Job summary
We are excited to offer opportunities for highly skilled dietitians to join our collaborative team, leading nutrition related prescribing interventions and pathway optimisation across primary, community and secondary care.
The initial focus will be on optimising malnutrition management across the ICB, with plans to expand into other areas of nutrition related prescribing.
This post will cover the Cheshire and Merseyside area.
There will be three hubs across the patch:
Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral
East and West Cheshire
Halton, Warrington, St Helens and Knowsley
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to preference which hub they would like to be based in. However, remote/hybrid working will mean staff will be expected to support across all areas
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities
Data driven analysis: Analyse clinical and prescribing data to identify drivers of high costs in nutrition related products
Strategy development: Co-develop sustainable, long term strategies for nutrition related prescribing and dietetic clinical pathways, including system wide formularies, policies, procedures, guidelines and pathways
Education and training: Deliver education sessions to stakeholders - dietetic teams, medicines optimisation teams, GP practices, care homes and patients to implement best practices for nutritional care
Patient care: Conduct individual patient assessments within your scope of practice
Leadership and collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders across the care interface, linking with dietetic teams, medicines optimisation teams and other partners
Adaptability: Thrive in a rapidly changing health care environment, demonstrating flexibility and a proactive approach
Workforce development: Play a key role in educating future health care professionals, including dietetic and other health care students.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Enthusiastic, forward thinking professionals with exceptional communication, leadership and analytical skills
Specialist knowledge in one or more areas: adults, paediatrics, nutrition support, diabetes, obesity, gastroenterology
Experience in optimising nutrition prescribing projects is advantageous
Flexible and adaptable, comfortable working in a dynamic health care environment.
- Provide care, advice, and guidance in the treatment of others, when dealing with complex highly specialist conditions.
- Responsible for the delivery of identified training.
- Work in partnership with the other services/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting. This may include procurement and enteral feed contract reviews.
- Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service to its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.
- Ensure that team work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
- Develop partnerships and joint working with service users and stakeholders to improve patient/client care.
- Work in partnership with other organisations to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social care services.
- Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role.
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users.
- Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.
- Act as a role model to others ensuring that patients receive the most effective care possible.
- Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the target population.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Enthusiastic, forward thinking professionals with exceptional communication, leadership and analytical skills
Specialist knowledge in one or more areas: adults, paediatrics, nutrition support, diabetes, obesity, gastroenterology
Experience in optimising nutrition prescribing projects is advantageous
Flexible and adaptable, comfortable working in a dynamic health care environment.
- Provide care, advice, and guidance in the treatment of others, when dealing with complex highly specialist conditions.
- Responsible for the delivery of identified training.
- Work in partnership with the other services/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting. This may include procurement and enteral feed contract reviews.
- Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service to its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.
- Ensure that team work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
- Develop partnerships and joint working with service users and stakeholders to improve patient/client care.
- Work in partnership with other organisations to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social care services.
- Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role.
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users.
- Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.
- Act as a role model to others ensuring that patients receive the most effective care possible.
- Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the target population.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or relevant degree with post graduate diploma in dietetics professional Registration
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters level or equivalent
- Experiential training which demonstrates highly specialist skills in specialist area
- Evidence of management training
- Membership of relevant special interest groups
- Evidence of leadership training
Desirable
- Full member of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Member of Specialist Group of BDA
- Masters or postgraduate qualification in relevant clinical area
- Teaching/Student Training/Mentorship qualification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate / postgraduate in Dietetics
- Evidence of service development and project management
- Proven ability to work independently, prioritise and manage own complex caseload
- Experience of carrying out specialist assessments and interventions
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Awareness of HR and other relevant policies relating to staff management
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Understands the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Understands the standards of record keeping
- Understands confidentiality as relating to the NHS
Desirable
- Non-medical supplementary or if applicable independent prescriber
- Evidence of quality improvement or research
- Experience of delivering/ developing training to staff / carers.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff members
- Experience of being a clinical educator
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Discreet
- Change oriented
- Transparency and honesty
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse caseload.
- Analytical and report writing skills.
- Highly developed communication and clinical skills
- Ability to facilitate and lead discussions in professional/multi-agency meetings.
- Evidence of professional development.
- Presentation skills with the ability to present to large groups.
- Ability to monitor competing commitments to reflect service priorities
- Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions
- Proficient at time management, working to deadlines and good organisational skills.
- Self-motivated and committed to best practice
Desirable
- Evidence of gastrostomy tube care/tube replacement competency
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or relevant degree with post graduate diploma in dietetics professional Registration
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters level or equivalent
- Experiential training which demonstrates highly specialist skills in specialist area
- Evidence of management training
- Membership of relevant special interest groups
- Evidence of leadership training
Desirable
- Full member of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Member of Specialist Group of BDA
- Masters or postgraduate qualification in relevant clinical area
- Teaching/Student Training/Mentorship qualification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate / postgraduate in Dietetics
- Evidence of service development and project management
- Proven ability to work independently, prioritise and manage own complex caseload
- Experience of carrying out specialist assessments and interventions
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Awareness of HR and other relevant policies relating to staff management
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Understands the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Understands the standards of record keeping
- Understands confidentiality as relating to the NHS
Desirable
- Non-medical supplementary or if applicable independent prescriber
- Evidence of quality improvement or research
- Experience of delivering/ developing training to staff / carers.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff members
- Experience of being a clinical educator
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Discreet
- Change oriented
- Transparency and honesty
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse caseload.
- Analytical and report writing skills.
- Highly developed communication and clinical skills
- Ability to facilitate and lead discussions in professional/multi-agency meetings.
- Evidence of professional development.
- Presentation skills with the ability to present to large groups.
- Ability to monitor competing commitments to reflect service priorities
- Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions
- Proficient at time management, working to deadlines and good organisational skills.
- Self-motivated and committed to best practice
Desirable
- Evidence of gastrostomy tube care/tube replacement competency
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
