Rotational Dietician - #1717245

Barts Health NHS Trust

About

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britains leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

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Key details

Location

SiteWhipps Cross University HospitalAddressWhipps Cross RoadTownLondonPostcodeE11 1NRMajor / Minor RegionLondon

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary£42,939 - £50,697 Per Annum IncSalary periodYearlyGrade(Band 6)

Specialty

Main areaDietetics

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britains leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job Overview

Are you a Dietitian with an interest in moving into a rotational Band 6 position in a busy acute setting? Do you want to expand both your general and specialist skills across multiple inpatient specialities, working as part of multidisciplinary teams? If so, Barts Health is now recruiting a motivated and dynamic individual to join our friendly team of Dietitians at Whipps Cross University Hospital (WCUH), a hospital in the heart of the East London with a hugely diverse population.

The rotations within this post will be: - Orthopaedics and Surgery - Oncology and Nutrition Support - Stroke and Older Peoples Medicine

As well as offering applicants the opportunity to build a solid clinical foundation, Whipps Cross dietetic team can offer you development in your management and leadership skills. There will be a well-supported leadership element to the post including line management of junior team members, supervision and student training. There will also be a large remit in staff and service development to compliment the clinical aspects of the position. We are looking to welcome someone with strong clinical and team working skills, who has a positive and resilient outlook to join our friendly team.

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Whilst this post will be situated at WCUH you will have colleagues at other sites of the Barts Health NHS Trust with whom you will work in collaboration to develop the Barts Health dietetic service. With the breadth of specialities across the hospital sites this post offers excellent support as well as opportunities to learn and develop other clinical skills. Enquiries to discuss the position are welcomed. Please contact Emily Davison, Specialist Dietitian, via email [email protected] or Telephone: 020 8535 6829

To function as a Dietitian working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team to provide an effective and specialist dietetic service to patients across a number of specialities and contributing to patient outcomes To support the dietetic team in developing and providing a service to the inpatients of Whipps Cross Hospital To supervise more junior staff on a day to day basis To ensure that research and audit is undertaken on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britains leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful. After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification
• Qualification in area of specialisation or evidence of significant experience in same
• HCPC registered
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable clinical post registration experience in relevant setting
• Demonstrable experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and understanding of team dynamics
• Documented evidence of commitment to CPD
• Demonstrable understanding of Clinical Governance and its relevance to everyday practice
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of own knowledge and skills and ability to identify learning needs and interests
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education
• Supervision of junior members of clinical staff and dietetic support workers
• Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups
• Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Ability to communicate complex medical conditions in sensitive and easily understandable language
• Leadership skills ie through contribution to development of a project/service development or managing staff
• Skilled in taking accurate anthropometric measurements in order assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan
• Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients
• Ability to undertake audit and change practice in accordance with findings
• Ability to research and interpret literature and apply to own practice to ensure clinical practice is up to date
• Computer literacy ie Microsoft word, power point, excel
• Good organizational skills i.e managing own workload
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
• Ability to communicate life threatening/ complex medical conditions in a sensitive and easily understandable language
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with people eg. via advocacy/ interpreters
• The ability to be confident
• Self-motivated
• Flexible, adaptable and creative
• Able to set priorities and meet deadlines in spite of repeated interruptions
• Able to reflect and appraise own performance
• Able to deal with distressed clients relatives and staff
• Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
• Able to organise complex information
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
  
  

Documents

• Job Description (, 440.9)PDFKB
• Our Values and Behaviours (, 334.9)PDFKB
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (, 92.0)PDFKB
• Candidate Information Pack (, 549.5)PDFKB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameEmily DavisonJob titleSpecialist DietitianEmail address [email protected]