Job summary
Do you have a passion for Parenteral Nutrition (PN), Intestinal Failure (IF) and nutrition support? Due to new funding an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Dietitian to work within the Nutrition Support Team. This consists of Gastroenterologists, Nutrition Nurses, Pharmacists, Psychologists and Dietetic Department colleagues.
The successful candidate will be an essential member of the IF team, supporting in the assessment of patients with highly complex nutritional requirements, metabolic instability and complex surgical and medical conditions. Assessment includes the use of biochemistry, anthropometry and technology such as bioelectrical impedance to underpin clinical decision making. The successful candidate will be expected to use advanced decision-making skills to calculate nutritional, fluid and electrolyte requirements in patients with IF and recommend the optimal prescription with support from seniors. This involves using the safest and most effective method of delivery for patients, that may be enteral, parenteral or a hybrid regimen.
The successful candidate will work alongside an established Clinical Specialist IF Dietitian and a Specialist IF Dietitian and training will be offered and provided, where necessary.
The trust strives to encourage research and innovation and is committed to providing opportunities to encourage professional and personal development. The successful candidate will be supported in having their personal development goals fulfilled.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to attend daily Nutrition Support ward rounds where patients with Intestinal Failure are seen, as well as complex enteral patients. You will be expected to assess the nutritional status of patients based on anthropometric measurements, biochemical markers, diet history and other validated methods of nutritional assessment.
You will advise on appropriate artificial feeding routes for patients across all disciplines experiencing difficulties with feeding or meeting their nutritional requirements because of surgery or complex gastrointestinal disease. You will then be expected to contribute to the formulation of individualised evidence-based patient care plans and parenteral nutrition prescriptions, with support from seniors. You will need to take into consideration patient anatomy, prescribed drugs, biochemical derangements, metabolic complications, access issues etc.
You will also be expected to attend Parenteral Nutrition rounds, weekly MDT's, weekly anthropometry rounds, cover HPN clinic where necessary and liaise regularly with a range of disciplines across all specialities in addition to contributing towards a specialist dietetic outpatient service.
The post is permanent and 0.5wte (18.75 hours). If you have any questions, please contact Dan Griffith (dan.griffith@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
- -Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- -Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- -Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- *Post-graduate experience in relevant specialist area
- *Experience of training Dietetic students
- *Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- *Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. 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.
- *Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
- *Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Desirable
- -Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development
- -Evidence of attendance at national 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 e.g. 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 e.g. 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
- * Willingness to travel all sites as required by the job role
- * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Desirable
- -Active member of relevant professional groups i.e BDA PENG Group, BDA Gastroenterology Specialist Group, . European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation etc
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- -Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- -Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- *Post-graduate experience in relevant specialist area
- *Experience of training Dietetic students
- *Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- *Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. 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.
- *Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
- *Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Desirable
- -Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development
- -Evidence of attendance at national 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 e.g. 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 e.g. 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
- * Willingness to travel all sites as required by the job role
- * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Desirable
- -Active member of relevant professional groups i.e BDA PENG Group, BDA Gastroenterology Specialist Group, . European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation etc
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).
