Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 820-6125170-ASR-A
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mosely Hall Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/06/2024
Employer heading
Band 6 Inpatient Neurorehab Dietician
Band 6
Job overview
Are you interested in helping patients regain nutritional status, eating and drinking skills after a brain injury? If so, we are looking for someone like you to learn from and support our Band 7 dietitian on our 32 bedded inpatient Level 1 neurorehabilitation unit (INRU), based at Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham.
Main duties of the job
The INRU multidisciplinary team is passionate about supporting adults with complex acquired neurological conditions to achieve their rehabilitation goals. The dietitian is held in high regard and works closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, monitor and maintain patients’ nutrition and hydration needs, enabling complex patients to work towards their discharge destination. Experience of nutritional support, dysphagia and enteral feeding is essential for this role. You will also have opportunity to work alongside our award-winning Nutrition Nurse team to develop your enteral feeding knowledge and practice.
This unique post is part of a community hospitals’ dietetic team which has good support from dietetic assistant practitioners.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This team is part of Birmingham Community Nutrition which provide a comprehensive community citywide service for the Birmingham CCGs and employs over 70 staff. We also support the training of dietetic students (A, B & C placements) from local higher education establishments.
Benefits of working for Birmingham Community Nutrition include free parking at all community venues, excellent access to IT equipment to work remotely, up to date office facilities and comprehensive admin support dedicated to the service.
The department has a comprehensive structure to support Clinical Governance and your personal development via annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust.
Whatever your skills or experience in dietetics we encourage you to contact us.
The post holder is expected to work with the Inpatient Dietetic Team and Highly Specialist Clinical Dietetic Lead on INRU to provide a quality nutrition and dietetic service within the inpatient neurorehabilitation service. The post holder is responsible for supporting clients on enteral feeding or oral nutrition support, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, monitor and maintain patients’ nutrition and hydration needs, enabling complex patients to work towards their discharge destination.
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- Dietitian registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive experience of post registration clinical dietetics
- Evidence of developing, implementing and evaluating projects
- Evidence of interest in nutrition support and home enteral feeding
- Evidence of multi disciplinary working
- Evidence of delivering training sessions
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and assessing students
- Experience of supervising staff
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate verbal communication skills and presentation skills
- Ability to generate written communication that is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
- Ability to work within a multicultural setting, including ability to teach groups and individuals from different backgrounds
- Ability to apply nutritional knowledge in a variety of settings
- Ability to plan and manage own time
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence based clinical trends and practices
Desirable criteria
- A demonstrable understanding of dietetics within a community setting
- An ability to use information technology to maximise personal effectiveness, or a willingness to develop these skills
- An ability to demonstrate individual and team responsibility in respect of health and safety
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- An ability to be very flexible in a changing environment
- An ability to work independently
- An ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working
- An ability to develop and maintain links with outside agencies
- An ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
- An ability to use tact and diplomacy where necessary
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates innovative ideas
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to different venues within the city, transporting equipment such as scales
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Bibby
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 683 2300
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Kimberley Bibby - [email protected] 0121 683 2300
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