Acute Adult Dietitian | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Reading, RG1 5AN |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6206317/371-CHS428 |
Summary
Band 5 – full time fixed term - 12 months
This exciting new collaborative post is between Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB). This commissioner-provider project has been funded by NHS England South East Region with ambition to improve prescribing of Oral Nutrition Supplements (ONS) and quality of patient care.
The project is likely to attract a lot of interest both nationally and locally and we would hope to publish the results so it would be a fantastic start to a career in dietetics.
We are looking for a motivated Dietitian with experience of nutrition support dietetics and an interest in appropriate ONS prescribing to make a positive impact on patient transition from hospital to home.
You will be part of the acute dietetic team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and receive clinical supervision from the Prescribing Dietetic Advisors in the Medicines Optimisation Team of BOB ICB.
You will be directly working with a clinical lead dietitian to support delivery of this project.
• To participate in a pilot project to ensure patients commenced on ONS during hospital admission but have not met the threshold to receive dietetic input during their admission are reviewed prior to discharge to assess if ONS is needed.
• Help to implement the project by working with the RBH dietetic team, pharmacy team, wards and stakeholders throughout whole organisation.
• Collate outcome data to provide a monthly project report to the BOB MOT team.
• To plan and supervise education and training to ward staff, pharmacists and junior doctors on malnutrition identification and management and raise awareness of food-based interventions that are suitable for home.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• HCPC registered dietitian
• Passion for appropriate prescribing of ONS
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jacqui Copp or Rebecca Currier on 0118 3227116 or email:jacqui.copp@royalberkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Apr 2024
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