Diabetes Lead Dietitian • Newport Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nDiabetes Lead Dietitian with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom\n\nWe encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English. If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly. Please check your email account regularly . Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working. Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process Job Overview ABUHB has committed to investing in Diabetes technology and we have an exciting new opportunity to expand our insulin pump service. We are seeking a Dietitian with significant post registration Diabetes experience to join our team and enable this valuable service development. As the successful post holder you will provide leadership and clinical guidance to the team of Diabetes dietitians working within secondary care, releasing the current Lead Dietitian to focus on the expansion of DAFNE education and the Pump service. You will work as part of a supportive MDT, across the specialist areas covered by the secondary care Diabetes Team, which include inpatients, young adults, and antenatal. You will also provide clinical input in the new enhanced pump service. Your leadership duties will include support of the team of 5.0 WTE band 6 and 1.0 WTE band 5 rotational Dietitians and provide day to day operational management duties. These will include completion of development reviews and assisting the Professional Manager to manage attendance and oversee outpatient waiting list performance for this clinical area. ABUHB have a well established leadership development course to help you build your non clinical skills. Whilst this post has been advertised as full time, applications from those wishing to work alternative hours will be considered. Main duties of the job This post will sit within the team of dietitians providing a service within the acute setting in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. You will be a member of the Adult Senior Team and have the support of band 7 colleagues working alongside you across the 4 acute sites. Your development needs will be supported by the Professional Manager and Deputy Head of Service. We are a team of 38 dietitians working from 4 main hospital bases (GUH, RGH, NHH and YYF), across the specialities of Nutrition Support, Critical Care, Gastroenterology, Stroke, Oncology and Diabetes and have the support of a team of 10 dietetic support staff and 3 ward based nutrition assistants. We value both staff and service development and actively participate in the dietetic student training programme for Wales. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. Working for our organisation Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work. Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future. Skills Essential criteria Excellent written communication skills Desirable criteria Supervisory Skills in challenging circumstances e.g. supported staff member or student with additional development or supervisory needs Experience Essential criteria Has experience providing clinical supervision Experience working as part of an inpatient MDT including other therapy services Experience providing dietetic care to patients with a range of types of diabetes. Experience providing dietetic care to patients treated with insulin. Desirable criteria Experience delivering or supporting a service improvement project Experience as a Appraisal and Development Reviewer Experience providing the dietetic care for patients on insulin pump therapy Qualifications Essential criteria BSC / MSc / PGDip Dietetics Dietetic Clinical Educators Course Stand alone module at M-leve e.g. advanced educators or evidence based practice Desirable criteria Advanced Educators Course ILM level 3 or equivalent leadership training 60 credits at MSC level in relevant modules "}