We are excited to recruit a community specialist dietitian. Are you ready for a new challenge and wanting to develop your existing specialist clinical skills?
We believe that as Dietitians, Nutrition Nurses and Support staff:
We empower quality of life
We bring independence and dignity to our patients
Are you passionate about optimising the quality of life of others, enabling recovery following serious illness and driven to promote the independence and dignity of your patients? Then you may be interested in learning more about our team and working with us in Nutrition and Dietetics.
This post offers an opportunity for a Dietitian to take the next step in their career and really make a difference to patients requiring dietetic intervention in the community setting.
We are looking for an innovative individual who is driven to support the clinical delivery of adult pathways for our diverse population as we seek to be the leaders of integrated care. Candidates will be joining a service at a time of considerable opportunity. You will need to use highly developed interpersonal skills to establish and foster strong relationships with a range of key stakeholders across the multidisciplinary team to support and enhance the care of the patient in the community.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will hold a caseload of nutritional support and home enterally tube fed patients; working with patients to develop individually tailored plans to meet their nutritional needs. Additionally holding a weekly outpatient clinic working with patients requiring complex nutrition support or with gastroenterology diagnoses. This is a rewarding prospect working with a caseload of people in their own homes, outpatient centres and care homes within our integrated multidisciplinary towns team across Sandwell and West Birmingham. You would be joining our ambitious and forward-thinking therapies structure in a trust that seeks to be the leaders of integrated care and our trust strongly recognisies nutrition and hydration as a key fundamental of care for our people, patients and population. About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live Job responsibilities
For further information on the role please see the attached job description and person specification. The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team of 40; based across Sandwell and West Birmingham. We have regular departmental meetings, clinical supervision sessions and education meetings. Continuing professional development is promoted and supported. The Department trains student dietitians from Coventry and Birmingham City Universities across the full range ofplacements. There is excellent administrative support, IT facilities and access to modern Trust library facilities. Person Specification
Qualifications
Degree or post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics HCPC Registration Post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject Membership of the Mental health Specialist Group of BDA Attendance at student supervisory course Membership of British Dietetic Association Experience
Broad clinical experience including within medicine or community Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT. Experience of student dietitian training Involvement in audit and research. Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff Experience of working within the MDT; within inpatients or a community setting. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Professional Lead - Nutrition and Dietetics Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours
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The postholder will hold a caseload of nutritional support and home enterally tube fed patients; working with patients to develop individually tailored plans to meet their nutritional needs. Additionally holding a weekly outpatient clinic working with patients requiring complex nutrition support or with gastroenterology diagnoses. This is a rewarding prospect working with a caseload of people in their own homes, outpatient centres and care homes within our integrated multidisciplinary towns team across Sandwell and West Birmingham. You would be joining our ambitious and forward-thinking therapies structure in a trust that seeks to be the leaders of integrated care and our trust strongly recognisies nutrition and hydration as a key fundamental of care for our people, patients and population. About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live Job responsibilities
For further information on the role please see the attached job description and person specification. The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team of 40; based across Sandwell and West Birmingham. We have regular departmental meetings, clinical supervision sessions and education meetings. Continuing professional development is promoted and supported. The Department trains student dietitians from Coventry and Birmingham City Universities across the full range ofplacements. There is excellent administrative support, IT facilities and access to modern Trust library facilities. Person Specification
Qualifications
Degree or post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics HCPC Registration Post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject Membership of the Mental health Specialist Group of BDA Attendance at student supervisory course Membership of British Dietetic Association Experience
Broad clinical experience including within medicine or community Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT. Experience of student dietitian training Involvement in audit and research. Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff Experience of working within the MDT; within inpatients or a community setting. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Professional Lead - Nutrition and Dietetics Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours
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