Specialist Dietitian for Community Health Programme

4 weeks ago

Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Calling Full Time and Part-time Band 6 Dietitians


0 wte Band 6 dietitians to work in our brand new teaching hospital in Brighton. Therefore, we will accept applications for part time & full time HCPC registered dietitians. This post is part of our Band 6 Rotations and you will have the opportunity to gain fantastic experience in all aspects of dietetics including nutrition support and complex enteral feeding


Rotations include: major trauma, stroke ,renal and acute medicine.


The dietitians provides expert dietetic care at our brand new teaching hospital in Brighton and you would work very closely with the senior dietitians who support your training and development. We are passionate about training student dietitians, research and audit and have a really robust development programme for you.acute medicine 3.) All roles include one general clinic per week or satellite unit cover.


You will also be responsible for covering the Band 7 dietitians in your speciality during periods of leave.


You will play a key role in the nutritional management of these patient groups and will provide specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals.


In addition you will actively be involved in the trust's clinical governance programme and quality framework agenda by taking lead responsibility for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.


You will also be involved in supporting junior dietitians and students.
At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.


This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.


Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. Inpatients receiving care on the major trauma wards in the trust - this encompasses the very specific and complex group of patients receiving treatment for multiple injuries including orthopaedics.
Inpatients on the Digestive diseases unit including medical & surgical gastro.
In and outpatients under care of renal department including renal ward, low clearance, haemo & peritoneal dialysis and transplant
Provide cover to other areas within the hospital during periods of staff absence particularly for the Band 7 s in your specialist area
Support and supervision of the Band 5 dietitians and student dietitians within the acute team.
At least one general outpatient clinic per week or satelitte dialysis unit
Inpatients requiring artificial nutritional support, such as enteral feeding, parenteral feeding or gastrostomy feeding which may require some challenging of other health care professionals and medical views.
Patients who are in danger of developing refeeding syndrome who need timely and careful monitoring and highlight to the multidisciplinary team that these clients are at risk.
Telephone support of patients discharged to the community setting as required.

Interpreting complex and sensitive medical and social information.
Bachelor of science (Honors degree) Nutrition and Dietetics, Diploma in Nutrition and dietetics, or post graduate Diploma


Post registration training in cognitive behavioural therapy.
Student clinical facilitator training course
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group (PENG) course
RELEVANT POST GRAD COURSES

State registration with the Health profession Council
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Royal Sussex County Hospital

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