Job summary
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.
The main responsibility of this post is to provide clinical dietetic services to the wards at Wotton Lawn and Charlton Lane Hospitals, Berkeley House LD inpatient unit, and Laurel House & Honeybourne Recovery Units
o The post holder will work within professional guidelines and policies to support patients with highly complex needs
o To provide supervision to Dietetics students and engage in peer review sessions with other clinicians within Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
o The job holder will be recognised as an expert within their area, working in partnership with others internally and externally to develop their defined area of service.
o To develop the knowledge, skills and awareness of partners both within the Trust and outside
Main duties of the job
o To provide specialist nutrition advice/input and training throughout mental health and learning disabilities (LD) services within the Trust
o To provide a Trust wide Nutrition and Dietetic Service for mental health and LD and work as an autonomous practitioner and with supervision from the lead Dietitian.
o To work with catering services to ensure the Trust's catering provisions are fit for purpose and meet national guidelines for hospital food standards
o To provide dietetic assessments and interventions to individuals or groups of clients with mental illness or learning disabilities
o To provide clinical supervision and support to Dietetic Students
o To carry out delegated tasks in policy and service development reviews.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver a Dietetic service, ensuring that it is evidence based and in line with clinical governance requirements.
To ensure that patients/clients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness, using evidence-based practice, adapting practice to meet individual patients circumstances; including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences, and by evaluating outcomes
To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with nutritional difficulties
To plan and prioritise workload, exercising professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients with nutritional difficulties.
To use advanced communication/behaviour change skills and motivational techniques to negotiate with clients and carers the necessary changes to their diet.
- To overcome resistance to dietary change by motivating and educating clients and carers with the appropriate information and skills needed to meet their nutritional requirements and empower them to control their own medical condition.
To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others regarding complex case management issues
To maintain appropriate records in electronic or hard copy in line with Trust policies and professional guidelines, including workload data and to use word processing skills to produce client related reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge
To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager.
To use professional skills and knowledge; including research, service evaluation and audit, to support service/policy developments
To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building and policy development.
To advise line manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall, service pressures etc.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment including equipment loaned to clients, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained
- To develop and deliver training, both formal and informal, to assistants, volunteers, non-specialists, carers and other specialists/professionals.
To promote actively the involvement of service users and carers; providing information to encourage their involvement and to ensure that they are adequately supported in this involvement.
To supervise, evaluate and assess students on placements.
To initiate and undertake audit projects within area of clinical expertise
To collect and provide research data as required
To support the interpretation and implementation of national and local policy relevant to people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties and eating disorders
To manage a complex caseload.
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct
To work independently, accessing appraisal within an Individual Performance Framework at pre-determined intervals
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver a Dietetic service, ensuring that it is evidence based and in line with clinical governance requirements.
To ensure that patients/clients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness, using evidence-based practice, adapting practice to meet individual patients circumstances; including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences, and by evaluating outcomes
To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with nutritional difficulties
To plan and prioritise workload, exercising professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients with nutritional difficulties.
To use advanced communication/behaviour change skills and motivational techniques to negotiate with clients and carers the necessary changes to their diet.
- To overcome resistance to dietary change by motivating and educating clients and carers with the appropriate information and skills needed to meet their nutritional requirements and empower them to control their own medical condition.
To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others regarding complex case management issues
To maintain appropriate records in electronic or hard copy in line with Trust policies and professional guidelines, including workload data and to use word processing skills to produce client related reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge
To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager.
To use professional skills and knowledge; including research, service evaluation and audit, to support service/policy developments
To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building and policy development.
To advise line manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall, service pressures etc.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment including equipment loaned to clients, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained
- To develop and deliver training, both formal and informal, to assistants, volunteers, non-specialists, carers and other specialists/professionals.
To promote actively the involvement of service users and carers; providing information to encourage their involvement and to ensure that they are adequately supported in this involvement.
To supervise, evaluate and assess students on placements.
To initiate and undertake audit projects within area of clinical expertise
To collect and provide research data as required
To support the interpretation and implementation of national and local policy relevant to people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties and eating disorders
To manage a complex caseload.
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct
To work independently, accessing appraisal within an Individual Performance Framework at pre-determined intervals
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Recognised degree registration under the Health and Care Professions' Council
Desirable
- Evidence of post-graduate training
- Advanced Diploma of Dietetics
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive post registration experience including evidence of experience in catering and providing training
- Experience of working with eating disorder cases either in a community setting or in-patient
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health and learning disability clinical settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Proven ability to work independently, manage and prioritise workload
- Good knowledge of eating disorders and their physical consequences
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to other colleagues/professionals
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Recognised degree registration under the Health and Care Professions' Council
Desirable
- Evidence of post-graduate training
- Advanced Diploma of Dietetics
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive post registration experience including evidence of experience in catering and providing training
- Experience of working with eating disorder cases either in a community setting or in-patient
Desirable
- Experience of working in mental health and learning disability clinical settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Proven ability to work independently, manage and prioritise workload
- Good knowledge of eating disorders and their physical consequences
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to other colleagues/professionals
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).
