Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will consider part time hours)
- Job ref
- 435-D248-24-A
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Blackburn Hospital
- Town
- Blackburn
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Diabetes Dietetic Team Lead
Band 7
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overview
We are looking for a new band 7 Dietetic Clinical Team Leader Dietitian for Diabetes.
This is full time post but we are happy to accept application for staff wishing to work part time.
The post holder would be expected to provide Dietetic care for complex Diabetes patients within the Diabetes service and manage the Dietetic Diabetes team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will combine a management/leadership role alongside a specialist clinical role.
The post holder would be expected to clinically supervise band 6 Specialist Dietitians as well as band 5 Rotational Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants .
They would also be expected to continually develop and evolve the Diabetes Dietetic team aswell as lead on Diabetes Dietetics for the Trust providing guidance, training and policies as required. They would also be expected to support the wider Dietetic management team.
Clinically the post holder would be expected to manage a caseload of complex Diabetes patients including the management of patients on insulin pumps.
Working for our organisation
The successful post holder will be part of the Diabetes and Weight Management Dietetic team The team consists of 2 x Band 7 (Team Leads), 3 x Band 6 Specialist Dietitians ( 2 for Diabetes and 1 for weight management, 1 x Band 5 (rotational) and 1 x band 3 Dietetic assistant.
The post holder would be primarily based at Royal Blackburn Hospital but would be expected to work across all East Lancashire Dietetic localities
The Diabetes Dietetic team work closely with their colleagues in the Diabetes Service and will be an integral part of the MDT.
The Diabetes and Weight Management team is a part of the wider Dietetic Department. The Department has 90 Staff of which 45 are Dietitians and is well supported with Dietetic Assistants , Assistant Practitioners and admin staff. The department uses the electronic patient record system EMIS for outpatients and Cerner for inpatients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The department offers student training to A,B and C placements and Dietitian Apprenticeships therefore the post holder will be expected to be involved in clinical teaching and assessment of students on their placement so therefore previous student training experience is desirable.
East Lancashire is a teaching hospital so the post holder would also be expected to contribute to Medical and other health care professional training as well.
East Lancashire has good transport links to Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and beyond and we are close to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.
The post holder would be expected to work across the sites and localities of East Lancashire so the post would suit a car driver/owner.
Informal inquiries and visits welcome please contact Tara Green, Dietetic Manager, 01282 804700
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSC or MSc in Dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Clinical Supervision
- CPD maintained
- Trained/work in the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Masters modules
- Specialised Interest Group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent post grad Dietetic expereince in a Diabetes speciality area for a minimium of 6 months
- Demonstrable evidence of clinical expertise in managing complex Diabetes patients
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider system partners
- Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects for safe, personal, and effective care
- Experience of undergraduate student and/or support staff supervision
- Contribution to clinical education of junior staff, students and assistants
- Clinical supervision, including formal appraisal and objective setting
- Experience of clinical guidance, pathway and protocol development and implementation
Desirable criteria
- Committee membership e.g., Safety Committee
- Experience of formal presentations including presenting to MDT, leadership, and clinical teams.
Skills and appitude
Essential criteria
- Organisational and time management skills.
- IT skills (competent in the use of Microsoft office applications)
- Ability to interpret complex clinical conditions including biochemistry
- Highly developed negotiation, persuasion, motivating, counselling and problem solving skills
- Clinically competent to give specialist Paediatric treatment advice to patients and their support network
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage attendance of staff and effectively address staff health issues.
- Ability to effectively deal with team conflict.
- Ability to produce Departmental and Trust guidelines/policies in Paediatric Dietetics
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- In depth knowledge of local and national NHS/Social Care agenda and its relevance to service area
- In depth knowledge of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines relevant to service area
- Able to manage high levels of risk in relationship to patient care
- Advanced workload management skills including prioritisation and delegation
- Advanced knowledge of a variety of assessment and clinical interventions skills relevant to service area
- Highly developed supervision and appraisal skills
- Advanced written and verbal skills to optimise patient management
- Able to demonstrate skills in advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to process relevant clinical and performance data and systems
- Highly developed ability to reflect and critically appraise own professional competency level and seek help from others appropriately
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365
Special requirements
Essential criteria
- Highly developed ability to work effectively alone as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Able to work in a pressurised, unpredictable environment, with a proven ability to multi-task and support others
- Listen to views and opinions of others, demonstrate compassion, kindness and self-awareness
- Compassionate leadership
- Able to deal with challenging behaviour of patients, carers and/or families
- Value difference, diversity and inclusion and ensure fairness for all
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- Access to private vehicle to be able to travel across ELHT sites, including to patient's usual place of residence, where required
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner as required in accordance with the agreed job plan
- Able to undertake moving and handling tasks
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
- Tara Green
- Job title
- Dietetic Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01282804700
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