Team Lead and Children & Young People’s Community Dietitian
Closed for applications on: 7-Sept-2023 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-Sept-2023 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Community locations Longsight Health centre
- Address
- Longsight Health Centre
- Town
- Manchester
- Postcode
- M13 0RR
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dietetics
Job overview
You’re amazing! Which is why we want you to lead our amazing children’s community dietetic team. We are a friendly, motivated and dynamic multi-disciplinary community team, making a positive difference to the lives of our children every day and we’re excited to meet you. We are passionate about the care we provide and collaborate with our families to deliver evidence-based nutritional enteral feeding care plans that prioritise the well-being of every child in our care. We’re inviting you to come and meet us in person (or virtually, if that’s easier for you), the kettle’s on and we’d love to chat about our service, the difference you can make here and your career with us. As a multi-disciplinary team we regularly promote national nutrition and hydration.
You'll have the opportunity to develop leadership and clinical skills and we'll support you with training, to reach your potential and excel. You'll be supported to lead service development, including developing the enteral feeding service, consolidating processes and relationships with the community nursing team and we’ll provide you with the support you need to grow as a professional within this extremely rewarding role.
Advert
We’re looking for an experienced, committed and enthusiastic individual to lead our small dietetic team. You may be a band 7 looking for a new challenge or a band 6 looking to develop your career in a supportive environment; whatever your current role, we can offer you professional support and development to take the next step in your career here in Manchester. We will consider a development post to support transition to band 7 leadership role. Please contact us for further information.
Working closely with a broad MDT you'll be responsible for providing dietetic support to infants and children who have complex health conditions and/or learning disabilities and require tube feeding. Supported by a band 6 dietitian and a dietetic assistant, you'll provide specialist outpatient clinics including within the 13 specialist schools across Manchester, attend feeding and swallowing clinics, MDT meetings, and carry out home visits.
With regular support from the Children’s Lead AHP, you will benefit from strong links with the hospital dietitians at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, as well as the support of a network of AHP colleagues across the city and children’s dietetics colleagues Trafford Local Care Organisation. Professional development is valued and supported within our teams. You'll receive professional development, regular specialist multidisciplinary support/education, regular reviews and supervision.
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc or MSc in Dietetics or BSc in relevant science plus Post Graduate Diploma or MSc in Dietetics
- Advanced Post-registration recognised training in paediatrics (e.g. BDA paediatric MSc modules) Leadership skills training course Clinical supervisory skills course
- State registration via Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Educators Course
- Completion of validated/nationally recognised post-graduate training or equivalent in the specialist area (paediatric allergy)
- Audit and Research training to a post-graduate level
- Completion of a post-graduate management/leadership course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of local and national policies and procedures e.g. British Dietetic Association/Health and Care Professions Council Code of Conduct/Ethics, Health and Safety, Infection Control, Equality and Diversity
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development to a specialist level
- Experience of and commitment to interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team working
- Evidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
- Understanding of clinical effectiveness and its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence based practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of safeguarding practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant clinical specialist interest group
- Significant postgraduate clinical experience relating to paediatric allergy
- Experience of supervision of qualified staff, students and assistants
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
- Ability to motivate and negotiate to encourage reluctant and challenging patients and parents
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Flexible attitude
- Able to handle sensitive situations
- Well-developed concentration, analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to work autonomously with ability to seek guidance appropriately with individuals or in a group setting
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own practise
- Empathetic and able to deliver unpleasant news
- Good presentation skills
- Word processing and IT skills
- Able to adapt to working in different specialities and different environments (e.g. hospital, satellite units/outpatient working)
- Ability to work across Manchester sites and the Trusts associated hospitals
- Able to clearly provide diet and feeding plans for families with minimal literacy skills
- Ability to make informed referrals to clinically appropriate professionals e.g. paediatric immunologists
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of clinical systems within the organisation
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential criteria
- Highly comprehensive specialist knowledge of dietetic assessment and treatment techniques
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential criteria
- Highly comprehensive specialist knowledge of dietetic assessment and treatment techniques
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a multi-agency team as an independent practitioner, liaising with dietetic colleagues on hospital sites
- Ability to travel across the city and across sites – own transport an advantage
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Soraya Begum
- Job title
- Head of Service - Complex
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 248 1239
- Additional information
We promote flexibility and are happy to support different working patterns, please speak to us about how we can support you to work flexibly. This post is based at Longsight Health Centre which benefits from free car parking facilities. If you’d like to take up our invite and come and meet us, in person or chat to us virtually please call or email Soraya Begum, Head of Service, Children’s Complex Care (0161 248-1239) [email protected] or Louise Lee, Lead AHP (07813293778) [email protected] alternatively, hit ‘apply now’ and we’ll see you at interview.
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