Job responsibilities
To
provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within the
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) and Cystic Fibrosis (CF) services. This
includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, their parents and carers, all
healthcare staff and participation in the training of student dietitians.
Leeds
Childrens Hospital has been commissioned by NHS England to provide a
regional service for the management of children with PCD. The post holder
will be the lead dietitian for this service. You will therefore be required
to travel with the Paediatric PCD team to provide annual assessment clinics
across the North of England and to support paediatric dietitians in the
network clinics. The aim is to collaborate and support the development of a
paediatric Northern PCD network with close links to the adult service.
Along
with this, the post holder will be expected to assist the lead dietitian in
the delivery of the CF service. There is also the expectation that the post
holder will gain experience in respiratory and general medicine, working
alongside another B6, to provide cover for the service.
You
will also be expected to demonstrate initiative in assisting and supporting
the senior specialist dietitians and the clinical dietetic manager in the
day-to-day management of the department.
3. JOB DIMENSIONS
3.1 Manage own case load to a level agreed
with supervisor/line manager.
3.2 Be involved in the provision of education
and training to healthcare staff,
patients, care providers and students.
3.3 Be a key member of the
multidisciplinary care teams to provide integrated dietetic care.
3.4 Shows initiative in assisting and
supporting the senior specialist
dietitians and the clinical dietetic manager in the day to day
management of the department.
3.5
Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians and students.
5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED
5.1 BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or
equivalent.
5.2 HPC Registration as a dietitian.
5.3 Previous experience of working as a
dietitian particularly in an MDT setting.
5.4 Willing to undergo any training as
required to enable performance in the job.
5.5 Awareness of current issues in
specialised areas of dietetics.
5.6 Able to work within a team, demonstrate
initiative, confidence and excellent time management and organisational
skills.
5.7 Good written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills.
5.8 Good presentation skills in delivering
training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public
(this may involve groups of more than 50 people).
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
6.1 Comply with professional codes of
practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies and procedures.
6.2 Maintain strict confidentiality in
accordance with Trust policies and HPC standards.
6.3 Be compassionate and ethical in the
provision of dietetic care.
6.4 Demonstrate a commitment to personal
and professional development.
7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE
TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible
care for our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving
forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition
8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
8.1 Demonstrate good office practice in
accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
8.2 Be a pro-active team member of the
dietetic department by participating in departmental development projects,
attending and participating in departmental meetings and clinical updates.
8.3 Demonstrate the ability to communicate
highly complex, specialised and sensitive information with empathy and
understanding.
8.4 Demonstrate the ability to provide
highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive
behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance, motivational and
negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change.
8.5
Demonstrate the ability to analyse
clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans
in specialised areas.
8.6 Demonstrate analytical skills in
prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly
complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other
ongoing physical, emotional, psychological and medical problems.
9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
9.1 Ability to perform specialised
nutritional assessments, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes
for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical
conditions.
9.2 Advanced knowledge of biochemistry,
physiology and pharmacology.
9.3 Understanding of the calculations
required in dietetic assessment.
9.4 Ability to correctly interpret complex
nutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This will
involve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry,
anthropometrics, clinical condition, social factors and diet histories in
patients with specialised and complex nutritional needs.
9.5 Demonstrate advanced knowledge in
interpretation of complex clinical information to develop, monitor and
complete nutritional care plans in a specialised dietetic areas. This may
include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products
and enteral nutrition.
9.6 Responsible for safe discharge planning
including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition.
9.7 Demonstrate the ability to evaluate
practice using evidence based practice and critical appraisal.
9.8 Ability to advise and suggest nutrition
related medications.
9.9 Knowledge of clinical governance,
quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist areas.
9.10 Awareness of national guidance and
driving factors in specialist areas.
10. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
10.1 Clinical and professional
10.1.1 Be an autonomous practitioner, clinically,
legally and professionally responsible for own caseload.
10.1.2 Responsible as a clinical practitioner in a
specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic
care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional
guidelines, broad occupational policies and procedures.
10.1.3 Collect, analyse and record relevant
patient information from clinical and patient sources to develop effective
nutritional plans.
10.1.4 Communicate the nutrition and dietary
treatment of patients to healthcare staff, other professionals and patient
carers eg schools and nurseries. This may involve co-ordinating nutritional
care with other trusts and centres outside the Trust.
10.1.5 Undertake comprehensive assessments of
patients with diverse and complex nutritional issues where investigative and
analytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans.
10.1.6 Responsible for providing relevant dietary
advice within an in-patient an out-patient setting in verbal and written
forms in a format which is understood by patients and carers.
10.1.7 Responsible for developing and maintaining
an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical knowledge
and skills.
10.1.8 Participate in the appraisal process as an
appraisee and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional
development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national
legislation.
10.1.9 Participate in audit within specialist
areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure
clinical effectiveness and promote evidence based practice.
10.1.10Undertake
any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested/ agreed with the line
manager.
10.2 Education and training
10.2.1 Devise and implement specialised
nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients according to current
national guidelines and standards, including NSFs and NICE. This will involve
advising patients, relatives or carers, individually or in a group setting.
10.2.2 Contribute to developing and maintaining
agreed levels of expertise of dietetic team members.
10.2.3 Provide effective oral and written
specialised dietetic advice and information to patients and their carers to
enable achievement of dietary aims.
10.2.4 Develop resources used in the education and
training of patients, health professionals and the public.
10.2.5 Deliver formal and informal talks on
nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required.
10.2.6 Plan and deliver student training as
assigned after an appropriate induction period/ supervisory training course.
10.2.7 Train ward staff to use dietetic resources
appropriately.
10.2.8 Participate in providing specialised
advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team
regarding the nutritional managements of a specialist group of patients.
