An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced dietitian to join our dynamic and friendly Community Dietetics Team in Oldham. The senior managers in the care organisation in Oldham are inclusive, friendly and encourage innovation.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner within in a variety of settings including community clinics, care and nursing homes and patients own homes. You will work as the key professional to ensure seamless discharge of patients from acute to community settings.

You will support patients who are discharged before seen by the acute dietitians and A& E to prevent further deterioration in their condition, readmission via A& E and reliance on community services, you will liaise with Community Dietetics team, local GP's, care agencies and Urgent Care Team in the proactive management of complex patients with a view to prevent admission to hospital.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to reduce attendance at A& E, improve independence and advice on appropriate use of oral nutritional supplements thereby reducing unnecessary spending on supplements you should have sufficient experience and advanced clinical decision making skills to enable you to work independently across both Acute and Community Dietetics teams and Urgent Care.

As an organisation we encourage flexible working and there are opportunities within this role to work from home.

Main duties of the job

You will work with patients across a range of specialities including enteral tube feeding, gastro -intestinal conditions, complex respiratory conditions, motor neurone disease, adverse symptom management and severe malnutrition.

You will be based primarily in community. However, you will have strong liaisons with the acute and community settings to ensure timely, safe discharges of appropriate patients. Your role will include high level of communication between acute and community dietetics and other relevant MDT members.

We are involved in the training of student dietitians and staff development is a high priority. We are committed to work-based education and training to improve clinical skills and we actively encourage CPD and audits.

If you are ready for a new challenge, are organised, have excellent communication skills and use a patient centred approach to your practice then Oldham Community Dietitians welcome your application.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• BSc/MSc Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics
• Registered as a Dietitian with the HCPC
• Relevant accredited BDA courses

Desirable

• Membership of the BDA specialist group

Experience

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience of enteral feeding and oral nutrition support
• NHS experience as a senior dietitian
• Experience/exposure to management of HEF caseload
• Evidence of enhanced skills in a specialist area within dietetics

Desirable

• Working/experience in acute setting
• Working in/liaison with community dietitians/care homes

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge of different ethnic cultures and religions
• Excellent knowledge of enteral feeding
• Health and safety risk awareness

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Good team working skills
• Well-developed communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Evidence of Quality Improvement/audits
• Understanding of safe discharge planning
• Well established skills of MDT working

Desirable

• Evidence of service and project development
• High level IT skills to report/interpret and present data

Work Related Circumstances

Essential

• Able to travel across Northern care alliance sites to meet patient need, access training and attend meetings
• To understand and adhere to relevant Trust policies and procedures including data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
• Commute between hospital and various community locations

Desirable

• Membership of relevant professional groups

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Link Centre

140 Union Street

Oldham

OL1 1DZ

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