Main area: Dietetics
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 29.25 hours per week (Additional Hours Available on a Fixed Term Basis)
Job ref: 270-TF790-ACS
Site: Northfield House
Town: Kettering
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 17/02/2025
Job overview You will predominantly be working with CKD outpatients and you will also spend some time working within Kettering General Hospital to provide a service to renal inpatients. The acute part of the role is 0.48wte. The remaining 0.3wte is to provide a service to dialysis patients who receive care at the Kettering dialysis unit. The post offers a good variety of clinical work and an excellent opportunity to work in an established MDT.
Main duties of the job
Telephone clinics for advanced kidney care, some clinics may be attended in person and off main site.
Providing in-patient care for dialysis patients and advanced kidney care patients who may require specialist nutrition advice.
Undertaking comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations, multipathologies within acute inpatient and outpatient settings and provide effective monitoring.
Formulating individual management and treatment plans for patients using advanced clinical reasoning and developing comprehensive discharge plans including advice on appropriate ACBS prescribable enteral feeds and supplements to be used. This includes secondary prevention.
Working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure delivery of coordinated care and to provide specialist advice and attend case conferences, network meetings as appropriate.
Evaluating patients’ progress and measuring outcomes and contribute to and implement service improvement work.
Using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to implement treatment plans. This will include patients who have difficulty with understanding communication.
Providing advice and training to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals to promote an understanding of the aims of dietetic treatment to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Working for our organisation NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Person specification
Has sound dietetic knowledge and experience - ideally some renal knowledge.
Displays competent and wide range of communication and professional skills.
Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system, by completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly, the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy.
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
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Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 29.25 hours per week (Additional Hours Available on a Fixed Term Basis)
Job ref: 270-TF790-ACS
Site: Northfield House
Town: Kettering
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 17/02/2025
Job overview You will predominantly be working with CKD outpatients and you will also spend some time working within Kettering General Hospital to provide a service to renal inpatients. The acute part of the role is 0.48wte. The remaining 0.3wte is to provide a service to dialysis patients who receive care at the Kettering dialysis unit. The post offers a good variety of clinical work and an excellent opportunity to work in an established MDT.
Main duties of the job
Telephone clinics for advanced kidney care, some clinics may be attended in person and off main site.
Providing in-patient care for dialysis patients and advanced kidney care patients who may require specialist nutrition advice.
Undertaking comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations, multipathologies within acute inpatient and outpatient settings and provide effective monitoring.
Formulating individual management and treatment plans for patients using advanced clinical reasoning and developing comprehensive discharge plans including advice on appropriate ACBS prescribable enteral feeds and supplements to be used. This includes secondary prevention.
Working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure delivery of coordinated care and to provide specialist advice and attend case conferences, network meetings as appropriate.
Evaluating patients’ progress and measuring outcomes and contribute to and implement service improvement work.
Using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to implement treatment plans. This will include patients who have difficulty with understanding communication.
Providing advice and training to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals to promote an understanding of the aims of dietetic treatment to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Working for our organisation NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Person specification
Has sound dietetic knowledge and experience - ideally some renal knowledge.
Displays competent and wide range of communication and professional skills.
Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system, by completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly, the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy.
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
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