Specialist Dietitian and Practice Placement Lead Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 6
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
Job overview
Are you looking for a specialist dietetic role in neuro rehabilitation? Do you enjoy supporting the future dietetic workforce whilst they are on practice placements? Are you interested in opportunities to develop your own leadership skills? If so - this post could be for you!
The post holder will provide specialist dietetic care to Lindon Lodge, a 26 bed, specialist neuro rehabilitation unit at City hospital campus. They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide patient centred care. There are new opportunities to be involved service development and research with the planned opening of the National Rehabilitation Centre in 2024.
The post holder will also have the responsibility for the co-ordination of placements for students . They will work alongside the dietetic staff at NUH, to ensure the provision of high-quality clinical placements. The post holder supports clinical educators by providing advice and support, in order to help students to meet learning objectives. They will work alongside other practice placement leads in providing multi-professional education opportunities for Allied Health Professional students at NUH.
Applications are invited from HCPC registered dietitians who have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The role will involve working on both City and QMC campuses although some home working would be possible. The department supports flexible working.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Provide Specialist Dietetic Care within neurorehabilitation
Student placement planning
Student support whilst on placement in the trust
Supporting clinical educators in their delivery of student education
Liaison with HEIs
Evaluation and development of placements
Working for our organisation
As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS.
The Dietetic service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH. There are approximately 100 dietetic staff providing dietetic services on both of our main campuses, and students are based within the majority of our dietetic teams. These teams provide placements for dietetic students from Nottingham University during their degree programme (projected 7500 hours in 2023/24 academic year).
We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver the high-quality care we aspire to. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists. We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff. There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Formal liaison with universities
Arrange placements and agree capacity plans in liaison with universities and their requirements
Student direct contact
Provide and / or supervise local student induction programmes
Acting as a highly visible professional as a source of reference for student concerns, assessment and feedback.
To monitor effectiveness of tutorial development and delivery of feedback to and from universities
Quality measurement of student placement programme
Audit of student feedback from resources whilst maintaining student anonymity
Address any issues as they arise from those resources with support from the Practice Development Leads and management
To ensure all equipment training is completed and signed off, and saved for future reference
Assist and support learning experiences for students while on their placement at NUH.
Facilitate the development of knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitudes within therapies, and throughout areas that utilise our expertise
Supervise, guide and act as a role model
Help to orient students to the work environment and assist with any concerns they have.
Provide ‘hands-on’ skills and experience as necessary and appropriate
To provide an individual induction rota for each student that includes the areas agreed with their respective university for each specific student cohort.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES
CLINICAL
To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own and others current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit, outcome measures and benchmarking.
To be professionally responsible, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.
To ensure and consistently promote a high standard of safe clinical care for all patients.
PROFESSIONAL
To provide support, guidance and mentoring to Therapy students within speciality
To represent the Trust internally and externally regarding Therapies student placement programme
To be responsible for maintaining own competencies to practice through CPD activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development and enables maintenance of HPC registration.
Ensure standards of best practice are maintained.
Comply with Trust and professional mandatory training requirements
To be aware of and comply with the local policies and procedures
MANAGEMENT
To maintain an up-to-date electronic information system that captures details of the student placements, and ensure this data is relayed to the appropriate bodies in a timely fashion.
To assist with recruitment, selection and retention of students in conjunction with the universities and Therapy Services
To ensure Health and Safety of patients and colleagues at all times in line with current Health and Safety legislation. To report and investigate incidents, untoward events and near misses through the incident reporting process.
To assist in the investigation of clinical untoward incidents which involve students in the relevant area.
To undertake any duties which may be reasonably required
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing clinical and pastoral support to students
Experience
Essential criteria
- In depth post-registration experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate implementation of new ways of working within the team.
Analytical & Judgement
Essential criteria
- Ability to ensure own and others’ compliance with Trust and departmental policies and procedures
___________________________________________________________________________________
Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.
Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
