Dietitian (Band 5) Rotational Post inPortsmouth inPortsmouth PUBLISHED
TUE 26 NOV 2024
Comprehensive training and development opportunities through structured rotations in various specialities such as oncology, stroke, and pediatrics.
Supportive and friendly team environment, promoting collaboration and peer support among dietitians and other healthcare professionals.
Active involvement in clinical effectiveness projects and research, enhancing analytical and professional skills.
Opportunity to mentor and supervise student dietitians, contributing to the education and training of future professionals.
Access to leadership training and management programs to facilitate career progression within the trust.
Excellent staff benefits, including access to wellness facilities, nurseries, and community support networks.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a Band 5 Dietitian to join its acute and community dietetic team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, one of the largest hospitals on the south coast. This rotational position focuses on developing clinical and professional skills in areas such as oncology, stroke, and acute medical cases. The role includes structured competencies, preceptorship programs, and participation in clinical effectiveness projects.
Key responsibilities involve:
- Providing dietetic input to patients within designated rotations.
- Collaborating with fellow dietitians and multidisciplinary teams to prioritize referrals and enhance dietetic services.
- Engaging in service review and development, while honing analytical and research skills.
- Supporting and supervising dietetic students from partner universities.
- Participating in various training programs for healthcare professionals.
Candidates must hold a degree or diploma in Dietetics (or be progressing towards one) and should be registered or working towards registration with the HCPC. While experience is preferred, newly graduating dietitians are encouraged to apply. The position offers flexible full-time and part-time options, with each rotation lasting six months.
The Trust promotes staff well-being with various benefits, including an on-site nursery, wellness center, and inclusive staff networks. This role reflects the Trust's commitment to diversity and supportive work culture. For further inquiries, candidates can reach out to Lucy Bakewell via email.
Company Description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of around 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 dietitian to join our team at one of the South's largest hospitals.
We are looking for individuals for our band 5 dietetic rotations covering oncology, stroke and acute medical caseloads. This band 5 rotational post provides the perfect opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills through structured competencies, a preceptorship programme and clinical effectiveness projects. Staff are encouraged to continually develop towards the next step in their career and we have a band 6 rotational programme to support this.
You will work within the Queen Alexandra Hospital site as part of the Acute Dietetic team providing dietetic input to patients falling within your rotation. Working closely with the other band 5 dietitians, you will prioritise dietetic referrals alongside your active caseload to ensure patients are seen appropriately. You will work closely with the appropriate specialist MDT’s to develop the dietetic services alongside dietitians within the acute and community teams. The rotations include a weekly clinic that is covered between the rotations.
Personal and service development is valued within the department and you will be supported to complete the competencies for your rotation and make the most of learning from our specialist teams in paediatrics, renal, head and neck cancer, oesophagogastric and intestinal failure specialities. The post holder will be encouraged to take part in leadership training and will be enrolled in the trusts management training. Service review and development is a key part of all our post and you will supported to develop analytical and research skills.
Our department is actively involved in training student dietitians and you will take an active part in supporting students from University of Surrey and University of Winchester.
The department places a strong emphasis on clinical and peer support and supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students. We are also involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care.
Each rotation is 6 months in length.
Although this is a full time post- part time applicants will be considered. Applications are encouraged from dietetic students awaiting results and HCPC registration.
Please see theJob Descriptionfor further details. Please contact Lucy Bakewell - if you would like to discuss the role.
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of around 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.
Job Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 dietitian to join our team at one of the South's largest hospitals.
We are looking for individuals for our band 5 dietetic rotations covering oncology, stroke and acute medical caseloads. This band 5 rotational post provides the perfect opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills through structured competencies, a preceptorship programme and clinical effectiveness projects. Staff are encouraged to continually develop towards the next step in their career and we have a band 6 rotational programme to support this.
You will work within the Queen Alexandra Hospital site as part of the Acute Dietetic team providing dietetic input to patients falling within your rotation. Working closely with the other band 5 dietitians, you will prioritise dietetic referrals alongside your active caseload to ensure patients are seen appropriately. You will work closely with the appropriate specialist MDT’s to develop the dietetic services alongside dietitians within the acute and community teams. The rotations include a weekly clinic that is covered between the rotations.
Personal and service development is valued within the department and you will be supported to complete the competencies for your rotation and make the most of learning from our specialist teams in paediatrics, renal, head and neck cancer, oesophagogastric and intestinal failure specialities. The post holder will be encouraged to take part in leadership training and will be enrolled in the trusts management training. Service review and development is a key part of all our post and you will supported to develop analytical and research skills.
Our department is actively involved in training student dietitians and you will take an active part in supporting students from University of Surrey and University of Winchester.
The department places a strong emphasis on clinical and peer support and supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students. We are also involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care.
Each rotation is 6 months in length.
Although this is a full time post- part time applicants will be considered. Applications are encouraged from dietetic students awaiting results and HCPC registration.
Please see theJob Descriptionfor further details. Please contact Lucy Bakewell - if you would like to discuss the role.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics (or working towards)
- Registration with the HCPC (or working towards)
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
Essential
- Successful completion of dietetics practical/training placement
- Experience of UK/NHS-based Dietetic practice
- Experience of both in-patient and out-patient dietetic settings.
- Health promotion experience
- Experience of service evaluation or audit
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
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