Job summary
If you are a compassionate and caring individual, with a strong desire to maximise the quality of life for people in the community with an artificial feeding tube, then this could be the role you are looking for!
Our small team is dedicated to providing expert dietetic support & advice to adults with enteral tubes in situ across the beautiful county of Cornwall. Within the role there is the opportunity to obtain competencies for care of feeding tubes and stoma sites, enabling a practical level of dietetic input.
Main duties of the job
The adult HEF dietetic caseload comprises of around 135 patients, with a wide range of clinical conditions. You will be responsible for providing a responsive & competent dietetic service, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams as and where possible, to ensure a holistic, collaborative, and all-encompassing approach.
You will be expected to complete face to face, telephone or virtual assessments to gather nutritional and other information to enable you to create suitable feeding regimens appropriate for that individual patient. Monitoring progress and making relevant adjustments depending on clinical presentation but also considering practicalities and other factors is key to ensuring a successful feeding care plan and achieving a happy service user!
For all of the caseload we aim to provide a streamlined service that best meets peninsula and local HEF dietetic standards. Communication between various healthcare professionals both within the community and acute services is essential to provide our service, thus is a key skill required for the role.
Liaising with the contracted feed company via the online registration system to place and monitor feed/equipment orders as well as linking directly with feed company nurses is an important part of the daily tasks.
We work closely with the gastrostomy specialist dietitian and have the opportunity to work towards obtaining competencies with gastrostomy tubes and stoma sites, thus extending our dietetic role.
About us
The adult HEF RD team consists of a band 6 peer dietitian, the Band 7 team lead and a band 4 Assistant Practitioner. There is additional expert support provided by the gastrostomy specialist dietitian. We are a small friendly team with a wealth of experience and knowledge to help support and guide colleagues new to HEF in Cornwall. We currently work remotely due to essential work being completed in our office building. This means we link mostly through Microsoft Teams, which can be isolating at times. However, our work involves us being out & about much of the time, and so the comfort of being back in your own home in between can be beneficial. There is the potential of 'hot desking' at other offices around the county as/if required. We are also integral to different MDT specialist groups so there is plenty of support and expertise to call on as and when we require.
Whatever area of dietetics you are active in, we all share the same objective of working hard to maintain the wellness of our clients; striving to help achieve or maintain quality of life. HEF provides the opportunity to really make a difference to patients' lives in the community & we would welcome like minded colleagues to join us to help further improve the dietetic experience we provide.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-handside
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-handside
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent
- Health Professions Council (HPC) Registration as a Dietitian
- Current UK Drivers License
Desirable
- Advanced certificate in counselling skills or counselling experience
- PENG course in clinical nutrition
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- A teaching qualification or experience teaching groups
- Attendance of the BDA course of Advancing Dietetics in Learning Disabilities
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and wide range of post registration dietetic experience in a health care setting.
- Experience of delivering dietetic service to complex enteral tube feed patients.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering dietetic services in the community
- Experience of providing a dietetic service to clients with learning disabilities
Practical & Intellectual Skills
Essential
- Evidence of being able to demonstrate best dietetic practice for a range of conditions
- Evidence of being able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, using differing medias
- Evidence of being able to work effectively within teams & independently where appropriate
- Evidence of being able to evaluate and report on complex data
- Evidence of knowledge of and participation with Clinical Governance
- Evidence of having the ability to assess success and write reports
- Car driver with the ability to travel between sites and to patients' homes in a timely manner and as required by role.
- Advanced skills in creating enteral feeding regimens for complex patients in challenging situations
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of a range of feeding tubes
- Experience and knowledge of how to manage different feeding tubes
- Experience and knowledge how to care for gastrostomy stomas
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and application of it to dietetic practice
Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude
Essential
- Effective time management skills
- Ability to be flexible as role requires
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Can demonstrate empathy & sensitivity
- Able to work independently, seeking support as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent
- Health Professions Council (HPC) Registration as a Dietitian
- Current UK Drivers License
Desirable
- Advanced certificate in counselling skills or counselling experience
- PENG course in clinical nutrition
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- A teaching qualification or experience teaching groups
- Attendance of the BDA course of Advancing Dietetics in Learning Disabilities
Experience
Essential
- Extensive and wide range of post registration dietetic experience in a health care setting.
- Experience of delivering dietetic service to complex enteral tube feed patients.
Desirable
- Experience of delivering dietetic services in the community
- Experience of providing a dietetic service to clients with learning disabilities
Practical & Intellectual Skills
Essential
- Evidence of being able to demonstrate best dietetic practice for a range of conditions
- Evidence of being able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, using differing medias
- Evidence of being able to work effectively within teams & independently where appropriate
- Evidence of being able to evaluate and report on complex data
- Evidence of knowledge of and participation with Clinical Governance
- Evidence of having the ability to assess success and write reports
- Car driver with the ability to travel between sites and to patients' homes in a timely manner and as required by role.
- Advanced skills in creating enteral feeding regimens for complex patients in challenging situations
Desirable
- Experience and knowledge of a range of feeding tubes
- Experience and knowledge of how to manage different feeding tubes
- Experience and knowledge how to care for gastrostomy stomas
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and application of it to dietetic practice
Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude
Essential
- Effective time management skills
- Ability to be flexible as role requires
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Can demonstrate empathy & sensitivity
- Able to work independently, seeking support as required
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).
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