Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Evelina London Paediatric Nutrition & Dietetic Service as a result of the current post holder being promoted. The Evelina London Lead Dietitian provides leadership and day to day management of the service across the Evelina and Royal Brompton sites and to contributes to strategic developments within the Evelina and Nutrition & Dietetics.
Main duties of the job
o Day to day management and leadership of the dietetic services at The Evelina London Hospital sites; to include organisation of ward cover, outpatient clinic cover and junior staff rotations, sickness absence cover and annual leave allocation.
o To provide expert clinical opinion to assist the strategic direction of the Nutrition and Dietetic service across the whole organisation, utilising the principles of clinical governance. This will involve expert clinical reasoning skills to provide highly specialist support and advice to dietetics and other clinical staff within and outside the organisation.
o To identify clinical research, quality improvement and data collection priorities within dietetics to drive departmental development strategy.o To deputise for the Trust Head of Nutrition and Dietetics in their absence, lead delegated management tasks and undertake autonomous decision making in this role.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.
We have around 25,300 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details of the operational, clinical, workforce and education responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details of the operational, clinical, workforce and education responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Dietetic qualification that can result in HCPC registration
- A Masters Level qualification or post graduate qualification in relevant topic or equivalent experience
- Post qualification training or portfolio of evidence demonstrating comprehensive understanding of management and leadership of complex dietetics in an acute setting
- Proven track record of developing dietetic practice
- HCPC registered dietitian
Desirable
- Management/leadership qualification
Previous experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience as senior dietitian managing dietetic teams.
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
- Knowledge and ability to implement principles of clinical governance including audit, risk management, supervision, clinical effectiveness, continuing professional development, quality standards and outcomes.
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
- Extensive knowledge and comprehensive understanding of professional and clinical issues in Dietetics
- Extensive knowledge and awareness of current national policy in the NHS and relevant legislation
- Excellent knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
- Ability to rapidly synthesise and analyse complex information and present options, appraisals, recommendations and reports
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
- Dietetic qualification that can result in HCPC registration
- A Masters Level qualification or post graduate qualification in relevant topic or equivalent experience
- Post qualification training or portfolio of evidence demonstrating comprehensive understanding of management and leadership of complex dietetics in an acute setting
- Proven track record of developing dietetic practice
- HCPC registered dietitian
Desirable
- Management/leadership qualification
Previous experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience as senior dietitian managing dietetic teams.
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
- Knowledge and ability to implement principles of clinical governance including audit, risk management, supervision, clinical effectiveness, continuing professional development, quality standards and outcomes.
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
- Extensive knowledge and comprehensive understanding of professional and clinical issues in Dietetics
- Extensive knowledge and awareness of current national policy in the NHS and relevant legislation
- Excellent knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
- Ability to rapidly synthesise and analyse complex information and present options, appraisals, recommendations and reports
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).
