An exciting opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSx) for an experienced home enteral feeding dietitian dietitian to join our home enteral feeding team. The postholder will be team lead and also hold a clinical caseload.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Dietitians Department and home enteral nutrition service dietetic team at Worthing Hospital as advanced clinical lead for home enteral nutrition for adults. This includes managing your own clinical caseload and supervising the day-to-day work of the other dietitians and dietetic assistant within the HEN team. To work alongside the Paediatric HEN Dietitian and Macmillan Dietitian and provide emergency cover for tube issues for their HEF caseload. The post will be a point of expertise to the whole dietetic department and MDT, ensuring the delivery of a consistently excellent service to patients and their carers.

You will be lead for the HEF team, responsible for staff management such as leave requests, caseload allocation, staff development and appraisal. You will also have a role in developing the service to maximise efficiency and patient care.

Part time hours will be considered - please detail hours requested in your application form.

For further details /informal visit contact - Clare Thornton-Wood, Principal Lead Dietitian 01903

About us

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops.

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As one of the UKs largest acute Trusts, were a leading example of the excellence, ambition and values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation with patient care at our core. Our hard-working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal to always put ourPatient First.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. Were here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourwellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Make sure to check out our Patient Firstapproach that runs through our core as youll get to know us better through this, ourequality, diversity and inclusion pageswhich show just why being inclusive is so important to us and how our staff networks help drive change, and ourstaff wellbeing pagethat details the many ways in which we invest in your wellbeing.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

• Bachelor of science (Honours degree) Nutrition and Dietetics
• Experience of managing own complex caseload
• evidence of significant post-registration experience

Desirable

• MSc qualification in relevant specialist area
• Student Clinical educators course
• Experience of managing and leading a team

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Worthing Hospital

Lyndhurst Road

Worthing

BN11 2DH

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