Clinical Specialist Dietitian - C&Yp

Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership Nhs Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

NHS discount schemes

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Clinical Specialist Dietitian to provide autonomous, evidence-based dietetic assessment and treatment for inpatients at Parkview Clinic. You will collaborate with the MDT and facilities teams to ensure nutritionally appropriate care and contribute to strategic nutrition matters.

The post holder must travel across Coventry and Warwickshire for meetings, supervision and CPD, and will be part of a multidisciplinary team delivering

Qualifications

• BSc in Dietetics required and HCPC registration.
• Active involvement in CPD and ongoing professional development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously within an MDT and NHS guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload delivering a safe dietetic service.
• Plan, develop and deliver dietetic care for Parkview Clinic inpatients.
• Receive and promptly respond to referrals.
• Assess nutritional risk and interpret relevant blood results.
• Develop nutritional resources to educate and treat patients.
• Be accountable for all aspects of own work within Trust guidelines.

Skills

Clinical dietetics

Autonomous practice

MDT collaboration

Education

BSc in Dietetics

HCPC registered

CPD active

Job description

Job summary

The Clinical Specialist Dietitian will be part of a specialist multidisciplinary team and work as an autonomous, independent clinician; responsible for delivering safe, high-quality evidence-based dietetic assessment and treatment to inpatients across the Parkview Clinic site. The post holder will work with the MDT and the facilities team to ensure the site provides nutritionally appropriate care and treatment. The post holder will provide strategic input in matters relating to nutrition.

The post holder must be willing to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire for meetings, supervision and CPD opportunities.

Main duties of the job

In particular, the post holder will be required to:

• Manage a clinical caseload providing a comprehensive, effective, and safe dietetic service, using highly specialist knowledge and skills.
• Be responsible for the planning, development and direct delivery of dietetic care offered to people admitted to Parkview Clinic.
• Receive and promptly respond to referrals.
• Assess patient nutritional risk and interpret relevant blood results, where appropriate.
• Undertake development of nutritional resources to educate and treat people referred to the service.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including caseload management and direct clinical care and to work within professional and Trust guidelines and scope of practice.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

For more information about this job role please the attached person specification and job description.

• Obtain and record consent from clients at each contact in accordance with Trust Policy.
• Document all patient and professional contact in line with legal frameworks
• Carry out audits on nutritional intervention and progress using outcome measures.
• Work with the facilities department to ensure adequate access to nutritionally appropriate diets in line with patient clinical need.
• In collaboration with colleagues plan and deliver training and development to meet needs identified and act as a resource for specialist information where required.
• Participate in service development, audit, pathway development and ongoing training needs of the clinical teams.
• Network and develop working relationships with relevant staff, liaising closely with professional colleagues to ensure the delivery of excellent quality services.
• Provide clinical supervision for dietitians and students as required.
• Work with other dietitians within the Trust and externally to raise the profile of the dietetic profession and promote the dietetics workforce.

Person Specification

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust's Values
• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Active continuing involvement in appropriate CPD
• Articulate with good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients in one to one or group settings.
• Able to convey highly complex, sensitive or contentious information (eg. challenge weight manipulation, communicate need for inpatient treatment) to patients, carers/families and a wide array of other professionals within and outside of the NHS, where there may be complex family and organisational systems.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based treatment
• Good interpersonal, dietary counselling and motivational skills.
• Team building skills
• Knowledge and skills in multidisciplinary team working with complex clients
• Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work.
• Ability to manage and have good insight into the personal emotional impact of working with unpredictable levels of high emotional distress and psychological trauma amongst the client group being served.
• Ability to maintain a calm and professional stance in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and potential threat of physical violence.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Ability to manage time effectively, managing a caseload and prioritising on a basis of need.
• IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching databases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations and for using email and intranet systems.
• Significant recent clinical dietetic experience including relevant training and experience within eating disorders and CAMHS and able to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Evidence of CPD in a range of clinical settings relevant to this post.
• Experience of working as an integral member of the MDT
• Able to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
• Able to demonstrate leadership in dietetics for specialist area.
• Able to deal with distressed patients, carers/families.
• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
• Committed to client centred, non-discriminatory practice

Desirable

• Relevant postgraduate continued professional development and significant evidence of clinical dietetic experience.
• BDA (and learning disabilities group) membership
• Experience of organising and providing training for other health professionals

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.