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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in peoples homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.
Band 6 Inpatient Neurorehab Dietician
Closed for applications on: 14-May-2024 09:08
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 14-May-2024 09:08
Key details
Location
- Site
- Mosely Hall Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B13 8JL
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Interview date
- 04/06/2024
Job overview
Are you interested in helping patients regain nutritional status, eating and drinking skills after a brain injury? If so, we are looking for someone like you to learn from and support our Band 7 dietitian on our 32 bedded inpatient Level 1 neurorehabilitation unit (INRU), based at Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham.
Advert
The INRU multidisciplinary team is passionate about supporting adults with complex acquired neurological conditions to achieve their rehabilitation goals. The dietitian is held in high regard and works closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, monitor and maintain patients’ nutrition and hydration needs, enabling complex patients to work towards their discharge destination. Experience of nutritional support, dysphagia and enteral feeding is essential for this role. You will also have opportunity to work alongside our award-winning Nutrition Nurse team to develop your enteral feeding knowledge and practice.
This unique post is part of a community hospitals’ dietetic team which has good support from dietetic assistant practitioners.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully.
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam email
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This team is part of Birmingham Community Nutrition which provide a comprehensive community citywide service for the Birmingham CCGs and employs over 70 staff. We also support the training of dietetic students (A, B & C placements) from local higher education establishments.
Benefits of working for Birmingham Community Nutrition include free parking at all community venues, excellent access to IT equipment to work remotely, up to date office facilities and comprehensive admin support dedicated to the service.
The department has a comprehensive structure to support Clinical Governance and your personal development via annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust.
Whatever your skills or experience in dietetics we encourage you to contact us.
The post holder is expected to work with the Inpatient Dietetic Team and Highly Specialist Clinical Dietetic Lead on INRU to provide a quality nutrition and dietetic service within the inpatient neurorehabilitation service. The post holder is responsible for supporting clients on enteral feeding or oral nutrition support, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, monitor and maintain patients’ nutrition and hydration needs, enabling complex patients to work towards their discharge destination.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
- Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
- Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
- Discounts for local and national retailers
- Dedicated well-being services for all employees
- Flexible working where possible
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- Dietitian registered with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive experience of post registration clinical dietetics
- Evidence of developing, implementing and evaluating projects
- Evidence of interest in nutrition support and home enteral feeding
- Evidence of multi disciplinary working
- Evidence of delivering training sessions
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and assessing students
- Experience of supervising staff
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate verbal communication skills and presentation skills
- Ability to generate written communication that is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
- Ability to work within a multicultural setting, including ability to teach groups and individuals from different backgrounds
- Ability to apply nutritional knowledge in a variety of settings
- Ability to plan and manage own time
- Demonstrates a sound knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence based clinical trends and practices
Desirable criteria
- A demonstrable understanding of dietetics within a community setting
- An ability to use information technology to maximise personal effectiveness, or a willingness to develop these skills
- An ability to demonstrate individual and team responsibility in respect of health and safety
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- An ability to be very flexible in a changing environment
- An ability to work independently
- An ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working
- An ability to develop and maintain links with outside agencies
- An ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
- An ability to use tact and diplomacy where necessary
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates innovative ideas
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to different venues within the city, transporting equipment such as scales
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kim Bibby
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 683 2300
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Kimberley Bibby - [email protected] 0121 683 2300
No longer accepting applications
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