Kidney Specialist Dietetic Team Lead

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Lead Kidney Dietitian to manage dietetic care for kidney clinics, supervise junior staff, and lead the renal dietetic team. The role requires clinical expertise in managing complex kidney patients and demands collaboration within a multidisciplinary team. This position is pivotal in ensuring the quality of care in a high-paced environment, contributing to both patient management and team development.

Qualifications

• Recent post grad Dietetic experience in a Renal specialty area for a minimum of 6 months.
• Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects.
• Experience of clinical education of junior staff, students and assistants.

Responsibilities

• Manage dietetic care for consultant-led kidney clinics.
• Supervise and develop the dietetic team.
• Provide dietetic cover for a haemodialysis satellite unit.

Skills

Clinical expertise in managing complex kidney patients

Ability to interpret complex clinical conditions

Advanced communication and negotiation skills

IT skills (Microsoft Office)

Education

HCPC registration

Masters modules

Tools

EMIS

Cerner

Job description

Due to a retirement, we are looking for a new band 7 Clinical Lead Kidney Dietitian.

This is 32.5 hours post where the post holder can choose to spread hours across 4 or 5 days.

The post holder would be expected to manage the dietetic care for consultant led kidney clinics and to provide dietetic cover to a haemodialysis satellite unit, dialysing over 100 patients per week.

Main duties of the job

The post holder willcombine a management/leadership role alongside a specialist clinical role.

The post holder would be expected to clinically supervise a band 5 Rotational Dietitian 1 day a week and students.

They would also be expected to continually develop and evolve the Renal Dietetic team as well as lead on Renal Dietetics for the Trust providing guidance, training and policies asrequired. They would also be expected to support the wider Dietetic management team.

Clinically the post holder would be expected to manage a caseload of patients with complex kidney needs

About us

The successful post holder will be part of the Renal team team. The team consists of 2 x Band 7 (Team Leads), 1 day a week x Band 5 (rotational) and is supported by a clinical support worker admin tasks.

The post holder would be primarily based at Blackburn Dialysis centre but would be expected to work across all East Lancashire Dietetic localities

The Renal Dietetic team work closely with their colleagues at Preston and will be an integral part of the MDT on the dialysis units

The Renal team is a part of the wider Dietetic Department. The Department has over 70 Staff of which 45 are Dietitians and is well supported with Dietetic Assistants, Assistant Practitioners and admin staff. The department uses the electronic patient record system EMIS for outpatients and Cerner for inpatients. The Kidney Dietitians also have access to pathology and record systems from the Renal Hub at Preston

Job responsibilities

To provide cover to 4-5 renal multidisciplinary consultant led clinics per week including a monthly advanced kidney care clinic for stage 5 patients.

To provide dietetic cover to haemodialysis satellite unit, dialysing over 100 patients per week and attending monthly multidisciplinary meetings per month at the centre.

To provide advice to colleagues on the management of patients at ELHT who have kidney disease

The department offers student training to A, B and C placements and Dietitian Apprenticeships therefore the post holder will be expected to be involved in clinical teaching and assessment of students on their placement so therefore previous student training experience is desirable.

East Lancashire is a teaching hospital so the post holder would also be expected to contribute to Medical and other health care professional training as well.

East Lancashire has good transport links to Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and beyond and we are close to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

The post holder would be expected to work across the sites and localities of East Lancashire so the post would suit a car driver/owner.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Clinical Supervision
• CPD maintained
• Trained/work in the NHS
• Masters modules

Experience

• Recent post grad Dietetic expereince in a Renal speciality area for a minimium of 6 months
• Demonstrable evidence of clinical expertise in managing complex Kidney patients
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider system partners
• Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects for safe, personal, and effective care
• Experience of undergraduate student and/or support staff supervision
• Contribution to clinical education of junior staff, students and assistants
• Clinical supervision, including formal appraisal and objective setting
• Experience of clinical guidance, pathway and protocol development and implementation
• Committee membership e.g., Safety Committee
• Experience of formal presentations including presenting to MDT, leadership, and clinical teams.

Skills and appitude

• IT skills (competent in the use of Microsoft office applications)
• Ability to interpret complex clinical conditions including biochemistry
• Clinically competent to give specialist kidney treatment advice to patients and their support network
• Ability to manage attendance of staff and effectively address staff health issues.
• Ability to produce Departmental and Trust guidelines/policies in Paediatric Dietetics
• In depth knowledge of local and national NHS/Social Care agenda and its relevance to service area
• In depth knowledge of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines relevant to service area
• Able to manage high levels of risk in relationship to patient care
• Advanced workload management skills including prioritisation and delegation
• Advanced knowledge of a variety of assessment and clinical interventions skills relevant to service area
• Highly developed supervision and appraisal skills
• Advanced written and verbal skills to optimise patient management
• Able to demonstrate skills in advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to process relevant clinical and performance data and systems
• Highly developed ability to reflect and critically appraise own professional competency level and seek help from others appropriately
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365

Special requirements

• Highly developed ability to work effectively alone as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Able to work in a pressurised, unpredictable environment, with a proven ability to multi-task and support others
• Listen to views and opinions of others, demonstrate compassion, kindness and self-awareness
• Able to deal with challenging behaviour of patients, carers and/or families
• Value difference, diversity and inclusion and ensure fairness for all
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• Access to private vehicle to be able to travel across ELHT sites, including to patient's usual place of residence, where required
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner as required in accordance with the agreed job plan

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.