Senior Specialist Dietitian - Community Pathway

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian with excellent clinical and communication skills to join our integrated Diabetes and Nutrition Service (DANS). We are looking for someone with a keen interest in service delivery and development who will work with the DANS leadership team in developing the service to meet our key objectives, one of which is addressing the impact of any health inequalities relating tonutrition and dietetic pathways.

The successful candidate will demonstrate highly effective clinical skills and experience across the clinical pathways with Diabetes experience an advantage. They will provide support and guidance to clinicians working across the BNSSG community in a range of settings such as clinics, and home settings.

The service delivers education, advice and support via a range of pathways including a dedicated advice and guidance service to other health care professionals and in-reach to Sirona Adult Learning Disabilities Health Service. This includes providing clinical expertise underpinned by advanced skills in Clinical Practice, Facilitating Learning, Leadership, and Evidence, Research and Development.

We offer a robust developmental pathway and induction process.

Please get in touch to find out more.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver high quality care within the nutrition and dietetics pathways and provide expert clinical practice, advice to patients, and support to staff. This is delivered in a range of community settings.

This will include providing clinical expertise, underpinned by the advanced skills within their specialty developed in Clinical Practice, Facilitating Learning, Leadership, and Evidence, Research, and Development.

Taking a key role in the development and delivery of DANS services through:

Provision of advanced Clinical Dietetic expertise in conjunction with the Clinical and Operational Leads

Working collaboratively with other members of the MDT and stakeholders to establish a whole systems approach to deliver improvements in healthcare for people within the nutrition and dietetic pathways

Providing clinical leadership, expertise, education and clinical supervision to immediate team members and other individuals across the organisation and system

Using specialty expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with individual presentations and complex situations

Developing and delivering Health Care Professional training as required across the sphere of nutrition and dietetics

The clinical component of the role will be agreed based on prior specialist experience and interest.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Enhanced clinical skills in the knowledge, management, and support of patients within at least one pathway within the Diabetes and Nutrition Service

Ability to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments

Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and shared decision making

Experience of managing staff (of own and other professions) including providing feedback and assessment, developing skills and competencies and delegating work as appropriate

Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to improve care for people with nutrition related conditions

In-depth experience of ensuring clinical standards are met and evaluated, participating in audit and researching service improvement activities

Ability to create, foster and build effective working relationships with all service users and stakeholders

Desirable

Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Experience in coaching team members

Knowledge of local, national, strategic, and operational policy developments and an awareness of their implications

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Current registration with HCPC or other relevant professional body of registration

Evidence of continuous personal and professional development within nutrition and dietetics, and ability to study at Masters level

Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L7 course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications, Physical assessment and clinical reasoning or other relevant courses

Up to date evidence-based knowledge of nutrition and dietetics, national and local guidelines and evidence base via current research and journals

To be able to travel between a variety of locations within BNSSG. A motorised vehicle is required

Desirable

Masters level clinical qualification or evidence of working at masters level