Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Lifford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust in Lifford is seeking an experienced dietitian to provide clinical supervision and manage a specialized caseload in learning disabilities or mental health. The role requires HCPC registration and relevant clinical experience. As part of a dedicated team, you will enhance patient care and training for dietetic students, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and specialized dietary services.

Qualifications

• Requires HCPC registration as a dietitian.
• Relevant clinical dietetic experience is necessary.
• Must be a car driver with access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision and support to dietetic colleagues.
• Hold a specialist clinical caseload with experience in learning disabilities or mental health.
• Participate in the training of student dietitians and apprentices.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient care.
• Provide specialist clinical assessment and dietetic management of adults.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Team management

Nutritional awareness

Dietetic expertise

Education

HCPC registered dietitian

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision and day‑to‑day management and support to dietetic colleagues.
• Hold a specialist clinical caseload with recent relevant experience in either learning disabilities or mental health.
• Fully participate in the training of B & C Placement student dietitians and dietetic apprentices.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams in the specialist service areas, develop yourself and others to improve patient care, lead service improvement and deliver the values of Birmingham Community Health Care Trust.
• Provide highly specialist clinical assessment and ongoing dietetic management of adults with learning disabilities.
• Provide therapeutic dietetic care to clients in a range of venues across the city.
• Act as a source of clinical expertise, advice and guidance.
• Raise nutritional awareness and promote the benefits of nutrition and dietetic services.
• Take responsibility and a leadership role in supporting the service delivery and clinical practice.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Applicants must be HCPC registered dietitians.
• Relevant clinical dietetic experience.
• Car driver with access to a car for regular travel across organisational sites (reasonable adjustments will be considered).

About the Trust

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Be Part of Our Team

If you want to “Be Part of Our Team” and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, innovative dietitian with excellent communication, organisation and team working skills, to join a team of dietitians working as part of a Specialist Learning Disability Community Dietetic service. You will join a growing team of dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners, nutrition nurses and apprentices. We are looking for an experienced dietitian with a strong interest in the areas of nutrition support, enteral feeding and weight management.