Job summary
Following significant investment, we are expanding our Allied Health Profession provision across our inpatient mental health services. We are looking for a Dietitian to join our AHP inpatient team working across our North Divisional Care Hub (Bury, HMR, Oldham). This is an exciting opportunity working with service users with a range of mental health and dietetic needs.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the speech and language therapists and physiotherapists in the team, as well as the ward based multidisciplinary teams including nursing staff, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, advanced practitioners, and peer support workers. Candidates should be autonomous practitioners who share our passion for delivering high quality interventions within a range of inpatient services, including working age adult and older adult mental health as well as our services providing inpatient rehabilitation and high support. You will have a strong values base underpinning your practice and embrace our Trust values of kindness, fairness, ingenuity and determination.
About us
We will support you to develop your skills and creativity in this role through separate management and clinical supervision, as well as links with other Dietitians in the trust through our trust wide Dietetic Forum. In line with our flexible working policy candidates can be full time or part time and we offer a range of options to support flexibility. Applicants are encouraged to contact us for informal conversations about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-Assess and monitor patients, offering therapeutic dietary advice and education to a range of patients within inpatient services-Provide specialist nutritional and dietetic advice to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.-Contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development -Training for staff and patients to improve service delivery-Work independently to undertake nutritional assessments and calculate nutritional requirements of patients using anthropometry and taking into account medical, social and cultural factors.-Communicate evidence based nutritional and dietary advice in an understandable form.-Use well developed communication and counselling skills such as reflective listening, open questioning, empathy, explanation and reassurance to communicate dietary intervention to patients and carers.-To work with other health professionals in a multidisciplinary way to support patient care.-Decide daily on priorities for own work area balancing patient related and professional demands-Work in collaboration with other trust Dietitians within inpatients to effectively plan and coordinate care ensuring access is provided across inpatient services-Contribute to the training of pre-registration dietetic students on clinical placement including clinical work, tutorials, feedback and assessment if required-Develop educational resources, which are evidence based and acceptable to patients and carers-Undertake group education sessions with patients, carers and staff on food and nutrition Clinical governance:-Identify personal training needs through participation in regular Continuous Professional Development activities and Individual Performance Development Review-Maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice.-Undertake defined audit projects as part of clinical practice-Contribute to the development of team and evidence-based treatment policies, protocols, standards and guidelines Professional development, quality and service development-Participation in reflective practice with an appropriate clinical supervisor- Maintaining and updating own knowledge by updating professional knowledge and competencies of professional practice. This may involve reading relevant articles, attending study days, seminars and conferences, both locally and nationally, as appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
-Assess and monitor patients, offering therapeutic dietary advice and education to a range of patients within inpatient services-Provide specialist nutritional and dietetic advice to medical, health care professionals and other agencies.-Contribute to the nutrition and dietetic service as a whole through participation in service development -Training for staff and patients to improve service delivery-Work independently to undertake nutritional assessments and calculate nutritional requirements of patients using anthropometry and taking into account medical, social and cultural factors.-Communicate evidence based nutritional and dietary advice in an understandable form.-Use well developed communication and counselling skills such as reflective listening, open questioning, empathy, explanation and reassurance to communicate dietary intervention to patients and carers.-To work with other health professionals in a multidisciplinary way to support patient care.-Decide daily on priorities for own work area balancing patient related and professional demands-Work in collaboration with other trust Dietitians within inpatients to effectively plan and coordinate care ensuring access is provided across inpatient services-Contribute to the training of pre-registration dietetic students on clinical placement including clinical work, tutorials, feedback and assessment if required-Develop educational resources, which are evidence based and acceptable to patients and carers-Undertake group education sessions with patients, carers and staff on food and nutrition Clinical governance:-Identify personal training needs through participation in regular Continuous Professional Development activities and Individual Performance Development Review-Maintain a personal portfolio as evidence of competence to practice.-Undertake defined audit projects as part of clinical practice-Contribute to the development of team and evidence-based treatment policies, protocols, standards and guidelines Professional development, quality and service development-Participation in reflective practice with an appropriate clinical supervisor- Maintaining and updating own knowledge by updating professional knowledge and competencies of professional practice. This may involve reading relevant articles, attending study days, seminars and conferences, both locally and nationally, as appropriate
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics plus short courses and experience to Master's level in relevant area OR BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma/MSc in Nutrition & Dietetics/Dietetics plus post registration short courses and experience to Master's level in relevant area
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association Post registration
- Master's degree in relevant specialism
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration clinical dietetic experience
- Experience of managing a dietetic case load
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients with mental health conditions and dementia
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and an understanding of the dietary management of common conditions requiring diet therapy
- Awareness of HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics and Standards of Proficiency
Desirable
- Knowledge of different ethnic cultures and religions
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good oral communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds Able to convey complex information in an understandable way
- Good presentation skills
- Good written communication skills
- Good key board skills (wordprocessing, data inputting)
- Commitment to engage in CPD and appraisal system
- Good anthropometric measurement skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to work effectively as part of a team.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics plus short courses and experience to Master's level in relevant area OR BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma/MSc in Nutrition & Dietetics/Dietetics plus post registration short courses and experience to Master's level in relevant area
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association Post registration
- Master's degree in relevant specialism
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration clinical dietetic experience
- Experience of managing a dietetic case load
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients with mental health conditions and dementia
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of nutrition and dietetics and an understanding of the dietary management of common conditions requiring diet therapy
- Awareness of HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics and Standards of Proficiency
Desirable
- Knowledge of different ethnic cultures and religions
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good oral communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds Able to convey complex information in an understandable way
- Good presentation skills
- Good written communication skills
- Good key board skills (wordprocessing, data inputting)
- Commitment to engage in CPD and appraisal system
- Good anthropometric measurement skills
- Good time management skills
- Able to work effectively as part of a team.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
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).
