Job summary
- Main area
- Team Leader Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 164-6345828
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City campus, NUH
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Team Leader Dietitian
Band 7
Job overview
Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team and influence the future provision of dietetic services within Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader Dietitian to work on the City campus at NUH. The successful candidate will have an operational leadership role in the provision and development of dietetic services and staff , whilst managing a clinical specialist workload and leading a team which provides inpatients and outpatient services at the City campus. The team consists of clinical lead dietitians, specialist dietitians, and rotational band 5's and a responsibility for student training.
There may be some flexibility with regards to the clinical caseload depending on the applicant and service requirement.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for a clinical caseload at City campus as well as providing operational daily support and guidance to other members of the team working within Oncology, Haematology, Head and Neck, Health care of the elderly and respiratory. You will have responsibility for providing leadership for the team to ensure effective and efficient service delivery, promote staff development, as well as providing expert knowledge and support for dietetic colleagues and for the management team.
Working for our organisation
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!
The Dietetic service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff, who works together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced dietitian with relevant clinical experience, leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to take forward this part of the dietetic service. You will gain experience in management with the support from other team leaders and dietetic manager. Please refer to the job description attached.
Main responsibilities:
To lead the team in the operational management of the therapy service and contribute to the strategic development of the service.
To take responsibility for highly developed clinical reasoning in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and therapy management.
To monitor the performance of all staff within the team.
To ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through the training and development of staff.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the service provided and ensure improvements are implemented (in liaison with the Therapy Services Manager).
To be responsible for identifying training needs of yourself and your team in line with Trust and Departmental objectives. To ensure that staff are aware of the need to maintain ongoing competence of all staff undertaking out of hours work where applicable. To provide training and support to cover out of hours work within your area.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered
- Requires specialist knowledge for area of responsibility
- Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty (eg either obtained MSc or completed modules
- Evidence of maintaining professional competence through CPD
Desirable criteria
- Higher Qualification (MSC or above)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post graduate experience, including wide exposure to different specialties and/or experiences at Band 6 in relevant specialty
- Experience of management of performance and sickness of staff and participation in recruitment of new staff to maximize workforce potential
- Experience in evaluation of evidence based practice, audit, service development and benchmarking
Desirable criteria
- Previous Experience as a team leader dietitian
- Experience of working in different clinical settings
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training
- Presention skills to groups of up to 25
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
- Able to communicate complex condition related information to patients, relatives/carers and other clinical/social care staff where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. language barriers, speech, cognitive problems
- To feedback constructive criticism with tact and diplomacy in performance management of staff
- Able to maintain accurate and comprehensive treatment records in line with the trust policy and departmental procedures
Analytical and judgement
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
- Ability to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options including clinical and strategic issues
- Assess and manage risk in own area
- Ability to collate information to identify trends and inform service development e.g. use of spreadsheets, computer generated workload stats.
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload of your self and your team, including daily tasks and longer term planning despite interruptions and changing priorities
- Effective delegation
Physical skill
Essential criteria
- Basic keyboard skills including the inputting of data
- Ability to use a range of medical devices, some of which require dexterity and accuracy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Anne How
- Job title
- Therapy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812268179
- Additional information
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