align services appropriately to provide high quality care.
Leading the dietetic team to work collaboratively to, ensure sustainable outcomes and support the delivery of divisional and Trust objectives.
Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to achieve project deliverables.
Ensuring lifelong learning and leadership at all levels are part of the culture among members of the service, which extends to all members of the department, including students.
Support the development of a culture which encourages all team members to participate/lead research programmes, applying evidence gained to inform developments in clinical delivery.
Assisting the Chief AHP in the leadership of the Nutrition and Hydration Improvement Group to ensure delivery of its current and future objectives.
Act as an expert point of contact for nutrition and dietetics for internal and external stakeholders.
Work strategically within the organisation as well as across the ICS, region and where appropriate nationally to continually imbed and share best practice for the benefit of colleagues and service users.
Actively and positively ensure safeguarding is everybodys business by leading and supporting the departments adherence to Trust policies and procedures on safeguarding and to undertake the appropriate level of mandatory in-service training in this area.
Additional Contact Details
For further information around the role please contact either:
Simon Lovett - Chief Allied Health Professional
Jessica Dixon Director of Operations - Diagnostics and Specialities
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Head of Dietetics will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality nutritional and dietetic care, achieving this by:
Leading operational delivery of all dietetic services within GHFT (including acute, outpatient and community settings).
Aligning the development of the nutrition and dietetic service with all appropriate strategic drivers to develop and enhance the service.
Ensuring robust and appropriate governance exists within the nutrition and dietetics services, which maps into divisional and Trust governance frameworks.
Holding responsibility for day-to-day line management of the senior dietitians within the Nutrition and Dietetic Service, HEFT and SWMS, with overall accountability for all Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, administrative and other clinical staff (including appraisals, supervision, absence management and education).
Holding budgetary responsibility and oversight of all Dietetic services; dynamically manging this as appropriate to ensure quality and cost effectiveness are delivered within budget.
Providing appropriate professional and clinical leadership to all Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, administrative and other clinical staff.
Working collaboratively with wider multidisciplinary colleagues to align services appropriately to provide high quality care.
Leading the dietetic team to work collaboratively to, ensure sustainable outcomes and support the delivery of divisional and Trust objectives.
Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to achieve project deliverables.
Ensuring lifelong learning and leadership at all levels are part of the culture among members of the service, which extends to all members of the department, including students.
Support the development of a culture which encourages all team members to participate/lead research programmes, applying evidence gained to inform developments in clinical delivery.
Assisting the Chief AHP in the leadership of the Nutrition and Hydration Improvement Group to ensure delivery of its current and future objectives.
Act as an expert point of contact for nutrition and dietetics for internal and external stakeholders.
Work strategically within the organisation as well as across the ICS, region and where appropriate nationally to continually imbed and share best practice for the benefit of colleagues and service users.
Actively and positively ensure safeguarding is everybodys business by leading and supporting the departments adherence to Trust policies and procedures on safeguarding and to undertake the appropriate level of mandatory in-service training in this area.
Additional Contact Details
For further information around the role please contact either:
Simon Lovett - Chief Allied Health Professional
Jessica Dixon Director of Operations - Diagnostics and Specialities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- United Kingdom recognised degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Active registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Completed or working towards Masters level Degree or equivalent
Desirable
- Formal Leadership/managerial qualification
- Member of special interest group
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of dietetic leadership at a senior level
- Experience of leading change
- Experience of leading across boundaries (other organisations / professions)
- Expert in Chosen Specialty
- Significant budgetary and financial management
- Experience of management of team
- Understanding of key health policy on impact of care provision
- Experience of writing and presenting reports
Desirable
- Experience of Teaching/Learning and Education Development
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team, service leads, executive leads and educational colleagues
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout the team, service and wider trust
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Demonstrates ability to question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient and staff care, health and wellbeing are continually evaluated and improved.
- Tenacity to pursue goals energetically and succeed despite resistance
- Strong, professional leadership qualities, assertive and self-confident individual
- Ability to lead, manage and motivate all staff within sphere of responsibility
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence Healthcare delivery for clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Knowledge of health service policy, change management and workforce re-design
Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and self-aware
- Creative and Flexible
- Resilient under pressure
- Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Trust values
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- United Kingdom recognised degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Active registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
- Completed or working towards Masters level Degree or equivalent
Desirable
- Formal Leadership/managerial qualification
- Member of special interest group
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of dietetic leadership at a senior level
- Experience of leading change
- Experience of leading across boundaries (other organisations / professions)
- Expert in Chosen Specialty
- Significant budgetary and financial management
- Experience of management of team
- Understanding of key health policy on impact of care provision
- Experience of writing and presenting reports
Desirable
- Experience of Teaching/Learning and Education Development
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team, service leads, executive leads and educational colleagues
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout the team, service and wider trust
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Demonstrates ability to question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient and staff care, health and wellbeing are continually evaluated and improved.
- Tenacity to pursue goals energetically and succeed despite resistance
- Strong, professional leadership qualities, assertive and self-confident individual
- Ability to lead, manage and motivate all staff within sphere of responsibility
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence Healthcare delivery for clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Knowledge of health service policy, change management and workforce re-design
Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and self-aware
- Creative and Flexible
- Resilient under pressure
- Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Trust values
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).
