Dietitian

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is growing following investment and we are delighted to invest in our band 5 dietitian team.

Our belief is that dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:

Enable recovery
Empower quality of life
Bring independence and dignity to our patients

We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a growing department in a band 5 dietitian position working in elderly care, trauma and orthopaedics or general medicine with additional clinical attachment opportunities across surgery, stroke, medicine, gastro and oncology specialities and one community rotation working with people with a range of medical conditions. Candidates will be joining our service at a time of considerable opportunity and we are delighted to offer this opportunity following the internal promotion of our team members.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting post at an exciting time for Dietetics, Allied Health Professionals and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust as we seek to prepare for our move to the brand new Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital bringing lots of opportunities for future development.

This is a varied post providing a dietetic attachment and broad experience across the service; providing you an opportunity to expand your dietetic knowledge and develop your passion for nutrition and dietetics across a range of working environments. We currently offer six monthly attachments, with four attachment options in the acute setting and one in the community setting. We tailor our attachments to the needs of the service and to you as a professional providing strong development opportunities into your speciality of preference or to receive a broad experience working in a number of areas department-wide.

Our attachments strongly align with the BDA preceptorship and we have a strong focus on continued professional development and peer support. Our team is supportive and friendly and all staff members joining the department are supported with internal and external training and development opportunities in addition to access to the nationally recognised Black Country preceptorship programme for newly qualified professionals. You would be joining our ambitious and forward-thinking therapies structure.

About us

The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team; based across Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. We have regular departmental meetings, clinical supervision sessions and education meetings. Continuing professional development is promoted and supported.

Our department is well recognised within the trust and has recently received significant funding to support the growth of the department. Nutrition and hydration is recognised as a fundamental of care and a key poart of the trusts strategy. The Department trains student dietitians from Coventry and Birmingham City Universities across the full range ofplacements.

There is excellent administrative support, IT facilities and access to modern Trust library facilities.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust is located near major road and rail networks with easy access to Birmingham. There are a wide range of leisure facilities locally.

You can hear from our team members in relation to what it is like to work for us:

Grace: https://youtu.be/aJRDXQBYnLU

Holly: https://youtu.be/CMYsnE3Hb1Q

Date posted

12 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

381-CT-5274529

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Birmingham/Sandwell

B18 7QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
HCPC Registration
Willingness to undertake CPD

Desirable

Member of BDA

Skills & Experience

Essential

Completion of student placements
Ability to work within a team and independently
Willing to partake in clinical supervision
Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placement as student dietitian during training

Desirable

Keen to contribute to service development

Motivations

Essential

Desire to work as a Dietitian in Sandwell and West Birmingham
Desire to work as a Dietitian with clinical attachments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
HCPC Registration
Willingness to undertake CPD

Desirable

Member of BDA

Skills & Experience

Essential

Completion of student placements
Ability to work within a team and independently
Willing to partake in clinical supervision
Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placement as student dietitian during training

Desirable

Keen to contribute to service development

Motivations

Essential

Desire to work as a Dietitian in Sandwell and West Birmingham
Desire to work as a Dietitian with clinical attachments

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).