Job summary

Specialist Dietitian - BAND 5 TO 6 PROGRESSION

Bradford District and Craven Nutrition Support Team

1 post - South Team

The Nutrition and Dietetic Services of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT) are excited to announce an opportunity for anenthusiastic dietitian to develop their clinical and leadership skills within the new Bradford District and Craven (BDC) Nutrition Support Team.

This exciting newly commissioned service supports the prevention, identification and treatment of adult malnutrition across our district. You, in collaboration with other members of the team, will have the opportunity to help develop and shape this service to provide a quality, modern model of care and delivery that works well for our local community. You will be developing and delivering nutritional support training programmes across community health, social and voluntary care services and care homes to enable a workforce skilled in the prevention, identification and management of malnutrition and dehydration and working closely with other multi-disciplinary teams in the community. Exploring new ways of utilising and maximising technology to support patients, carers and health professionals in treating malnutrition.

Applicants should be HCPC registered/registration pending dietitians and a driver's licence and own transport is essential for the post.

Main duties of the job

You will also provide home based one-to-one dietetic care for those individuals with nutritional care needs and contributing to the development of integrated nutrition/hydration policies and clinical pathways across community settings. You should be flexible, enthusiastic with excellent communication and interpersonal skills; a great team player with a proactive approach to both collaborative working and autonomous working when needs require them, and able to contribute to the on the ongoing development of the team.

The post will suit dietetic graduates wishing to start their career in a supportive team with opportunities to progress their career, as well as experienced band 5 dietitians looking to develop their clinical and leadership skills. You would be highly valued, trusted and supported by team members in this collaborative team and would enjoy a varied and interesting role with fantastic opportunities for development.

The BDC Nutrition Support Team is a unique collaboration between the Nutrition and Dietetic Services of ANHSFT and BTHFT and hosts 2 clinical teams (North Team and South Team), which consist of:

• Clinical Lead Dietitian
• Highly specialist dietitians / Team Leads
• Specialist Dietitians
• Dietetic Assistant Practitioners
• Team Admin Co-Ordinator

About us

This is an agile working post which will include some working from home, and some office based work. This post within the South team is employed by BTHFT and clinical work will be within the South / Bradford District geographical area, but you will be required to work or travel across sites in the BDC area on occasion for team meetings etc. BTHFT Nutrition & Dietetics Department is based at St Luke's Hospital with additional offices at Westbourne Green Community Hospital.

Applicants should be HCPC registered/registration pending dietitians and a driver's licence and own transport is essential for the post. Please note this post is within the South Team. The post is full time but we welcome applications from dietitians who would like part-time hours, please state this on your application. Band 6 progression will be determined through completion of a competency framework.

Bradford's Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a team of over 50 Dietitians and Airedale's Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a team of over 15 Dietitians, both supported by excellent administration teams with good IT facilities and access to electronic patient records. Professional development for staff is given high priority as is quality, effectiveness and service user experience.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants should be HCPC registered/registration pending dietitians. Please note this post is within the South Team.The post is full time but we welcome applications from dietitians who would like part-time hours, please state this on your application. Band 6 progression will be determined through completion of a competency framework.

Bradfords Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a team of over 50 Dietitians and Airedales Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a team of over 15 Dietitians, both supported by excellent administration teams with good IT facilities and access to electronic patient records. Professional development for staff is given high priority as is quality, effectiveness and service user experience.

Bradford and Craven District is a vibrant, diverse, multicultural district with a wide range of entertainment and leisure activities available locally. There are good road/rail networks to Leeds and the M62 corridor, and easy access to the Yorkshire Dales and the South Pennines.

You can find out more at

www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/dietetics & on Twitter @BTHFTdietitians

https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/service/therapies/nutrition-and-dietetics/

& on Twitter @Airedaleahps

www.visitbradford.com

www.investinbradford.com/discover-bradford.html

https://www.yorkshire-guide.co.uk/airedale.aspx

www.yorkshire.com

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive undergraduate clinical experience.
• Recent clinical experience.

Desirable

• Post registration dietetic experience working in a hospital or community setting
• Teaching and Training/Group facilitation experience
• Experience of community / voluntary groups (not necessarily in dietetic capacity).
• Post registration experience of clinical supervision and/or student training

Skills

Essential

• Good written skills
• Excellent interpersonal, team working and working relationships. Able to express opinions constructively and seek consensus and negotiate.
• Good presentation and teaching skills, both written and verbal.
• Good organisation skills.
• Computer literate including Microsoft Office software.
• Good communication and counselling skills including observation, listening, motivational interviewing and empathy.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical, reflective skills and problem-solving skills.

Desirable

• Electronic Patient Records use/understanding e.g. SystmOne / EPR.
• Ability to plan and facilitate workshops effectively and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate

Knowledge

Essential

• Competent in Core Areas of Dietetic Practice

Desirable

• Any Asian language
• Awareness of responsibility for own CPD
• Specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support dietetic practice
• Knowledge of the roles of other health and social care professionals working in community settings and the principles of partnership working
• Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement these
• Knowledge of the different dietary and social needs of the Bradford and Craven District population
• Knowledge of lone working principles

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Nutrition / Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Registered Dietitian with HCPC

Desirable

• Member of the British Dietetic Association and specialist groups
• Teaching or Training qualification

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