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Dietitian (XR05)

Employer
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Location
Leeds
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Closing date
12 Sep 2024

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Profession
Dietitian
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Are you a newly qualified Dietitian or a Dietitian wanting to broaden their dietetic skills within a forward thinking, proactive and supportive team? Then this job could be for you.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic dietitian, with excellent communication and team working skills to join our friendly and welcoming renal dietetic team, as a full-time Band 5 dietitian, with automatic progression to a Band 6 once competencies have been achieved.

We will support you to develop the knowledge and skills required to provide care to patients with acute and chronic kidney disease.

As part of you professional and personal development, you form part of the Band 5 support group, allowing you to work with dietitians form other teams and specialities and will be encouraged to complete the preceptorship program during your first year of work.

Health and wellbeing is a Trust and department priority offering opportunities for flexible working and work from home and where services allow.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide dietetic care to patients with acute and chronic kidney disease, in the acute inpatient service and develop theskills and knowledge to provide outpatient care in the low clearance, haemodialysis, and transplant service. You will provide evidenced based advice to patients and carers on the provision of nutrition support and therapeutic diets for patients at all stages of kidney disease. You will work with patients to develop treatment plans, which incorporate patient-centred goals, whilst ensuring safe and acceptable biochemical parameters. You will work collaboratively as a key member of the MDT, ensuring the best care of our patients and will be involved in education of healthcare professionals.

You will be actively involved in the development, implementation, and audit of patient care practices as part of Clinical Governance, have opportunities to develop patient information and to participate in the teaching and development of our dietetic learners.

About us

We have a strong focus on investing in our people to ensure that they can achieve their full potential. We provide further training and career development opportunities in every department and at every level of our organisation.

We have a culture where people take a real pride in their work, respect each other and all work together to deliver the most exceptional standards of patient care.

Our Dietetic Department has a strong ethos for promoting health and well-being in the workplace with health and well-being champions embedded in every team. We are proud of our inclusive, welcoming environment and regularly celebrate occasions and successes, and organise team social events.

Leeds is a diverse and multicultural city and has good transport links and great entertainment and leisure facilities for all ages and interests.

Our Trust values are that we are patient-centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service, which

includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student Dietitians.

To work within the Dietetic Service providing effective interventions to specific clinical areas.

To provide a patient focussed service using Dietetic core skills.

The post holder will be professional accountable to the HCPC and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.

The post holder will:

1 Manage own case load to a level agreed with supervisor/line manager.

2 Be involved in the provision of education and training to healthcare staff, patients, care providers and students.

3 Liaise with the multidisciplinary care team to provide integrated dietetic care.

4 Be an active member of the out of hours service

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Demonstrate teamworking skills
  • Demonstrate care and compassion when working with others.
  • Ability to motivate patients.


Desirable

  • Able to provide an example of innovative practice using own initiative.


practical skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate workload management and organisational skills.
  • Experience of delivering education or training to others e.g. patients, healthcare professionals or peers.


Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC Registered Dietitian (please provide registration number) or pending HCPC registration following completion of recognised Dietetic apprenticeship, undergraduate or postgraduate course.


Desirable

  • Member of the British Dietetic Association


Experience

Essential

  • Completion or ongoing A, B and C student placements or equivalent
  • Awareness of current issues in Dietetics relevant to working in an acute NHS hospital


Desirable

  • Experience of training or working as a dietitian within the NHS


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

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