Job summary
Are you a Band 5 dietitian looking to expand your expertise in acute medical and neurological services? Are you passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives? We are seeking enthusiastic and innovative Dietitian who value teamwork and are dedicated to ensuring patients receive timely assessment and compassionate care. If you are eager to enhance your clinical and service development skills in this field of Dietetics this will be a great opportunity.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload across the areas covered by the team: medical and neurological wards. They will also need to supervise dietetic students as required.
The successful candidate will thrive when working closely as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be keen to develop their skills in service development and audit as well as their clinical knowledge. We pride ourselves in being a forward-thinking department with a strong commitment to continuing professional development.
They will be required to contribute to education for the MDT, patients and families as well as support student placements. They will also get the opportunity to participate in Quality Improvement projects and undertake and present evidence based projects. This can then contribute to their self-led professional development whilst representing the outcomes of the important work that we do.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, the ability to work well in a team, and a positive and flexible approach is essential.
About us
The successful applicant will be joining an established Therapy Team of Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers supported by a Clinical Lead Therapist and a Professional Lead Dietitian. They will be encouraged to take an active role in current projects, including service development and evaluation; internal and external training; audit and research review.
The post holder will be working in a rewarding and challenging clinical environment. The Therapies department at Barnet Hospital is committed to ensuring staff feel supported with career progression through regular supervision, appraisal, in-house / external training and leadership development.
We are a very friendly and welcoming service where staff wellbeing is a high priority. The department fully supports the trust's aim to become an anti-racist organisation and the successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in this work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education and professional qualifications
Essential
- Degree in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of dietetic service in a busy hospital
- Working as part of a team
- Working with the public
- Presentations to groups
- Proficient use of PC of MS office and nutritional analysis packages
Desirable
- General dietetic experience on clinical placement
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Effective written communication skills
- Proven organisational skills, time management, prioritise own caseload & meet deadlines
- Effective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
- Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- A helpful, positive and flexible attitude
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
- Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
- Able to work effectively within different teams -multi and uni-disciplinary & willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Appreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others.
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
Person Specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education and professional qualifications
Essential
- Degree in nutrition and dietetics
- HCPC registration
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of dietetic service in a busy hospital
- Working as part of a team
- Working with the public
- Presentations to groups
- Proficient use of PC of MS office and nutritional analysis packages
Desirable
- General dietetic experience on clinical placement
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Effective written communication skills
- Proven organisational skills, time management, prioritise own caseload & meet deadlines
- Effective clinical reasoning skills & ability to reflect on own practice
- Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- A helpful, positive and flexible attitude
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account diversity considerations
- Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
- Able to work effectively within different teams -multi and uni-disciplinary & willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Appreciation of need for personal accountability for governance issues (to include confidentiality, Health & safety and risk management) and how these affect self and others.
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
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).
