Job summary
Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and forward thinking dietitian, looking to develop their leadership and management skills, to join our growing learning disability and mental health team.
Bradford's Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a dynamic team of over 60 Dietitians working in Acute, Community and Primary Care settings, supported by an excellent clerical team with good IT and library facilities.
Bradford is a vibrant, diverse, multicultural city with a wide range of entertainment and leisure activities available locally. There are good road and rail networks to Leeds and the M62 corridor, and easy access to the Yorkshire Dales and the South Pennines
Main duties of the job
You will join a team of dietitians/specialist dietitians and dietetic assistant practitioners providing specialist community learning disability and in-patient/out-reach mental health services within our partner organisation Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT).
This new post will support the Bradford District and Craven 'Improving Physical Health and Reducing Premature Mortality for People with Severe Mental Illness' (SMI) action plan through leading our dietetic collaboration with the Physical Health and Wellbeing service to establish an outreach dietetic service for patients with SMI who may have a range of needs including antipsychotic related weight gain, nutrition support and gastrointestinal problems.
Strong leadership skills are required to develop a new dietetic service, including scoping dietetic service needs, collaborative working with a range of stakeholders and developing a programme of training and education for staff and service users.
You will provide clinical supervision and day to day management and support to dietetic colleagues. You will hold a specialist clinical caseload and recent relevant experience in either learning disabilities or mental health is therefore essential.
Applicants must be HCPC registered dietitians, who have obtained relevant clinical dietetic experience and who are car drivers with access to a car to meet the requirement for regular travel across organisational sites (reasonable adjustments will be considered)
About us
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the values of Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Services - Leading Nutrition, Valuing People and Showing Our Worth.
This post embodies the Bradford District and Craven 'Act as One' principle of how we work together across health and care organisations and is a well-established and growing partnership between the Nutrition and Dietetic Service of BTHFT and BDCFT.
You will be supported by the clinical lead dietitian for LD/MH and the Principal Dietitian for Outreach Services and your personal development will be fully supported.
We are an agile and digitally enabled team working across community and in-patient sites with an element of home working also supported.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have line management responsibilities and we are looking for a supportive and engaging leader who can develop and grow our team of dietitians.
You will fully participate in the training of B and C Placement student dietitians including undertaking the role of assessor.
Please see attached job description for more detail.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive, recent and relevant clinical dietetic practice in learning disability or mental health
- Service improvement, audit and evaluation experience
- Teaching and Training experience at a variety of levels
- Experience of developing evidence based resources, guidelines, protocols and policies
- Experience of supervising other staff members and conducting annual reviews
- Experience of engaged multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience of receiving and providing clinical supervision
Desirable
- Clinical dietetic practice in home enteral feeding
- Clinical dietetic practice in hospital food services
- Experience of working as a band 7 dietitian
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening, motivational interviewing and empathy
- Excellent interpersonal skills for developing complex working relationships, expressing opinions constructively, seeking consensus and maintaining networks
- Ability to set objectives for self and team and evaluate achievement of these
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers
- Competent with a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Experience of recording and reporting through electronic patient record systems e.g. SystmOne
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert dietetic practice
- Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders
- Knowledge of relevant clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
- Knowledge of the different dietary and social needs within Bradford District and Craven
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research
- Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
- Knowledge of the operational and organisational aspects of the NHS
- Knowledge of mental capacity considerations in relation to dietetic practice
Desirable
- Any language skills relevant to the population of Bradford District
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Post-graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
- Completion of a course in Clinical Supervisory Skills
- Evidence of recent post registration continuing professional development
Desirable
- Recent post graduate courses in Leadership/management
- Teaching qualification
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- We value people oWe respect each other and our patients oWe embrace difference oWe support each other oWe say when we have done well and learn from mistakes
- We care oWe are kind and compassionate. oWe take ownership and keep our word. oWe are passionate, proud and committed. oWe say thank you.
- We are one team oWe trust each other and work together oWe talk clearly and honestly. oWe make every penny count. oWe get better all the time
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.
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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Little Horton Lane
Bradford
BD5 0NA