Job summary
This new post provides an opportunity to lead the acute dietetic team at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. You provide the leadership and operational management of the dietetic and support team providing in and out-patient adult dietetic services from the Pilgrim Hospital site.
You will communicate well and at a high level to support the team to deliver high quality clinical care. You will work closely with the Site Lead Dietitian.
You will continue to manage a clinical caseload within an agreed speciality.
Main duties of the job
Support Pilgrim dietetics team to provide a service to adult patients requiring dietetic care and support in the hospital, including inpatients and outpatients. The clinical caseload of the post-holder will include patients from these groups.
To provide a specialist, cost efficient and high quality nutrition and dietetic service to hospital in patients and outpatients working closely others involved in the care of these patients and in accordance with local and national guidance.
Provision of day to day management and ensuring appropriate levels of supervision and appraisal are in place for staff within the clinical team.
Manage staff rosters.
To contribute to the development and evaluation of the post.
Work with the Site or Trust Lead in order to manage the Dietetic Service performance within the area of speciality.
To provide advice on the appropriate use of specialist dietary products, equipment, feeding tubes, their care and possible complications.
To contribute to, initiate and develop Trust policies and procedures relevant to the patient demographic evidencing evidence based best practice.
To provide assessments of nutritional status and reduce the risk of malnutrition in the caseload.
To provide training on relevant dietetic topics for patients, carers and staff members.
About us
What's the hospital like?
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the new medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
Louth Hospital is set on the edge of the Wolds and serves the communities of Louth and the local area. It provides day case surgery, outpatients, and x-ray and endoscopy services
If you want to make a difference and be part of something new and exciting then we would love to hear from you so, what are you waiting for?!
"Excellence in rural healthcare", delivered by people who put patients at the heart of everything they do
One Trust,Endless opportunities
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment of nutritional diagnosis, taking into account medical condition, environment and lifestyle using highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
To work in partnership with the patients and/ or carers to develop, implement and review nutritional plans based on a complex analysis of clinical nutritional aspects, including biochemistry, anthropometry, the patients clinical profile and considering the patients distress and the financial implications of the plan. Devise means to evaluate progress towards goals.
To supervise the clinical practice of members of the team ensuring high standards of clinical care. To undertake and provide clinical supervision sessions according to local policy.
To undertake governance activities, including: induction, supervision, appraisal, negotiating personal development plans, mandatory training, health and safety, risk management and audit and manage this within the clinical team.
To lead on recruitment within the team.
To work collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Trust and with external agencies.
Identify the training needs for a wide range of health care professionals (e.g. dietitians, doctors, nursing staff, healthcare assistants, catering, carers, patients). Organise and provide the training as required.
To support Dietetic student placements.
To identify the team training and development needs and promote ongoing professional development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment of nutritional diagnosis, taking into account medical condition, environment and lifestyle using highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
To work in partnership with the patients and/ or carers to develop, implement and review nutritional plans based on a complex analysis of clinical nutritional aspects, including biochemistry, anthropometry, the patients clinical profile and considering the patients distress and the financial implications of the plan. Devise means to evaluate progress towards goals.
To supervise the clinical practice of members of the team ensuring high standards of clinical care. To undertake and provide clinical supervision sessions according to local policy.
To undertake governance activities, including: induction, supervision, appraisal, negotiating personal development plans, mandatory training, health and safety, risk management and audit and manage this within the clinical team.
To lead on recruitment within the team.
To work collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Trust and with external agencies.
Identify the training needs for a wide range of health care professionals (e.g. dietitians, doctors, nursing staff, healthcare assistants, catering, carers, patients). Organise and provide the training as required.
To support Dietetic student placements.
To identify the team training and development needs and promote ongoing professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Specialist post registration training relevant to specialty
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- Training in coaching or motivational interviewing
- Training in clinical supervisory skills
- Evidence of MSc level study
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at Band 6 level or above demonstrating the ability to work on own initiative.
- Recent experience within a hospital based dietetic speciality
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance
- Experience in delivering training sessions
- Previous experience in conducting audits
Desirable
- Experience of service development
- Experience of supervising staff and / or students
- Evidence of involvement in organisations which support the clinical area e.g. BDA Specialist groups
Particular knowledge and skills
Essential
- Very good knowledge of Dietetic practice within a relevant clinical speciality
- Good basic knowledge of dietetic practice in areas other than relevant speciality
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Excellent, well developed written and verbal communication skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work using own initiative and meet deadlines
- Team Leadership skills and ability to work well within a team
- Well-developed problem solving skills
- Ability to work well within the MDT
Desirable
- Critical Appraisal
- Sound knowledge of nutritional support and artificial feeding
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Specialist post registration training relevant to specialty
Desirable
- Leadership or management qualification
- Training in coaching or motivational interviewing
- Training in clinical supervisory skills
- Evidence of MSc level study
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at Band 6 level or above demonstrating the ability to work on own initiative.
- Recent experience within a hospital based dietetic speciality
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance
- Experience in delivering training sessions
- Previous experience in conducting audits
Desirable
- Experience of service development
- Experience of supervising staff and / or students
- Evidence of involvement in organisations which support the clinical area e.g. BDA Specialist groups
Particular knowledge and skills
Essential
- Very good knowledge of Dietetic practice within a relevant clinical speciality
- Good basic knowledge of dietetic practice in areas other than relevant speciality
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Excellent, well developed written and verbal communication skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work using own initiative and meet deadlines
- Team Leadership skills and ability to work well within a team
- Well-developed problem solving skills
- Ability to work well within the MDT
Desirable
- Critical Appraisal
- Sound knowledge of nutritional support and artificial feeding
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
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).
