Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Diabetes

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Job summary

Are you passionate about optimising the care and treatment of children and young people with diabetes to promote the independence and dignity of your patients?

We believe that as dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:

  • We enable recovery
  • We empower quality of life
  • We bring independence and dignity to our patients
  • We support the foundation of a healthy lifestyle.

The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to recruit a specialist dietitian to work within our acute diabetes service; working across paediatric diabetes outpatients and with newly diagnosed children on the inpatient unit. As the successful applicant you will be working within our proud and forward thinking MDT, alongside colleagues who are friendly, approachable and supportive and who truly value dietitians as part of the MDT service.

This is an exciting time for Dietetics, Allied Health Professionals and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust as we prepare to move to our brand new Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital in the Summer of 2024.

Main duties of the job

The successful posthlder will run outpatient clinics as part of the consultant-led MDT; both within the MDT outpatient setting and as dietetic led clinics. The caseload consist of working with children, young people and their adult and includes all phases of dietetic care from diagnosis and across a variety of age ranges and is inclusive of transitional clinics for patients at the point of moving into adult care. Our diabetes adult and paediatric service is integrated and this post is supported by our Diabetes Dietitian Team Leader and is part of our team of 5 dietitians working in the specialist area of diabetes.

Inpatient care is focussed on supporting newly diagnosed individuals and their families to learn the fundamentals of carbohydrate care following diagnosis. You will have a varied and interesting case load of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes diagnoses and will be working with children and young people and their adult/carer. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with the people on their caseload.

You will be joining a progressive service that is part of the national paediatric diabetes peer review programme. Outpatient clinics are structured to promote MDT working and so you will never feel unsupported in your role.

About us

The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team ; based across Sandwell and West Birmingham. The department is friendly, sociable and progressive and you will be warmly welcomed. The culture in this department is supportive and staff welfare and wellbeing is paramount.

We have regular departmental meetings, clinical supervision sessions (including monthly group restorative sessions) and education meetings. Continuing professional development is promoted and as part of the job role we will support you with training and competency development as necessary.

Please see the videos from our team members detailing their experiences of working at SWB NHS trust:

Grace https://youtu.be/aJRDXQBYnLU

The Department trains student dietitians from Coventry and Birmingham City Universities across the full range of placements.

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

This role would be perfect for a rising star in diabetes or an experienced dietitian seeking a new venture. We support applications for flexible working or those seeking developmental opportunities.

For more reasons to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust please visit:

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/work-for-us/benefits/

Details

Date posted

29 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-CT-5402538

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Birmingham/ Sandwell

B18 7QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Member of BDA special interest group/PENG
  • Post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject

Experience

Essential

  • oPost registration experience of working with patients with diabetes or another dietetic speciality with transferable knowledge and/or skills
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationships with other professionals in the MDT
  • Experience of using patient information computer systems
  • Cognitive behaviour therapy/motivational interviewing skills

Desirable

  • Student training experience
  • Evidence of service/project development/ audit
  • Experience of working within the specialist diabetes MDT

Motivations

Essential

  • Keen to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
  • Keen to work in the field of Diabetes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Member of BDA special interest group/PENG
  • Post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject

Experience

Essential

  • oPost registration experience of working with patients with diabetes or another dietetic speciality with transferable knowledge and/or skills
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain working relationships with other professionals in the MDT
  • Experience of using patient information computer systems
  • Cognitive behaviour therapy/motivational interviewing skills

Desirable

  • Student training experience
  • Evidence of service/project development/ audit
  • Experience of working within the specialist diabetes MDT

Motivations

Essential

  • Keen to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
  • Keen to work in the field of Diabetes

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Birmingham/ Sandwell

B18 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Birmingham/ Sandwell

B18 7QH


Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Professional Lead - Nutrition and Dietetics

Ben Biffin

ben.biffin@nhs.net

01215074486

Details

Date posted

29 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-CT-5402538

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust

Birmingham/ Sandwell

B18 7QH


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