Job summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 or an established Band 6 dietitian looking to gain experience within cancer care? At University Hospitals Birmingham (Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull sites) we are looking for a motivated, flexible and enthusiastic dietitian to join our friendly team. This is a full-time permanent post, although part-time hours and flexible working will be considered.
We are made up of a supportive team of oncology dietitians and will help a new post holder to transition into the role. We are contained within a wider department of welcoming and approachable dietitians. We provide inpatient and outpatient dietetic support to a range of tumour sites, including: Upper GI, Head and Neck, Gynaecology, Haematology, HPB, Lung and Lower GI.
We are committed to supporting the ongoing personal and professional development of our staff and offer excellent training and development opportunities. The clinical caseload varies from acute inpatients to MDT outpatient clinics or dietitian from home clinics. The service works closely with our multidisciplinary colleagues within MDTs and joint therapy clinic reviews. The successful applicant will receive training from an experienced multidisciplinary team in the care of the Macmillan patients. This will expose the successful candidate to a wide range of cancer and palliative conditions with a variety of therapy interventions.
This is a fantastic time to join our team as we continue to develop our service.
Main duties of the job
Post registration experience in an acute NHS hospital setting is required to be able to support the team as a source of dietetic clinical knowledge and experience. The successful candidate should have experience of working as part of the MDT and have a range of clinical skills in different areas to be able to clinically reason complex scenarios and formulate an appropriate treatment plan for the patient. The post holder will provide support for the oncology service which will involve seeing patients in MDT clinics, on inpatients wards, in outpatient clinics or over telephone clinics.
Part of the role includes the supervision or Band 5s and students, and is able to demonstrate the application of these skills. They must also have excellent written and verbal communication skills which they use to overcome barriers whether that be within an MDT or with the patient. IT skills are required as all notes are completed with electronic records.
As service development is a key part of the role, we are looking for an innovative and self-motivated Dietitian. In return, we will provide support lots of exciting opportunities for personal development and quality improvement or research projects; driving forward change and the development of new pathways within our Macmillan Dietetic service
If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Michelle Yam on Tel. No 0121 424 2673 or on email michellehiuching.yam@uhb.nhs.uk
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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
- *Degree in dietetics or equivalent
- *Current State Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
- *Demonstration of clinical experience of working with patients within speciality
- *Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary team and dietetic team
- *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
- *Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- *Evidence of presentations to groups
- *Work in line with HCPC standards and BDA code of conduct
Desirable
- *Broad clinical knowledge of speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Appropriately assertive.
- *Good presentation and teaching skills, both written and verbal.
- *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate.
- *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries where appropriate.
- *Supportive to other staff.
- *Aims for excellence.
- *Creative; looks for new ways of working.
- *Prioritise own workload in demanding situations.
- *Manage busy workload across several sites.
- *Able to work under own initiative.
- *Able to achieve deadlines.
- *Computer literacy.
- *Able to contribute to 7 day and extended hours service provision as appropriate.
- *Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. where off site travel is required e.g. for home visits, frequent travel between sites etc, it is essential to possess a full car driving licence.
Desirable
- *Member of the BDA.
- *Member of BDA specialist interest group
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree in dietetics or equivalent
- *Current State Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs in this speciality.
- *Demonstration of clinical experience of working with patients within speciality
- *Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary team and dietetic team
- *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
- *Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- *Evidence of presentations to groups
- *Work in line with HCPC standards and BDA code of conduct
Desirable
- *Broad clinical knowledge of speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Appropriately assertive.
- *Good presentation and teaching skills, both written and verbal.
- *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate.
- *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries where appropriate.
- *Supportive to other staff.
- *Aims for excellence.
- *Creative; looks for new ways of working.
- *Prioritise own workload in demanding situations.
- *Manage busy workload across several sites.
- *Able to work under own initiative.
- *Able to achieve deadlines.
- *Computer literacy.
- *Able to contribute to 7 day and extended hours service provision as appropriate.
- *Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. where off site travel is required e.g. for home visits, frequent travel between sites etc, it is essential to possess a full car driving licence.
Desirable
- *Member of the BDA.
- *Member of BDA specialist interest group
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).
