Job summary
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian to join our supportive, friendly and flexible paediatric team.
If you have some experience of paediatrics and are looking to expand your knowledge and skills in a busy district general hospital or are looking for a change and would like to gain experience in paediatric dietetics this may be the opportunity you are looking for.
This post is full time band 6 but consideration will be given to applicants requiring part time work or to experienced band 5's suitable for a B5-6 training post.
We are looking for a dietitian who wants to learn and showcase the benefits dietitians can bring to patients, their families and to our colleagues. You should have excellent communication skills, show a commitment to team working and innovation, and be able to demonstrate the ability to work within a busy environment. This post would suit either someone with limited experience in Paediatrics looking to further consolidate their knowledge and skills; or a Dietitian with transferable skills wanting to develop the specialist skills required for a career within paediatrics.
About us
Portsmouth Dietitians are a friendly and supportive team of 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetics to adults and children across the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Area. We cover a large university hospital, a number of smaller community hospitals and provide outpatient activity across a variety of settings.
We pride ourselves on our supportive culture and offer development opportunities to internally develop our staff to enable them to progress in their career aspirations.
We train student dietitians from University of Surrey and University of Winchester.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main duties of the role are varied and include providing dietetic cover to the 2 children's wards, providing cover tooutpatient clinics for a range of clinical conditions including gastroenterology, neurodisability, weight management, nutrition support, allergy and enteral tube feeding, managing a caseload of community patients on home enteral feeding and providing telephone advice to a range of different health professionals.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role then we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please refer to the Job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
The main duties of the role are varied and include providing dietetic cover to the 2 children's wards, providing cover tooutpatient clinics for a range of clinical conditions including gastroenterology, neurodisability, weight management, nutrition support, allergy and enteral tube feeding, managing a caseload of community patients on home enteral feeding and providing telephone advice to a range of different health professionals.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role then we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please refer to the Job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in dietetics
- HCPC Dietician Registration
- Evidence of professional development and commitment to postgraduate study
Desirable
- BDA Member
- Post graduate study eg Paediatric Nutrition Group course, teaching/education certificate, diploma in advanced dietetic practice, PENG course, BDA specialist group member, BDA branch member, evidence of research experience/working towards Masters level qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of suitable experience of Dietetics
- Experience of working in multi-professional setting
- Experience of teaching and staff training
Desirable
- Evidence of suitable experience in Dietetics in a range of specialities (of special relevance experience in diabetes, gastroenterology, oncology and complex nutrition support)
- Experience of UK/NHS-based Dietetic practice
- Some experience of paediatric dietetics/working with children in another setting.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Skills and Knowledge
- Good English language skills
- Competent practitioner with knowledge of nutrition support and clinical reasoning skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills oral and written with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
- Able to set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Able to promote the role of the dietitian.
- Ability to organise complex information and to interpret it into language suitable for different groups or individuals patients, staff, other health professionals, the public.
- Good presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups.
- Knowledge and experience of catering systems and menu planning.
- Accurate anthropometric measurement skills.
- IT skills, Internet, word processing, power point and dietary analysis.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application.
- Understanding and commitment to clinical governance and audit.
- Able to interpret research evidence and apply to practice.
Desirable
- Experience of multidisciplinary work.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Experience of research, audit, writing guidelines / policies, presenting to colleagues.
- Able to represent team at strategic level.
- IT skills - Excel, journal data bases.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in dietetics
- HCPC Dietician Registration
- Evidence of professional development and commitment to postgraduate study
Desirable
- BDA Member
- Post graduate study eg Paediatric Nutrition Group course, teaching/education certificate, diploma in advanced dietetic practice, PENG course, BDA specialist group member, BDA branch member, evidence of research experience/working towards Masters level qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of suitable experience of Dietetics
- Experience of working in multi-professional setting
- Experience of teaching and staff training
Desirable
- Evidence of suitable experience in Dietetics in a range of specialities (of special relevance experience in diabetes, gastroenterology, oncology and complex nutrition support)
- Experience of UK/NHS-based Dietetic practice
- Some experience of paediatric dietetics/working with children in another setting.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Skills and Knowledge
- Good English language skills
- Competent practitioner with knowledge of nutrition support and clinical reasoning skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills oral and written with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
- Able to set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Able to promote the role of the dietitian.
- Ability to organise complex information and to interpret it into language suitable for different groups or individuals patients, staff, other health professionals, the public.
- Good presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups.
- Knowledge and experience of catering systems and menu planning.
- Accurate anthropometric measurement skills.
- IT skills, Internet, word processing, power point and dietary analysis.
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application.
- Understanding and commitment to clinical governance and audit.
- Able to interpret research evidence and apply to practice.
Desirable
- Experience of multidisciplinary work.
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- Experience of research, audit, writing guidelines / policies, presenting to colleagues.
- Able to represent team at strategic level.
- IT skills - Excel, journal data bases.
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).
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).
