Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an expanding dietetic workforce, within a multidisciplinary critical care team and part of a small, friendly and essential dietetic team within the Acute Hospital. The role will contribute to the development of the new step down and rehabilitation MDT follow up clinic for those patients seen within the critical care unit to create a seamless and effective pathway for those patients leaving ITU, critical care. We are looking for an experienced assertive and passionate Specialist Dietitian with vision and enthusiasm working 30 hours per week.
This post is dedicated to managing a critical care caseload and will require thorough understanding of complex nutrition support requirements including parenteral nutrition and enteral tube feeding.
It is a new and innovative role and we are excited to build on and develop dietetics within our critical care service within MDT.
Main duties of the job
This role will undertake highly skilled comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations and multi-pathologies for critical care patients using advanced knowledge and clinical reasoning skills, working closely with critical care MDT. To work closely with the medical team providing specialist advice on the appropriateness of artificial nutrition support encompassing enteral and parenteral nutrition, including the decision for line/ tube placement and removal, attend appropriate wards rounds, white board and multidisciplinary meetings in order to provide expert advice to clinicians, patients and carers regarding provision of nutrition support for patients.
Implement and update standard operating procedures, policy and service improvements. Effectively induct new dietetic staff into the department and supervise and monitor the level and standard of work undertaken by your staff and guide, coach them as appropriate. Lead on, initiate and provide training and education for medical staff allied health professionals ward staff regarding treatment and prevention of nutrition related disorders.
To jointly lead on the delivery of dietetic student placements in collaboration with HEI and be responsible for supervision of junior staff / dietetic students on placement .
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Education / Skills / Expereice / Knowledge
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Ability to work effectively as part of an MDT and as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to communicate effectively during ward rounds , team meetings and through medical information and with carers/ family on highly sensitive issues around feeding
- Ability to identify and undertake audit/ service development
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition ITU experience
- High experience of working in exerting influence within MDT level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
- Demonstrates a high level of specialist knowledge with regards to enteral feeding including the ethics of initiating and withdrawal nutrition support
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
Desirable
- PracticaMember of Relevant Dietitians specialist group e.g PENG, critical care specialist group l research skills and understanding of its use in this field.
- Behaviour Change Levels 1,2,3
shortlisting
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registered
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition
- High level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of leading and facilitating training and education for a variety of trained and untrained staff
- Experience of clinically supervising junior staff and /or pre and post registration students
- Experience of working in exerting influence within MDT
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
Essential
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registered
- Evidence of continual professional development through approved courses working to equivalent of Masters of science level
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Ability to communicate effectively during ward rounds , team meetings and through medical information and with carers/ family on highly sensitive issues around feeding
- Ability to identify and undertake audit/ service development
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- ITU experience
- High level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of clinically supervising junior staff and /or pre and post registration students
- Experience of working in exerting influence within MDT
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
- Demonstrates a high level of specialist knowledge with regards to enteral feeding including the ethics of initiating and withdrawal nutrition support
Person Specification
Education / Skills / Expereice / Knowledge
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Ability to work effectively as part of an MDT and as an autonomous practitioner
- Ability to communicate effectively during ward rounds , team meetings and through medical information and with carers/ family on highly sensitive issues around feeding
- Ability to identify and undertake audit/ service development
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition ITU experience
- High experience of working in exerting influence within MDT level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
- Demonstrates a high level of specialist knowledge with regards to enteral feeding including the ethics of initiating and withdrawal nutrition support
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
Desirable
- PracticaMember of Relevant Dietitians specialist group e.g PENG, critical care specialist group l research skills and understanding of its use in this field.
- Behaviour Change Levels 1,2,3
shortlisting
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registered
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- Experience of critical care and parenteral nutrition
- High level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of leading and facilitating training and education for a variety of trained and untrained staff
- Experience of clinically supervising junior staff and /or pre and post registration students
- Experience of working in exerting influence within MDT
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
Essential
Essential
- BSc, PGD or MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC registered
- Evidence of continual professional development through approved courses working to equivalent of Masters of science level
- Ability to attend and contribute to high level MDT discussions including lead for Nutrition Support team meeting weekly alongside colleagues
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and those with cognitive impairment and communication difficulties
- Ability to take initiative and assert new ideas, pathways to senior members of dietetic and MDT in critical care
- Ability to communicate effectively during ward rounds , team meetings and through medical information and with carers/ family on highly sensitive issues around feeding
- Ability to identify and undertake audit/ service development
- Typically the post holder would be expected to have substantia 3-5 years post registration experience or demonstrate competency in parenteral and enteral nutrition at a high level and in Acute setting
- ITU experience
- High level of experience with enteral tube feeding and nutrition support
- Experience of clinically supervising junior staff and /or pre and post registration students
- Experience of working in exerting influence within MDT
- Possesses update knowledge of artificial nutrition support and IV nutrition.
- Demonstrates high level of specialist knowledge and understanding of managing nutritional intake in patients with physical and psychological impairment Demonstrate specialist knowledge of tube types, placement modes and risk management and infection control.
- Demonstrates a high level of specialist knowledge with regards to enteral feeding including the ethics of initiating and withdrawal nutrition support
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).
