Dietitian

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a hard working and enthusiastic dietitian to join our friendly team. If you are looking for your first dietetic role or wishing to consolidate you general dietetic skills then this could be the post for you.

If you are eligible for HCPC registration but do not have this yet we will consider your application.

The role is based within our acute dietetic team at the Great Western Hospital and the successful candidate would join our band 5 acute rotation programme, which consists of rotations Cardiology & Respiratory, and Surgery.

There will be opportunities to be involved in project and audit work as well as providing teaching /training sessions for patients and other health care professionals.

Our team consists of 25 Dietitians and a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, 2 Nutrition Nurses, 4 Dietetic Assistants, and an excellent admin team.

Main duties of the job

Your career progression is important to us and we are committed to continuous professional development and student training. As a department we have monthly CPD sessions, and there are opportunities to shadow colleagues in other specialties including ICU, oncology, parenteral nutrition, home enteral feeding & diabetes.

We have good access to CPD funding for training and have a number of staff participating in masters modules related to their area of work.

All newly qualified staff are enrolled into the trust-wide preceptorship program.

We have good computer facilities in the department and have access to excellent library and CPD support.

We have a good track record of being able to provide internal promotion for staff.

The department provides placements for A, B & C students and you will be involved in elements of their training and supervision.

About Us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a service to inpatients and outpatients with support provided by senior dietitians and dietetic assistant.2. To undertake and develop the dietetic service for a number of in-patient wards, including general medical, stroke and surgical.3. To be responsible for managing appropriate patients referred from ward areas, using local protocols.4. To be responsible for patients fed enterally within own caseload, including periods of cover. To calculate patient requirements and ensure these are met by recommending specialised products and the appropriate administration of these via naso-gastric or gastrostomy tubes.5. To regularly monitor individual biochemical status regularly to ensure correct nutrition received.
  
  
  

Person Specification

Qualifications

Qualifications Essential

• Degree or post graduate diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition & Dietetics
• Registration by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Member of British Dietetic Association
  
  
  

Desirable

• Audit
• CBT
• Member of relevant BDA special interest group (e.g. PEN Group, community Group)
• CPD relevant to elements of post e.g. nutrition support
  
  
  

Experience Essential

• Supervised dietetic placement - evidence of B & C placements or recent band 5 experience
• Recent experience of working within a team
• Recent experience of working with MUST (or similar)
• Recent experience in the planning, delivery and evaluation of patient education programmes
  
  
  

Desirable

• Recent experience of working with vulnerable people or children
  
  
  

Knowledge Essential

• Good organisational skills - ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload and other objectives within a busy environment and maintain deadlines
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships at all levels
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to patient and customer focused care
  
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).