Job summary
This is a very exciting opportunity for a qualified Dietitian to join our friendly and experienced dietetic team at Airedale General Hospital. The post-holder will be based at Airedale and will work alongside our dietetic team consisting of Dietitians, a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, Dietetic Assistants and admin support staff.
This role will lead our dietetic provision to our Airedale Telemedicine for Health & Justice service. Airedale has led the way in providing telemedicine services and dietetics is one of the main contributors delivering expert dietetic advice to prisons across the country. This role will lead on how we develop this service going forward working alongside the healthcare teams within the prisons establishing and maintaining strong working relationships, and colleagues within Airedale including specialist consultants and the Airedale Telemedicine Team. The post provides expert dietetic advice and nutrition support for patients with a range of medical conditions. In addition, the postholder will work within the inpatient dietetic team working on adult wards across the trust including critical care, gastroenterology, stroke, elderly and general medicine, surgery and orthopaedics.
We encourage prospective candidates to visit the department, meet our team and learn about the opportunities on offer to develop your dietetic career.
Main duties of the job
Lead the dietetic telemedicine service, triaging referrals, leading on development opportunities and engaging and networking with the prison healthcare teams and multi-disciplinary team. Manage a caseload of adult patients with a variety of medical conditions including nutrition support and gastroenterology.
Provide expert dietetic support to the adult acute team seeing patients with a variety of dietetic needs including parenteral and enteral nutrition and critical care.
About us
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes.
We want to attract staff who embrace our 'Right Care' behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make these part of our DNA.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and recent experience working in a variety of clinical areas and settings
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies
- Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
Desirable
- Experience of taking part in or leading on projects/ service improvements
- Experience of developing and implementing guidelines in own clinical area
- Experience of taking part in audit or research projects
- Experience in gastroenterology and/or critical care
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Post-graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Post graduate courses relevant to nutrition and dietetics
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Excellent teamworking skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations
- Excellent analytical and reflective skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers
Other
Essential
- Current UK driving license
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant and recent experience working in a variety of clinical areas and settings
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies
- Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
Desirable
- Experience of taking part in or leading on projects/ service improvements
- Experience of developing and implementing guidelines in own clinical area
- Experience of taking part in audit or research projects
- Experience in gastroenterology and/or critical care
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Post-graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Post graduate courses relevant to nutrition and dietetics
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Excellent teamworking skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations
- Excellent analytical and reflective skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers
Other
Essential
- Current UK driving license
Desirable
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).
