Rotational Dietitian

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 5

We are recruiting for a Dietitian who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The dietetic team sits within a wider therapy team, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy staff. The dietetic team has 14 dietitians, 4 dietetic assistants and 1 dietetic apprentice. The dietetic team is divided into sub-teams depending on speciality and paediatrics is also part of the acute service. Band 5 Dietitians have the opportunity to participate in rotational training between acute medicine / frailty, general medicine / gastroenterology / oncology, surgical / critical care and paediatrics.

The post holder will undertake rotation supervision, learning about different medical and surgical conditions to enhance learning. Other responsibilities may include attending and actively contributing at MDT meetings and board rounds to discuss patient cases.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job responsibilities

To provide timely dietetic care to patients, working effectively as part of the Acute Dietetic Team.

The post-holder will undertake 6-monthly rotations, specializing in surgery / critical care, gastroenterology / general medicine / oncology, acute medicine and frailty and paediatrics.

To provide a 7 day and extended hours working pattern.

To work as part of an Acute Dietetic Team undertaking assessment of patients including those with a variety of presentations and conditions; using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.

To deliver individualised dietetic treatment programmes using a broad range of skills in individual and group settings.

To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans under the supervision of more senior dietitians.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Current Health Professions Council registration
• Member of British Dietetic Association

Knowledge

• Competency in nutritional assessment of patients
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the issues involved with working in a busy acute setting
• Understanding of clinical governance and relevant national guidelines, applying these to the job role where applicable

Experience

• Experience of significant acute hospital-based placements during training and / or post-graduation
• Broad range of under-graduate clinical placements
• Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work in a ward setting
• Experience of managing an allocated caseload and delegating to assistants in a ward based setting

Values Based Question

• How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

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.

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum/pro rata