Job summary
Are you a highly skilled acute dietitian with a keen interest in critical care nutrition?
We are offering an exciting new opportunity - Dietetic Clinical Expert in Critical Care, Band 7, 0.8wte. This new role combines expert clinical delivery with critical care clinical leadership - informing and leading on delivery of excellent nutrition and dietetic care for patients in critical care.
We offer flexible working, opportunities for professional and leadership development, and a warm, welcoming team working environment.
Please get in touch to find out more - informal visits are welcome.
Main duties of the job
Clinically lead the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of best nutrition and dietetic practice in Critical Care.
Lead on the development and delivery of education and training in relation to acute nutrition support in Critical Care.
Lead the development and implementation of nutrition and dietetic related guidance and standards, resources, training and education in relation to critical care, ensuring effective integration across programmes of work in relation to wider acute nutrition support.
Manage a caseload of highly complex individuals requiring complex nutrition support (level 3 critical care unit), ensuring effective step down, supporting excellent standards of nutritional care.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 30/01/2025.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 30/01/2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registration with a Degree in Dietetics.
- Expert clinical knowledge of nutritional care and dietetics in critical care, qualifications acquired through specialist training or equivalent clinical experience to a Masters level or equivalent.
- Completed the BDA PENG programme, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-based methodology to support improvement, and service delivery.
- Expert knowledge of clinical guidance and policy relevant to the specialist area.
Desirable
- Master's qualification - Advanced Clinical Practice.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical dietetic delivery in acute dietetics, including critical care.
- Significant experience of managing a highly complex and unpredictable clinical caseload using advanced clinical reasoning
- Clinical leadership.
- Extensive multi-professional working.
- Planning and delivering specialist clinical knowledge-based education and training.
- Delivering clinical supervision.
- Delegation to non-registered team members.
- Leading project / quality improvement / development work, with demonstrable outcomes.
- Student training.
- Research / clinical audit
- Interpreting evidence into clinical practice.
Desirable
- Active involvement in national work stream, professional network or specialist group
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service
- Able to travel to provide specialist support / cross site cover.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- HCPC registration with a Degree in Dietetics.
- Expert clinical knowledge of nutritional care and dietetics in critical care, qualifications acquired through specialist training or equivalent clinical experience to a Masters level or equivalent.
- Completed the BDA PENG programme, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-based methodology to support improvement, and service delivery.
- Expert knowledge of clinical guidance and policy relevant to the specialist area.
Desirable
- Master's qualification - Advanced Clinical Practice.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical dietetic delivery in acute dietetics, including critical care.
- Significant experience of managing a highly complex and unpredictable clinical caseload using advanced clinical reasoning
- Clinical leadership.
- Extensive multi-professional working.
- Planning and delivering specialist clinical knowledge-based education and training.
- Delivering clinical supervision.
- Delegation to non-registered team members.
- Leading project / quality improvement / development work, with demonstrable outcomes.
- Student training.
- Research / clinical audit
- Interpreting evidence into clinical practice.
Desirable
- Active involvement in national work stream, professional network or specialist group
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service
- Able to travel to provide specialist support / cross site cover.
Desirable
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).
