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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Our busy, modern hospital provides a full range of district general services, including an accident and emergency department, and links with satellite units in five community hospitals.

We are the main provider of acute hospital services to a population of around 210,000, living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. We also provide renal services for patients throughout Dorset and South Somerset; a total population of 850,000.

Our 3,000 staff work in GP surgeries, schools, residential homes and people’s own homes as well as Dorset County Hospital and the community hospitals.

Dorset County Hospital has approximately 400 beds, seven main theatres and two day theatres, and has been designed with a major commitment to Public Arts in Hospital. Related services are grouped into three connected wings: North, South and East. Entry to the hospital is gained via nine main entrances.

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Dorset County Hospital
Williams Avenue
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2JY
Contact Number
01305 251150

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Vacancy status: Closed
Ref: 405-24-AH218DIET Vacancy ID: 6266944

Rotational Dietitian

Closed for applications on: 21-May-2024 13:21

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 21-May-2024 13:21

Key details

Location

Site
Dorset County Hospital
Town
Dorchester
Postcode
DT12JY
Major / Minor Region
Dorset

Contract type & working pattern

Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly

Grade
(NHS AfC: Band 5)

Specialty

Main area
Dietetics
Interview date
05/06/2024

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Job overview

 

Urgent and Integrated Care Division

DIETETICS DEPARTMENT

ROTATIONAL DIETITIAN (BAND 5) 4 WTE (i.e. 4 full time posts)  

This is a very exciting opportunity to join an integrated Acute and Community Dietetic service based in Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester. If you are a newly qualified or due to qualify Dietitian who is seeking the opportunity to experience a wide range of Clinical Dietetics and looking for an opportunity to develop your skills we would love to hear from you.

You will be involved in a 9 month rotation through a number of specialities within the service, including Acute inpatients, Community Dietetics, Paediatrics, Renal with also the opportunity to experience Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology services.

You will be based at Dorset County Hospital as part of the wider Dietetic Department of 30 dietetic, nurse and admin staff and you will have easy access to them for peer and senior support. You will also build professional relationships with your MDT colleagues.

Your line manager will provide regular reviews/support, to help you develop your skills.  The Department encourages CPD and benefits from good relationships with neighbouring Dietetic Teams, with twice-yearly Dorset-wide Dietetic CPD sessions in addition to monthly Departmental sessions.

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Maintain HCPC dietetic registration and provide effective and evidence based dietetic services to inpatients and outpatients at Dorset County Hospital and in other locations in both one-to-one and group settings.

Contribute to other aspects of Departmental working such as staff education and catering developments.

Work across a range of clinical areas on a 9 month rotation, which was involve working in a range of specialist areas e.g. Community, Renal, Paediatrics, Acute, Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology, under the supervision of a line manager

Manage a varied caseload, working within the standards of the HCPC, BDA and the Trust.

Work as part of the wider Dietetic Team in the promotion of holistic patient-centred care.

Working for our organisation

At Dorset County Hospital (DCH) we aspire to providing outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them. Our trust strategy is focussed on three strategic goals: People, Place, and Partnership. It signals our intention to truly value our staff.

Our people are our most important asset, and we want them to feel valued, welcomed, respected, they belong and matter. We recognise the link between high levels of staff satisfaction and improving patient experience and outcomes.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Dorset County Hospital has a number of employees from overseas delivering high quality services and we recognise the value of diversity in leadership.

Dorchester has excellent road and transport links to Poole and Bournemouth, Southampton and London whilst offering the very best of a rural and seaside lifestyle.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Work across a range of clinical areas on a 9 month rotation, which was involve working in a range of specialist areas e.g. Community, Renal, Paediatrics, Acute, Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology, under the supervision of a line manager
  • Manage a varied caseload, working within the standards of the HCPC, BDA and the Trust.
  • Work as part of the wider Dietetic Team in the promotion of holistic patient-centred care.
  • Communicating with: patients, their relatives and carers, other health and social care professionals within both ward and community multidisciplinary teams, dietetic colleagues within the Department and externally, your line manager and Chief Dietitian, non-clinical staff such as catering, administrators and housekeepers, dietetic students and those studying other subjects.
  • Provide clinical dietetic services to the designated patient caseload.
  • Maintain continual professional registration as a Dietitian whilst in post.
  • Undertake clinical assessment and make judgements on the designated generalist clinical caseload in line with the HCPC Standards and BDA Code of Conduct.
  • Ensure judgements are evidenced based, patient centred and holistic, as described in the BDA Model and Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice.
  • Plan and organise the dietetic clinical care for the designated caseload of patients including initial consultation, monitoring/reassessment (if required) and discharge.

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

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC Registration as a Dietitian
  • British Dietetic Association Membership

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working across a range of clinical areas applicable to the work of a District General Hospital within a UK setting including in- and out-patient settings, acute and community
  • Experience of leading group sessions.
  • Experience of managing a busy workload and multitasking/dealing with frequent interruptions
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using initiative
  • Experience of producing written patient information e.g. a leaflet
  • Experience of producing an information display or other mass-communication method.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication and good interpersonal skills relevant to both clinical and professional spheres.
  • A working knowledge of best dietetic practice for a range of clinical conditions relevant to work in a District General Hospital within an UK setting
  • Able to work independently and also contribute to the team
  • Able to learn from feedback.
  • Competent IT skills relevant to Microsoft Office and health-specific programmes.
  • Ability to monitor own work against quality standards e.g. HCPC/BDA record keeping standards and information governance.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
  • • Understanding of the financial pressures within day-to-day dietetic working.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fiona Gibson
Job title
Interim Dietetic Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01305 253254
Additional information

Please leave a message with the Dietetic admin team in the event of being unable to contact Interim Dietetic Manager, Fiona Gibson, and they will arrange a call back to you.

Admin Team Lead Rachel Phelps : 01305 254415

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