Specialist Dietitian

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Weston General Hospital is seeking an experienced Specialist Dietitian to join the Adult Nutrition & Dietetics team on a fixed-term maternity cover.

You will deliver high-quality nutrition care across acute inpatient pathways, with a focus on medical wards and ICU, managing complex cases and contributing to education and student training.

This NHS role offers multidisciplinary collaboration and opportunities to develop services within a large Trust.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Degree or postgraduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics.
• Clinical supervisory skills are required.
• PENG Clinical Update course and/or Behaviour change course.

Responsibilities

• The post provides expert nutritional care across adult pathways, notably medical wards and critical care.
• Work with MDT to ensure effective nutrition care and discharge planning.
• Contribute to service development, education and student training.
• Communicate with patients and staff, including difficult conversations.
• Liaise with pharmacy and catering to ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Good communication skills

Teaching / presentation skills

Behavioural interviewing skills

Education

HCPC registration

Degree/postgraduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics

Clinical supervisory skills

PENG Clinical Update course and/or Behaviour change course

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Specialist Dietitian to join our Adult Nutrition & Dietetics team at Weston General Hospital on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover.

Working alongside Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, you will deliver high-quality nutritional care across a range of acute inpatient pathways, with a particular focus on medical wards, our 5-bedded Intensive Care Unit and surgical step-down patients. You will be required to demonstrate core skills in oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition support.

The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, providing specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for patients with complex nutritional needs while working closely with the multidisciplinary team. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, education and student training.

Due to the fixed-term nature of this maternity cover post and service requirements, priority will be given to candidates who can demonstrate:

o Ability to commence employment within three monthso Experience in an NHS or similar acute hospital environmento The knowledge, skills and experience to work effectively with a high degree of autonomy and minimal supervision

All members of the team work one bank holiday each year.

Main duties of the job

The post will provide expert nutritional care across a range of pathways, notably critical care & medicine.

• The role works closely with a wide range of professionals within the MDT
• Ensure effective communication at all levels of health care professionals regarding the nutritional care of individual patients.Impart information to patients in situations which could be distressing / emotional for the patient, therefore require use of holistic skills.
• Use negotiation skills to motivate and negotiate dietary change this will require using a variety of evaluation strategies and adaptingcommunication techniques if necessary.
• Educate, support and direct patients by advising on therapeutic dietary regimens which may involve significant and continuous lifestyle changes.
• Translate nutritional concepts into practical everyday terms for patients, staff and professional colleagues of all levels.As a key member of the multi-professional team, provide expert dietetic advice at case conferences, care and discharge planning meetings.
• Liaise with partners including clinical MDTs, pharmacy, catering and the community to ensure continuity of care across service providers.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit andretaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Education & Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Degree/Post Graduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics
• Clinical supervisory skills
• PENG Clinical update course and / or Bahviour change course

Knowledge

• Good communication skills at all levels oral & written
• teaching /presentation skills in a variety of sttings & to professional groups/grades

knowledge 2

• Behaviour and motivational interviewing skills
• Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions

Experience 1

• Experience in an NHS or similar acute hospital environment

Experience 2

• Proven experience in enteral nutrition support, chronic disease management, nutrition support in acute illness

Experience 3

• Student / learner training
• Experience of supervision of junior staff

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum, pro rata