This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Position Type:Permanent, part-time, 30 hours per week

Salary:NHSAgenda for Change Band 7

We are looking for a dietitian with experience of leading a team or developing a service, wanting to take the next step and develop their operational and clinical leadership of an acute adult dietetic team serving a busy district general hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be based at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, leading a team of 10 dietitians covering adult inpatients and specialist outpatient activity. The team is supported by a dietetic support worker and administration assistant. A friendly team, we pride ourselves on our supportive nature. Part time and flexible working requests are welcomed and accommodated where possible.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of over 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

• To ensure delivery of acute dietetic services for the patients and staff at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. (PHU)
• Provide professional leadership for the acute dietetic service ensuring a culture where staff development, performance and wellbeing can flourish.
• To ensure the acute adult dietetic service is responsive and proactively managing demand.
• Through effective leadership ensure the dietetic team delivers a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service where compassion is embedded and a positive patient experience is achieved.
• Provide strong professional, clinical and managerial leadership and act as a professional role model.
• Act as a deputy to the head of service.
• Workacross organisational and professional boundaries to support quality improvement and service development.
• Maintain ownclinical caseload within the acute setting.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Dietetics
• Registered Dietitian with the HCPC
• Member of the British Dietetic Association
• Evidence of personal development
• Commitment to working towards Masters level qualification if not already attained.

Desirable

• Participation in Leadership/managerial course

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a leading role or managerial responsibilities - team, project, specialism.
• Minimum of 5 years dietetic experience within an acute hospital setting including complex nutrition support.

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Hampshire

PO6 3LY

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