Highly Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
• Health and Care Professional Council registration
• Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities
• Evidence of post registration education in specialist clinical areas

Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Knowledge of management processes to be able to provide 1st line management
• Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
• Able to plan and deliver clinical education about theory and practice to individuals, team and the wider MDT (including students)
• Knowledge of current best practice within a clinical specialty
• Knowledge of national and local standards and national guidelines
• Basic IT and computer skills and have the ability to learn how to use specific software
• Able to undertake evidence based audit of own practice and the practice of other staff within a specific clinical area
• Able to evaluate current research and make recommendations for change in practice and implement these changes

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
• Be able to effectively use a range of communication skills with patients to progress treatment plans.
• Able to adapt approach in order to respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients
• Able to understand team dynamics and adapt approach to achieve the best outcome for patients
• Able to handle confidential information from colleagues, patient and carers with sensitivity
• Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
• Able to present clinical information to health professions at National Conference level or equivalent

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of other staff
• Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of very complex patients
• Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
• Use reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options to formulate and deliver specialist treatment programmes
• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Able to make decisions about the allocation of a caseload to a team of staff
• Able to make judgements about the prioritising of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to re-allocate staffing resources
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
• Understands responsibility of self and others for clinical and cost effective use of resources
• Able to record and use relevant information in daily work including computer data entry of patient and other information and support other member so the team in doing so

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
• Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self
• Able to organise, plan and chair meetings
• Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant polices and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropometric equipment if applicable.

Other requirements specific to the role (eg be able to drive or work shifts)

Essential criteria

• Undertake out of hours duties as required.
• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

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