Band 6 Neurosurgery and SHARP Dietitian

2 days ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you want to work as a Band 6 Senior Dietitian at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham? Do you have an interest in adult Neurosurgery acute inpatients? Do you have a passion for providing specialist nutrition support and enteral feeds? Do you have a passion to support patients from their acute phase of their illness through to acute rehabilitation phase? Do you like working as a core member of the MDT? If so, this could be the post for you.

This full-time post ( hours per week) is fixed term for 12 months. This split role involves working with acutely unwell patients with brain tumours, head injuries and spinal injuries that have had surgery. The post holder will be working on a busy acute ward, helping in the nutritional treatment of patients with a variety of complex illness and surgeries. Applicants must have good communication skills, be able to work independently, have significant experience in enteral tube feeding, oral nutritional support and be familiar with IDDSI guidelines.

Experience working with patients to promote the role, good nutrition plays at all parts of the patients journey from recovery to rehabilitation is essential. Your clinical dietetics knowledge and expertise means that you will be working as the Dietetic expert in the SHARP team (Specialist Hyperacute rehabilitation pathway).

Main duties of the job

We are looking for experienced staff, with a passion for working with neurosurgical and spinal patients. Dietitians should have practical knowledge and experience of enteral feeding, have clinical skills with supporting complex patients to make decisions around enteral tube feeding (referring for long term enteral feeding tubes). The Dietitian will need to be able to lead Best Interest Meetings, complete Mental Capacity Assessment and support clinicians at ethnic's meetings.

The successful candidate will be based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital where they will be part of the larger dietetic team of over 50 dietitians and dietetic assistant covering various specialities. You will work closely with therapy colleagues such as Speech and Language therapist, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists and specialist nurses to improve patient's nutrition and hydration. You will be expected to independently manage a patient case load alongside supporting in-patients across the Trust by advising fellow Dietitians on appropriate transfer and discharge destinations for patients ongoing rehabilitation. They will work as key members of the MDT, undertaking projects, writing clinical guidelines, undertaking MDT training.

If you have any questions, please do contact Susan Duff (

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels *Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent *Registration with HCPC

Desirable

*MSc or equivalent experience advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses

Experience

Essential

*Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area. *In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools. *Knowledge of all types of nutritional support including practical experience with enteral feeding. *Knowledge of rehabilitation pathways *Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs. *Working knowledge of computer programmes word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes. *Evidence of clinical audit and/or research. *Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work. *Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues. *Experience of training Dietetic students.

Desirable

*Evidence of teaching groups pf professionals and patients *Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development. *Evidence of attendance at national conferences. *Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course. *Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids *Able to use a range of communication skills *Presentation / teaching skills *To work independently & as part of a team. *Manage and organise own work load. *Use equipment relevant to speciality skin fold callipers, enteral feeding equipment, weighing scales, stadiometers. *Plan and deliver a clinical audit programme. *Deputise as appropriate *Report writing skills *Complete home enteral feeding discharges competently. *Excellent interpersonal and team working skills. *Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information. *Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care. * Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies. *Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief. *Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multiprofessional team. *Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis. Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way * Excellent time management * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills * Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition * Motivated to develop the service * Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload *Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others *Commitment to CPD

Desirable

*Active member of relevant professional groups

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