Job summary
This role, based at Bedford Hospital, is an exciting opportunity to specialise in gastroenterology and nutrition support within the community. The post holder will provide specialist dietetic input for patients within North and Mid Bedfordshire and will cover specialist gastroenterology clinics, home enteral feeding, community clinics and home visits. The post holder will also provide support for less experienced dietitians and non-qualified staff, within the community team. This is a specialist role and requires excellent time management skills.
The community team have full access to remote working, with all patient notes on SystemOne. You will receive a laptop and mobile phone to support this.
The post holder will also form strong links with the hospital gastroenterology dietetic team, who will provide clinical supervision and support in the area of gastroenterology. The community team work closely together with regular meetings, CPD sessions and networking opportunities with the wider dietetic team.
Main duties of the job
The community dietetic team are based at Bedford Hospital, enabling us to liaise with the acute dietitians and other specialist dietetic teams, providing seamless patient care.
Other specialist dietetic teams include gastroenterology, oncology, obesity, diabetes and paediatrics. Ad hoc support and clinical supervision is always available across the teams. We take your professional development and areas of interest seriously, encouraging both internal and external CPD, including a structured feedback programme within the department.We enjoy training and assessing student dietitians from the University of Hertfordshire. Audit and service improvement are key to meeting the rising demands on our services. The department has good access to IT support and operates a flexi time system.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
1. To manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology patients who require home enteral nutrition. Including providing advice on tube care, administration of feeds and ordering and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
2. To manage a complex caseload of patients in their own homes and in outpatient clinics who require specialist nutrition support and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
3. To manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology outpatients, working in close liaison with the gastroenterology dietetics team and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
4. To manage a caseload of patients with coeliac disease residing in care homes provide specialist dietetic support to a small number of care home patients and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area. This will include facilitating annual reviews and delivering training to the care home staff.
5. To have a very good understanding of and contribute to the effective running of the community dietetics service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
1. To manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology patients who require home enteral nutrition. Including providing advice on tube care, administration of feeds and ordering and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
2. To manage a complex caseload of patients in their own homes and in outpatient clinics who require specialist nutrition support and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
3. To manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology outpatients, working in close liaison with the gastroenterology dietetics team and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area.
4. To manage a caseload of patients with coeliac disease residing in care homes provide specialist dietetic support to a small number of care home patients and to co-ordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead in this area. This will include facilitating annual reviews and delivering training to the care home staff.
5. To have a very good understanding of and contribute to the effective running of the community dietetics service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
- Current registration with HCPC as a registered Dietitian
Desirable
- Post graduate training in Low FODMAP diet
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dietetics in gastroenterology
- Experience in enteral feeding
- Experience working as part of a team and within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience supervising dietitians/dietetic assistant practitioners
Knowledge
Essential
- Communication skills and ability to adapt communication style as required to a wide range of people
- Ability to verbally provide specialised nutritional information to medical staff or groups of health or other professionals e.g. presentation at multidisciplinary meetings
- Good organisation skills of staff and others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
- Current registration with HCPC as a registered Dietitian
Desirable
- Post graduate training in Low FODMAP diet
Experience
Essential
- Experience in dietetics in gastroenterology
- Experience in enteral feeding
- Experience working as part of a team and within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience supervising dietitians/dietetic assistant practitioners
Knowledge
Essential
- Communication skills and ability to adapt communication style as required to a wide range of people
- Ability to verbally provide specialised nutritional information to medical staff or groups of health or other professionals e.g. presentation at multidisciplinary meetings
- Good organisation skills of staff and others
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).
