Job summary
Do you want to be the clinical specialist Dietitian for one of the largest intestinal failure units in the UK? Do you want a post where there is the time to carry our audit, research and service development?
UHB has been successful in becoming a regional integrated severe intestinal failure Centre and hence additional funding has resulted in an expansion of the intestinal failure dietetic team. This new clinical specialist Dietitian will lead and be responsible for developing the dietetic intestinal failure team. The successful person in this post will need to have substantial clinical experience in the specialist area of intestinal failure, because UHB is a regional tertiary referral Centre for abdominal wall reconstructive surgery, hepatobiliary, cancer, trauma, renal, burns and plastics, bone marrow transplants and cardio-thoracic surgery which means we have patients who have type 1, 2 and 3 intestinal failure needs.
This post is ideal for a dietitian who already has substantial clinical, leadership and service development skills, but want to use these skills to develop a service further and the post will allow substantial CPD time to be involved with audit, research and presenting at conferences. You will be responsible for a band 7 and band 6 dietitian and be part of a large supportive intestinal failure team who value the dietetic role comprising of medics, nutrition nurses, pharmacy, and psychology.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a large dietetic team of over 65 dietitians and assistants covering a range of specialties and this post will be a mixture of inpatient and outpatient work. You will be involved in the daily parenteral nutrition rounds, inpatient and outpatient work. Part of this role is to set up a dietetic service to our home parenteral patients supporting them and their families.
You will work within a multi professional framework and to work towards individual and team objectives set by evidence based clinical practice, management, education, research and audit. You will support service quality improvement initiatives ensuring patient outcomes are optimized. You will contribute to dietetic, therapy and Trust wide policies, strategies, guidelines, standards, and protocols.
You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team. We expect you to be enthusiastic, motivated, able to evidence continuing professional development and keen to develop yourself and others.
For further information, including arranging a time to visit the service on the day of the interview please contact Sara Price on 0121 371 3805 or email: sara.price@uhb.nhs.uk.
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*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Appropriate Dietetic or professional qualification e.g. BSc or MSc.
- *State Registration with Health Professions Council
- *BDA or equivalent professional registration.
- *MSc in relevant subject or working at "M" level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD
- *Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio.
- *Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in intestinal failure e.g. PENG course, St Marks intestinal failure course
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- Clinical e.g.
- *Theoretical and conceptual knowledge gained will be at MSc or equivalent level
- *Accredited specialist training courses
- *Attendance and involvement at specialist group meetings of British Dietetic Association (e.g. PENG) or BAPEN
- *Advanced Diploma in Dietetic Practice
- *Attendance and teaching at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences both National and International
- Teaching
- *Advanced presentation skills
- *Clinical supervisory skills training for student training
- *Expert communication skill training/ counselling skills training
- *Advanced skills and practise in mentoring and supervision
- Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive post registration experience of which significant years evidence experience relating Intestinal failure (IF) in adults.
- *Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal
- *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others. Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in the advanced assessment and treatment of adults with IF; being able to carry a caseload of a highly complex nature and apply a wide range of treatment options for a range of clinical presentations
- *Advanced knowledge and skill in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex IF disorders.
- *Advanced knowledge in IF in adults
- *Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
- *Advanced awareness of current professional and legal issues e.g. Confidentiality, consent, equal opportunities
- *Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
- *Significant experience in the development and performance management of dietetic staff and students
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Highly competent computer skills
- *Excellent time management skills
- *Able to work within a Professional Code of Conduct and interpret local and national guidelines and policies in order to deliver a safe service.
- *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with IF and apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.
- *Well developed leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to IF services & work effectively across boundaries.
- *Advanced clinical reasoning skills and ability to make complex clinical judgements
- *Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.
- *Excellent verbal & written skills
- *Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
- *Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.
- *Excellent report writing skills
- *Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.
- *Reliable, good attendance record
- *Active member of relevant professional groups
- *To be reliable and work as an excellent role model
- *Work weekends
- *Car driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Appropriate Dietetic or professional qualification e.g. BSc or MSc.
- *State Registration with Health Professions Council
- *BDA or equivalent professional registration.
- *MSc in relevant subject or working at "M" level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD
- *Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, e.g. post registration training, management competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio.
- *Relevant, accredited, postgraduate education/courses in intestinal failure e.g. PENG course, St Marks intestinal failure course
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- Clinical e.g.
- *Theoretical and conceptual knowledge gained will be at MSc or equivalent level
- *Accredited specialist training courses
- *Attendance and involvement at specialist group meetings of British Dietetic Association (e.g. PENG) or BAPEN
- *Advanced Diploma in Dietetic Practice
- *Attendance and teaching at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences both National and International
- Teaching
- *Advanced presentation skills
- *Clinical supervisory skills training for student training
- *Expert communication skill training/ counselling skills training
- *Advanced skills and practise in mentoring and supervision
- Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive post registration experience of which significant years evidence experience relating Intestinal failure (IF) in adults.
- *Experience in leadership and team management including the development and management of performance and staff appraisal
- *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others. Teaching experience to uni and multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
- *Specialist knowledge and experience in the advanced assessment and treatment of adults with IF; being able to carry a caseload of a highly complex nature and apply a wide range of treatment options for a range of clinical presentations
- *Advanced knowledge and skill in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex IF disorders.
- *Advanced knowledge in IF in adults
- *Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
- *Advanced awareness of current professional and legal issues e.g. Confidentiality, consent, equal opportunities
- *Knowledge and understanding of the research process.
- *Significant experience in the development and performance management of dietetic staff and students
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Highly competent computer skills
- *Excellent time management skills
- *Able to work within a Professional Code of Conduct and interpret local and national guidelines and policies in order to deliver a safe service.
- *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of adults with IF and apply broad standards & guidelines to own practice.
- *Well developed leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to IF services & work effectively across boundaries.
- *Advanced clinical reasoning skills and ability to make complex clinical judgements
- *Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others.
- *Excellent verbal & written skills
- *Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
- *Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice.
- *Excellent report writing skills
- *Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients.
- *Reliable, good attendance record
- *Active member of relevant professional groups
- *To be reliable and work as an excellent role model
- *Work weekends
- *Car driver
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).
