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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
PCN (Primary Care Network) Senior Specialist Dietitian
Closed for applications on: 15-Jul-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 15-Jul-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Mary Sheridan
- Address
- 5 Dugard Way, Prince's
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE11 4TH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: with the possibility of the contract being extended
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inc. H.C.A.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Band 7- Primary Care Network (PCN) Dietitian
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Adult Integrated Care Dietetic team as a Band 7 Primary Care Network (PCN) Dietitian for the Hills, Brooks and Downs PCN (HBD) in Lambeth.
The Adult Integrated Care Dietetic team are a friendly team who are proud and passionate about the work we do for our community dwelling patients. We have a dynamic and flexible approach to work. The role offers a wide range of benefits including the opportunity for flexible working, hybrid working, professional development opportunities and initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
This opportunity lends itself to individuals looking to progress into a leadership role, service development and is motivated to obtain a First Contact Practitioner (FCP) post graduate certificate . We encourage innovative practice which improves the care we deliver to our patients, and you will have the opportunity to trial innovative ideas.
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The post-holder will be a qualified autonomous clinical practitioner working with GP practices within HBD PCN who can assess, diagnose, treat, and manage dietetic problems and undifferentiated conditions.
The successful applicant will join our friendly and supportive community dietetics team. The post will cover a wide range of clinical conditions including management of nutrition support, Diabetes (type 2), weight management and lipid lowering.
Previous experience of working with a variety of nutritional needs is essential.
Please see Band 7 - PCN Dietitian. Role Descriptor for more details about the role
Working for our organisation
From our 5 main hospitals, and in the community, we provide a full range of lifelong, general and specialist care, as well as clinical research, innovation, education and training.
We're a diverse and welcoming organisation, and are incredibly proud of our 22,700 staff and the dedication they show to our patients and each other.
We aim to be outstanding in everything we do and to provide high quality and compassionate care and experience to all of our patients and families.
As a leading centre of clinical research with a long history of innovation and medical firsts, we are able to provide the latest and most advanced treatments. We're ranked top in England for the number of trials open for patients to join and in the top 10 for the number of patients recruited to help us in our research.
Our world famous teaching hospitals train the doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals of the future. GKT School of Medical Education is our medical school, run jointly with King's College London and King's College Hospital.
We're guided by our values in everything we do and, as one of the largest employers in London, we reflect the diversity, opportunity and ambition of our communities and the people we serve
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess, diagnose, triage, and manage patients, taking responsibility for the management of a caseload.
Develop and make use of your full scope of clinical practice, including skills relating to supplementary prescribing and investigation when trained to do so.
Support patients to set their own goals and be confident in their approach to self-manage their conditions where appropriate e.g. diabetes, high cholesterol & cardiovascular disease.
Provide care which is tailored to the individual needs.
Make prevention possible in primary care with dietetic interventions for conditions including but exclusive to: type 2 diabetes, lipid lowering and hypertension.
Work with the PCN to provide an equitable service which minimises health inequality
Liaises with PCN colleagues including commissioners, to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit to GP practices.
Supervise junior members of staff by taking part in 121 and appraisals
Supporting student training
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Teaching on degree (or higher level) / professional course
- Representative on academic / government committee / working party
- Ability to analyse and Interpret statistics
- Previous specialist related publications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial clinical experience following graduation
- Previous experience at a senior level
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Working as part of a team
- Previous experience of conducting audits and / or research
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in specialist area
- Advanced BDA course in Nutritional Support e.g. PENG Course
- Postgraduate training in cognitive behavioural therapy
- Sound clinical knowledge
- Evidence of CPD e.g. advanced diploma in dietetic practice or equivalent short courses
- Sound knowledge of clinical issues relating to specialist area
Desirable criteria
- First Contact Practitioner (FCP) Stage 1 Dietetics
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Good communication
- Organisational skills
- Presentation skills – evidence of presentations to large groups
- Time management
- Change management
- Maintain confidentiality
- Prioritise own workload
- Able to work under own initiative
- Able to achieve deadlines
- Ability to liaise with professionals at all levels
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jasmine Carbon
- Job title
- Principal Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
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