Surgical Dietitian

Position Type: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Band 6

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System.

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Due to progression within the department, we are now recruiting a Band 6 Surgical Dietitian to join our award-winning Acute Dietetic team.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with a passion for surgery to provide expert dietetic care to colorectal and benign UGI surgical patients at Queen Alexandra Hospital. The role will be supported by a Band 7 intestinal failure specialist dietitian alongside gastroenterology and oncology colleagues.

The post would be ideally suited for an experienced Band 5 dietitian, or a junior band 6 dietitian looking to increase their clinical experience. Knowledge of parental nutrition would be beneficial, although full support will be provided to complete clinical competencies. Study days and courses are incorporated into the role to ensure ongoing clinical development and networking.

As a team, we strive for clinical excellence and development; research, service evaluations, and projects are highly encouraged. Development of analytical and research skills will be supported, and many of our dietitians have presented at conferences across the globe. Teaching opportunities and engagement with staff and the wider public are embraced.

Our department is actively involved in training student dietitians, and supervision of students from the University of Surrey and the University of Winchester is included within this role. You will be encouraged to take part in leadership training and will support junior members of the team when appropriate.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of over 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics, and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.

Job description

Job responsibilities
You will be based at the Queen Alexandra Hospital site as part of the Acute Dietetic team. A friendly team, we pride ourselves on our supportive nature. Part-time and flexible working requests are welcomed and accommodated where possible.

If you are interested in the post, we encourage you to call to discuss further.

Job Summary

• To deliver a specialist dietetic service, including enteral and parenteral nutrition, to inpatients under the care of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust working autonomously in delivering nutritional care to patients.
• To work autonomously to provide an outpatient service to patients and their carers requiring nutritional support, both within dietetic-led and multi-disciplinary consultant-led clinics.
• To act as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team by representing dietetics and promoting the role of nutrition within patient care to members of medical and surgical teams.
• To act as a resource to the dietetic team, supporting junior and community dietitians.
• To assist the Operational Lead in developing acute dietetic team resources, skills, and knowledge- ensuring continuity of care across local and regional dietetic services.
• A highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients and their carers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Dietetics
• HCPC Registered Dietitian
• Evidence of professional development or commitment to postgraduate study

Desirable

• Evidence of postgraduate education, training
• Completed PENG Clinical Update course or equivalent nutrition support qualification.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association and relevant specialist groups

Experience

Essential

• Experience as a dietitian in a clinical setting.
• Experience of acute hospital dietetics within a range of medical and surgical specialties, including enteral nutrition support
• Evidence of recent service improvement work
• Experience of team-working within acute dietetics

Desirable

• Significant dietetic experience within a range of specialties such as surgery, gastroenterology, and oncology including complex enteral and parenteral nutrition support
• Experience of clinical or non-clinical teaching
• Experience of facilitating student dietitian training/supervision
• Experience of peer supervision and/or supervision of junior dietetic staff.
• Evidence of service evaluation, audit, or research

Employer details

Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3LY

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