Senior Dietitian

Job summary

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

NUTRITION & DIETETIC SERVICES

SENIOR DIETITIAN - Neurosciences

WTE ( per week)

Fixed term 23 months

Grade AFC Band 6

Due to expansion and development within our dietetic service at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are able to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and proactive dietitian to work within the speciality of Neurosciences within our Acute and Rehab Team. This post includes both acute high dependency and rehabilitation caseload working within Neurosurgery, Neuro HDU, Neurology and Neuro-rehab.

You should be a friendly and forward-thinking Dietitian with excellent communication skills and confident in organising and prioritising workload within a busy acute hospital. You will have experience of managing patients requiring enteral nutrition.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include

Working closely within the multi-disciplinary team to provide a dietetic service to all wards within the Neurosciences. Provide specialist dietetic support, particularly to those with complex nutritional needs (both oral and enteral) across a range of neurology conditions within the acute setting such as traumatic brain injury, neuro-oncology conditions, Gullian Barrie syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Motor Neurone Disease. Managing a predominantly enteral fed patient caseload including the preparation and organisation for discharge. Making appropriate onwards referrals for ongoing dietetic management/follow up. Liaise with other healthcare professions within and outside of the organisation to provide an holistic and patient centred approach to care such as specialist nurses, PEG MDT, enteral feeding company nurses, nutrition nurse specialists, respite care, district nurses, GPs, care home staff, care agency staff, community matrons/MacMillan nurses, palliative care team. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients/ caregivers, who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, and health care professionals in a variety of situations on different level

About us

The post holder will be actively encouraged to participate in service improvement, audit and continuous professional development activities.

We have been trainers for student dietitians for many years, with the programmes shared across all of our localities.

We are a tertiary centre for many clinical specialities including major trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, regional spinal injuries unit, upper GI surgery, head and neck/Oro maxillofacial surgery and spinal cord injuries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS Promote Trust Values and Behaviours Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Evidence of audit and participation in service development Basic IT skills

Desirable

Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA), BDA specialist groups and other relevant groups Skills in the use of SystmOne or other electronic patient record

Qualifications and Training

Essential

To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) To be committed to continuing professional development Clinical supervisory skills training

Desirable

Leadership training

Experience

Essential

Can demonstrate relevant/varied post graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas including some relevant specialities. Competent with enteral nutrition in an inpatient setting. Recent post-graduate NHS experience in a clinical setting

Desirable

Working with home enteral tube feeding

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