Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Nutrition and Dietetic Service within Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust for a highly motivated individual to join the Dietetic team in the role of Acute Team Lead Dietitian. This permanent post is ideal for an experienced Dietitian who wishes to combine a career in leadership with their clinical expertise. The post will provide professional and clinical leadership to qualified and non-qualified staff within the Nutrition and Dietetic Service.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the adult acute team within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Clinical work will be predominantly in the specialism of stroke therefore a sound knowledge of dietetic post stroke management is important. The successful candidate will have good experience of enteral feeding and parenteral feeding and will be a key member of the Nutrition Team MDT.
In addition to the clinical role, successful candidates will have line management responsibilities for the acute inpatient team consisting of 2 band 6 dietitians and 3 band 5 dietitians. You will support the Nutrition and Dietetic Service Lead with service development projects, policy updates, recruitment, development and retention of staff and students within the department.
Informal enquiries are welcomed.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the effective delivery of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service into designated areas.
To assist with providing visible and professional clinical leadership across the service working in collaboration with the other Team leaders and assist the Nutrition and Dietetic Service Manager on professional matters.
To provide strong clinical leadership with a requirement to balance competing clinical and performance priorities, ensuring patients are treated by an appropriate member of the team.
To contribute to the ongoing development of a high quality, clinically effective Nutrition and Dietetic Service by enabling staff in designated teams to work within professional and governance frameworks.
To include day to day allocation of resources within the service, including supervision and support of staff and students in designated areas.
To manage a specialised clinical caseload undertaking the assessment, provision of advice and monitoring of the patients. This care will be provided be provided in the acute environment but may involve the community setting e.g. clinics within health centres.
To supervise, support, teach and appraise junior staff and students within the designated areas of the service.
To coordinate sickness absence, recruitment and retention, performance management, study leave and staff rotations for designated staff.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of job description and main responsibilities, please see Job Description for this post which is attached as a separate document.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of job description and main responsibilities, please see Job Description for this post which is attached as a separate document.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate diploma/ masters in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
- Relevant postgraduate qualification or training in specialist area
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Counselling skills course
- Leadership qualifications or willing to work towards
- Member of the BDA
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of stroke as a clinical specialism
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills including effective influencing, negotiation and motivation
- Clinical supervision or teaching skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Evidence of managing people effectively and being able to demonstrate leadership experience and skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and expertise in relevant clinical field of stroke
- Evidence of strategic planning
- Experience of initiating, leading and carrying out audit
- Significant experience in leadership and leading a team
- Experience of training and supervision of student dietitians
- Experience of service development and change management
Desirable
- Experience of clinically managing patients receiving parenteral nutrition
- Budget awareness
- Experience in involving patients/ carers in service development
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Strong leadership and vision
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Able to lead and motivate staff particularly in periods of change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate diploma/ masters in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
- Relevant postgraduate qualification or training in specialist area
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Counselling skills course
- Leadership qualifications or willing to work towards
- Member of the BDA
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a good working knowledge of stroke as a clinical specialism
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills including effective influencing, negotiation and motivation
- Clinical supervision or teaching skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Evidence of managing people effectively and being able to demonstrate leadership experience and skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and expertise in relevant clinical field of stroke
- Evidence of strategic planning
- Experience of initiating, leading and carrying out audit
- Significant experience in leadership and leading a team
- Experience of training and supervision of student dietitians
- Experience of service development and change management
Desirable
- Experience of clinically managing patients receiving parenteral nutrition
- Budget awareness
- Experience in involving patients/ carers in service development
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Strong leadership and vision
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Able to lead and motivate staff particularly in periods of change
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).
