Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Dietitian to lead the Macmillan Dietetic Therapy team and promote service development within this specialist clinical area of oncology Dietetics. The team lead role within the Macmillan Dietetic team will be required to provide highly specialised dietetic support to cancer patients whilst being responsible for the provision and development of dietitians and the nutrition and dietetic services to cancer teams across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.
The Macmillan Dietetic service covers a wide range of oncology specialities including, but not limited to, acute haematology, ENT, gynaecology and upper gastrointestinal. The clinical caseload comprises of acute inpatient and outpatient clinics and works closely alongside our multidisciplinary colleagues. The successful applicant will receive training from an experienced multidisciplinary team in the care of oncology patients. This will expose the successful applicant to a wide range of oncology conditions with a variety of therapy interventions.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to specialise in oncology, leading on team and service development and evaluation, combined with clinical service delivery. The post holder will be required to work Monday to Friday and will also contribute to the provision of 7-day therapy services at UHB.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work under leadership of Therapy Services alongside a supportive oncology multi-professional therapy team. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to support oncology dietetic care at a targeted and specialist level.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative candidate with expertise in cancer care and experience of clinical service development and evaluation. It is essential you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate great leadership of the team. You will be expected to manage your own clinical caseload and take an active approach to their own personal development. We actively encourage CPD, training and research.
The post holder must have good experience of close multi-professional working and demonstrate excellent communication and leadership skills.
You must be able to manage and prioritise a demanding complex caseload with flexibility and resilience.
You will be required to supervise and support junior staff and students. Applicants must be able to meet the travel requirements of the post as you will be required to work at both Heartlands and Good Hope sites.
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
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*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
- Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
- A levels or equivalent qualification
- Degree in dietetics or equivalent.
- Current Registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Training in management/leadership.
- Training in specialist area.
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstration of clinical experience enabling
- post holder to manage a complex caseload of patients
- Demonstration of significant experience in managing /leading others
- Experience of training other staff / student dietitians.
- Previous experience of conducting audits and/or research
- Good clinical knowledge of specialist area of team to manage.
- Understanding of audit, clinical effectiveness and its importance in the provision of a quality service.
- Awareness of local needs, eg; ethnic minority and low income groups.
- Broad dietetic knowledge of relevant specialism.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Awareness and commitment to staff CPD.
- Awareness and commitment to appraisal system.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent communication skills -- written, verbal, one to one basis and group settings.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent presentation skills and good teaching skills.
- Evidence of presentations to groups.
- Excellent time management.
- Work in line with HCPC and BDA professional standards and code of conduct.
- Leadership skills showing an awareness of new developments and strategies within relevant specialism.
- Ability and innovative approach to develop services based on evidence based practice.
- Excellent team player when working as part of a team.
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Professional approach
- Computer literacy.
Desirable
- Member of the BDA.
- Member of BDA specialist interest group.
- For community posts - Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.
- A levels or equivalent qualification
- Degree in dietetics or equivalent.
- Current Registration with HCPC.
Desirable
- Training in management/leadership.
- Training in specialist area.
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstration of clinical experience enabling
- post holder to manage a complex caseload of patients
- Demonstration of significant experience in managing /leading others
- Experience of training other staff / student dietitians.
- Previous experience of conducting audits and/or research
- Good clinical knowledge of specialist area of team to manage.
- Understanding of audit, clinical effectiveness and its importance in the provision of a quality service.
- Awareness of local needs, eg; ethnic minority and low income groups.
- Broad dietetic knowledge of relevant specialism.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Awareness and commitment to staff CPD.
- Awareness and commitment to appraisal system.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting students and more junior therapy staff
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Excellent communication skills -- written, verbal, one to one basis and group settings.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent presentation skills and good teaching skills.
- Evidence of presentations to groups.
- Excellent time management.
- Work in line with HCPC and BDA professional standards and code of conduct.
- Leadership skills showing an awareness of new developments and strategies within relevant specialism.
- Ability and innovative approach to develop services based on evidence based practice.
- Excellent team player when working as part of a team.
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Professional approach
- Computer literacy.
Desirable
- Member of the BDA.
- Member of BDA specialist interest group.
- For community posts - Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points.
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).
