Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian and Team Lead

The closing date is 26th Mar 2023

Job summary

Are you an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 Dietitian with a passion for staff and service development?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, compassionate Dietitian to join our forward thinking Macmillan Dietetics team at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals.

This is a permanent full time post. This post provides an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical, management, leadership and service improvement skills. You will have access to regular support to develop you towards the next stage of your career. The Macmillan Dietetic team fully support and encourage professional development. We are passionate about improving outcomes for patients.

We are looking for an individual who is able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a strong ability to teach and inspire colleagues through active demonstration of clinical practice.

Applicants must hold current professional registration.

If you are looking for a new challenge working with these supportive and friendly teams, we would like to hear from you.

Informal discussions are welcomed. Please do not hesitate to contact Clinical Team Lead Ruth Quinn on 01214240432 or email ruth.quinn@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties, tasks & skills required

In addition to the clinical aspects of the role, the post-holder will have the opportunity to develop management, leadership and service improvement skills and experience.

You will lead the team with a Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian to ensure that patients receive high-quality, patient-centred care across inpatient and outpatient services.

You will manage a complex, specialist caseload across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull sites. The caseload includes both medical and surgical specialities within oncology such as upper gastrointestinal, head and neck, hepato-pancreato-biliary, gynaecology-oncology and many more.

Your role will include

* Specialist care of oncology patients at an advanced level

* Co-management of the band 5 and 6 Macmillan dietitian team

* Day-to-day provision of the nutrition and dietetic service for oncology patients

* Outpatient oncology dietetic clinics

* Covering consultant-led surgical oncology clinics (upper GI and/or ENT)

* Joint AHP/CNS clinics

* Covering a variety of oncology inpatients across sites

* Working as part of a team of Macmillan dietitians and the wider dietetic department

* Work closely as a integral member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to patient care

* Promoting dietetics and the role of the dietitian in oncology

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Degree in Dietetics or equivalent

* Current registration with HCPC

Experience

Essential

* Demonstration of clinical experience enabling post holder to manage a complex caseload of patients within cancer services

* Demonstration of significant clinical experience of working with patients with a variety of cancer conditions

* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and Dietetic team

* Excellent clinical knowledge of cancer dietetic care

Desirable

Experience of parenteral nutrition

Experience working in both outpatient and inpatient clinical care settings

Additional Criteria

Essential

* Insight into own CPD needs and appropriate strategies to address them

* Enthusiasm for the development and promotion of the service, the clinical leadership of the team and the ability to demonstrate initiative

* Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt communication style

* Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively within a wider multi-disciplinary team

* Supportive to other staff

Desirable

Involvement in clinical excellence groups and professional body

Experience of presenting and teaching 1:1 and groups

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Ruth Quinn 

ruth.quinn@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214242673 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 7 

Salary

£41659.00  to £47672.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-49242DH 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

Attachments

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