Band 7 Prescribing Support Team Lead Dietitian

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Prescribing Support Team Lead Dietitian to join their award-winning team. The role involves leading a small team of dietitians in providing essential nutrition services across community and primary care settings, with a focus on management and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a dietetic role with management responsibilities.
• Ability to lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of nutrition products and their cost-effective use.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the team’s objectives and daily operations.
• Manage a Band 5 Dietitian and a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner.
• Collaborate with Care Homes, GP Practices, and Medicines Management.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Nutritional Knowledge

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

Band 7 Prescribing Support Team Lead Dietitian

12 months (Fixed term)

Part time - 22.5 hours per week

£46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata)

Would you like to join a small team of dietitians working in a novel and exciting way? Are you keen to develop your management and leadership skills and support the cost-effective use of nutrition products across Primary Care and Community settings? If so, Birmingham Community Nutrition has a vacancy in our Prescribing Support Service and is looking for someone like you to develop your career and build on your existing skills.

This award-winning team, as the Team Lead Dietitian for Prescribing Support, will require you to lead the delivery of the team’s objectives; help set the direction of the team; and manage the day-to-day operational side, including line management of one Band 5 Dietitian and one Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner. You will work directly with Care Homes, GP Practices, their staff, and the ICB Medicines Management team to deliver an invaluable service, ensuring the right patients receive the right products. Embedded within the Nutrition & Dietetic service but working closely with Primary Care and the ICB, you will collaborate with other experienced Dietitians to deliver this service and will have the professional support and leadership of the Dietetic Service Leads.

For more details and to apply, visit: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/work-for-us#!/job/v7259575?_ts=1097931