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Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide health and social care for people with mental ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and North Essex. Employing around 3,000 staff who deliver these services within the community as well as inpatient settings. HPFT was rated as outstanding overall by the CQC at the last inspection and we are proud winners of the prestigious Health Service Journal Award Mental Health Trust of the Year.
We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007. This gives us opportunities to further build upon and improve the services for our community. Benefits include a stronger involvement with local communities through our members and Council of Governors and the ability to borrow finance to support our capital investment programme.
Our work is driven by a very strong set of values. We provide services which make a positive difference to the lives of patients, service users and their carers, underpinned by choice, independence and equality.
Safety is a top priority at HPFT and for the second year running in 2019, we achieved a national ‘best score’ for the theme of safety culture amongst mental health and learning disability trusts, which is a tremendous achievement. Our staff have told us that the care of our service users is the most important thing at HPFT. Staff also recommend HPFT as a place to work and as a place for their friends and family to receive care.
Our partnerships with other organisations are very important to the way in which we work. We play a full part in the local health and social care economies by promoting greater integration between mental and physical health and social care. These include:
- Local authorities and commissioners. We work closely with our local commissioners. Our largest contract involves working with East and North Herts CCG, Herts Valley CCG and Hertfordshire County Council to deliver integrated health and social care services.
- Our Chief Executive, Tom Cahill, led the development of ‘A Healthier Future’, the sustainability and transformation plan for Herts and West Essex which has since been granted ‘Integrated Care System’ (ICS) status.
- Being a university trust, with close links to the University of Hertfordshire. This provides excellent learning and development opportunities for staff, as well as strengthening clinical research.
Dietitian - Band 5-6 Development Post
Accepting applications until: 02-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 02-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Unit 1 Midshires Business Park, Smeaton Close, Aylesbury, HP19 8HL
- Address
- Smeaton Close
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Postcode
- HP198HL
- Major / Minor Region
- Hertfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
Salary
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 per ann pro rata (+5% HCAS of basic salary min £1,258 max £2,122)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5 - Band 6 Development Post)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dietitian
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
There is an exciting opportunity for a committed dietitian to join the friendly and supportive Community Learning Disability Health Team in Buckinghamshire. The service is based across Buckinghamshire, with a base in Aylesbury, a base in High Wycombe and opportunities to work flexibly from home also. The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the well-established dietetic service. This is a development post and ideally suited to a Newly Qualified dietitian interested in Learning Disabilities. We welcome applications from dietetic graduates and those due to qualify in the near future. Newly qualified dietitians will be supported at Band 5 level and following completion of a competency framework, they will be transferred to a Band 6 role without the need for additional recruitment. We also welcome applications from more experienced dietitians and applications from dietitians already working at Band 6 level.
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You will support Adults with Learning Disabilities who have both dysphagia and nutritional needs including nutrition support, weight management, bowel health management, fluid intake and other health diagnoses with a nutritional status implication i.e. diabetes, coeliac disease etc. As such you will gain experience in a wide range of dietetic areas. Service Users range from having a borderline Learning Disability, to having profound and multiple Learning Disabilities, in addition to comorbidities (such as Epilepsy, Dementia and acquired neurological conditions). You will receive regular clinical supervision and support from the members of the dietetic and Speech and Language Therapy team, peer supervision and will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development. You will have the opportunity to work creatively and support with service development. The team is an integrated MDT and joint working is typical of the team's working style.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Person specification
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics Degree or equivalent
- State registration with HCPC
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Specialist knowledge and application of dietetic assessments and interventions
- Range of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Range of clinical experience
- Clear communication through written, verbal and non-verbal modes
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in dietetics and Learning Disabilities
- Planning and co-ordination of treatment packages
- Ability to use problem solving techniques
- Ability to analyze professional and ethical issues
- Knowledge of risk assessment and management
- Commitment to client-centered, non-discriminatory practice
- Treating service users with dignity
- Computer literacy
- Basic word processing skills
- Car driver essential, or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving).
- Regular car user with considerable amounts of travel
- Frequent sitting at desk using computer
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Application of health, safety and risk management policies
- Working with service users with barriers to understanding and/or challenging behaviour
- Regular requirement to deal with distressing or emotionally charged situations.
- Willingness to work flexibly
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training in learning disabilities, mental health/challenging behaviour and physical/sensory disabilities
- Evidence of having met Entry Level and working at Enhanced level criteria in line with the Post Registration Professional Development Framework, BDA
- Broad base of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Experience of delivering care to service users with complex needs (e.g. dysphagia) living within the community
- Experience of supervising junior staff and students
- Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
- Broad base of clinical experience
- Applied knowledge of mental health legislation
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clara Blackall
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971992290
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