Band 5 Community Dietitian Nutrition Support

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Dietitian to join their team in Birmingham. This role involves comprehensive patient assessments, developing nutritional goals, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. You will have opportunities for professional development and will play a vital role in ensuring effective nutrition support for patients. The organization values diversity and offers flexible working arrangements, making it an excellent place for career growth and personal fulfillment.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC and a degree in Dietetics.
• Experience in clinical dietetics and nutrition support.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients' clinical needs.
• Negotiate nutritional goals with patients and carers.

Skills

Verbal communication skills

Presentation skills

Ability to manage time

Knowledge of community dietetics

Understanding of effective communication barriers

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Registered Dietitian with HCPC

Tools

Information technology

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description & person specification document for a detailed description of the duties, responsibilities and key relationships of the role.

Highlights include:

• adhering to HCPC standards of proficiency, continuing professional development, conduct, performance and ethics
• undertaking comprehensive assessment of patients' clinical needs in a holistic manner, seeking support as appropriate
• negotiating and agreeing nutritional goals with patients/carers using motivational interviewing and counselling skills as appropriate, including identifying barriers to change and helping patients/carers to manage them
• liaising with a range of patients, carers, health professionals and suppliers to ensure the provision of effective nutrition support
• managing risk within own clinical caseload and escalating where appropriate
• MDT working with teams inside and outside the Trust
• contributing to clinical governance and quality improvement in the service including audit, research, clinical outcome measures, EPR improvement, and the development and review of local clinical pathways and policies
• achieving basic competencies in knowledge and care of enteral feeding tubes
• professional development opportunities and further shadowing and/or study relating to a range of clinical areas such as neurodegenerative conditions, COPD, dementia, dysphagia, enteral feeding and more, in order to develop the skills to work with complex patients
• supervision, teaching, co-ordination and assessment of students and support staff
• producing practical advice and resources by interpreting, translating and critically evaluating evidence and making this relevant to the intended audience

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Dietitian registered with Health Professions Council (HCPC)
• Degree or equivalent in Dietetics
• Evidence of continual professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of clinical dietetics
• Evidence of experience in nutrition support

Desirable criteria

• Evidence (either observational or own practice) of developing, implementing and evaluating projects
• Evidence of multi disciplinary working

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of community dietetics
• Evidence of ability to demonstrate verbal communication skills and presentation skills
• Evidence of knowledge of the barriers to effective communication giving examples from experience on the ways these have been overcome
• Evidence of ability to generate written communication that is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
• Demonstration of awareness of diversity and evidence of an ability to work within a multicultural setting including teaching individuals and groups from different backgrounds
• An ability to use information technology to maximise personal effectiveness, or a willingness to develop these skills
• Evidence of an ability to plan and manage own time
• Demonstrate knowledge of application of Health Professions Council Code of Conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Dietitians
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence based clinical trends and practices in nutrition support

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of an ability to demonstrate individual and team responsibility in respect of health and safety

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• An ability to be very flexible in a changing environment
• An ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working
• An ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately

Desirable criteria

• An ability to work independently
• An ability to use tact and diplomacy where necessary

Other Job Requirements

Essential criteria

• An ability to travel to different venues within the city on a daily basis transporting scales and other equipment

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a 'Great Place to Work'. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Using Artificial Intelligence

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• JD & PS (PDF, 216.4KB)