Advanced Dietitian

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

To be the key lead for providing and developing high quality of care within own speciality; to constantly strive to improve and develop AHP services (within the clinical governance framework), and to create an environment in which excellence in clinical care flourishes.

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including patient treatment, equipment uses, resources and documentation (within clinical governance framework).

To ensure effective management of own specialist caseload and to maintain high standards of clinical practice.

To be responsible for the training of own profession staff (postgraduate and undergraduate) in core and specialist area of work, and other AHP staff groups, by identifying learning needs and leading on actions to meet these needs to be responsible for own CPD.

To be an autonomous practitioner, requiring highly developed specialist knowledge to assess patients with complex needs, identifying problems and formulating individualised treatment plans; making treatment decisions and evaluating effectiveness of treatment using well developed clinical reasoning skills.

To ensure full and accurate documentation records are kept of own patient interventions and to be responsible for ensuring that other team members maintain documentation standards in line with legal, local, national, and professional guidelines. To ensure that accurate information (including national and local statistics) is entered on computerised records.

To be responsible for clinical audit activity to evaluate specialist services, working in conjunction with the clinical team leaders, leading to identifying appropriate service development or improvements /maintenance of standards of care. To effectively manage change.

To ensure that new and existing protocols/ guidelines are implemented, and to develop guidelines when appropriate founded on evidence-based practice and in accordance with professional, local, and national guidelines.

To ensure effective communication (verbal and written) with professionals, non-professionals, and patients regarding patient treatment & advice.

To ensure appropriate use of risk assessment and to take appropriate action when risk is identified. To monitor the safety and safe use of all equipment used.

To have the Freedom to Act guided by broad occupational, hospital and national guidelines. Guidance may be provided by peers, managers, or external reference points

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential

• Graduate Diploma or BSc or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics or Speech & Language
• HCPC registration
• At least 4 years post grad experience (including Experience as band 5 AHP to consolidate basic post-graduate skills & to develop more specialist skills followed by appropriate experience in a relevant area of work at band 6 (or equivalent) level

Desirable

• Member of Charted Society of Physiotherapy, British Dietetic Association, Royal College of Occupational Therapy, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists or similar
• Evidence of significant and relevant post registration training and relevant evidence in CPD portfolio in order to prove development of specialist clinical skills and development of highly developed specialist knowledge. Profession specific training in specialist area, recognised as equating to masters level, e.g MACP, Sensory Integration training, Bobath, PENG clinical update etc

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Basic computer skills

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential

• Demonstrate a high degree of expertise and competency in a wide range of skills which involves assessment and treatment underpinned by sound theoretical knowledge. Experience of highly complex caseload management. Experience of advising and guiding others within profession and other members of the MDT.
• Ability to work as an autonomous clinician, managing own case load, including complex patients, and time, using clinical reasoning and analytical skill to perform appropriate assessment, identify problems and appropriate treatment plan
• To have the analytical ability to be able to review treatment / services, with evidence of taking part in audit
• Demonstrate awareness of the roles of others in providing patient care and ability to work as an effective team member
• Ability to identify learning needs and develop the skills of staff and students in speciality. This includes mentorship, appraisal, supervision and training.

Desirable

• Active collection of relevant CPD in portfolio

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Well developed theoretical knowledge under pinning clinical practice
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in hospital computer system
• Ability to communicate within difficult circumstances and demonstrate empathetic approach to patients.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), analytical, problem solving skills and clinical reasoning
• Understanding of national issues and relating them to own clinical practice

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to support others and needs of the service.
• Ability to show initiative
• Good organisational skills

Desirable

• Ability to organise own workload and administrational procedures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Arrowe Park Hospital

Arrowe Park Road

Upton

CH49 5PE

Employer's website

https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)