Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-7259575-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gee Business Centre,
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Prescribing Support Team Lead Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Would you like to join a small team of dietitians working in a novel and exciting way? Are you keen to develop your management and leadership skills and support the cost-effective use of nutrition products across Primary Care and Community settings? If so, Birmingham Community Nutrition has a vacancy in our Prescribing Support Service and is looking for someone like you to develop your career and build on your existing skills.
This award-winning team works directly with Care Homes, GP Practices and their staff and with the ICB Medicines Management team to deliver an invaluable service making sure the right patients receive the right products. Embedded with the Nutrition & Dietetic service but working closely with Primary Care and the ICB, you will collaborate with other experienced Dietitians to deliver this service and will have the professional support and leadership of the Dietetic Service Leads.
Main duties of the job
As the Team Lead Dietitian for Prescribing Support, you will lead on the delivery of the team’s objectives; help set the direction of the team and manage the day-to-day operational side of the team, including line management of one Band 5 Dietitian and one Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Community Nutrition provides a comprehensive community citywide service for the Birmingham CCG and employs over 70 staff. We also support the training of dietetic students from two higher education institutions (A, B & C placements).
Benefits of working for Birmingham Community Nutrition include free parking at all community venues, excellent access to IT equipment to work remotely, up to date office facilities and comprehensive admin support dedicated to the service.
The department has a structured approach to Clinical Governance and your personal development via preceptorship, annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust, whose goal is to be a truly inclusive organisation and a great place to work
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To adhere to the standards of conduct, performance and ethics and the dietitians standards of proficiency of the Health Professions Council and to provide leadership to staff to do the same.
To be aware of your level of responsibility and accountability within the wider Nutrition and Dietetic service, and designated Commissioning areas, being guided by policies, procedures and the support of peers, and to ensure your team do the same.
To be responsible for maintaining and demonstrating own competence to practice through participation in appraisal process and CPD within the framework of the professional portfolio.
To work with the Head of Birmingham Community Nutrition in taking responsibility for the strategic development and promotion of the ONS Prescribing Project (ONSP) and Pan-Birmingham Nutrition Formulary across Birmingham, and the West Midlands Region, taking into account national guidelines and the needs of the diverse local population.
Full responsibilities in JD
Person specification
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- An ability to be very flexible in a changing environment
- An ability to work well with others
Desirable criteria
- An ability to work to short deadlines
- Ability to plan and implement given project
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics (or equivalent)
- Registered with Health Professionals Council
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree Dietetics
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of successful project management
- Significant experience of working in community settings / primary care
- Significant experience of clinical dietetics at a senior grade including nutrition support
- Can demonstrate successful project management skills
- Significant experience of training other staff groups at all educational levels/abilities
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience of dietetic leadership
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate verbal communication skills
- Ability to produce legible, communication and reports
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence assertively
- Ability to demonstrate effective multi-agency and multi-professional working
- Ability to be able to deal sensitively with patients experiencing distressing life changing conditions.
- Ability to challenge performance and provide constructive feedback
- Ability to work with people from a variety of backgrounds
- Ability to investigate, interpret, analyse, evaluate and present complex information
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of recent NHS publications and their impact on dietetics
- Knowledge of future proposals for NHS
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
- Ability to use information technology to maximise personal and service effectiveness
- Ability to use equipment to assess nutritional status accurately, this may include skin fold callipers and grip strength dynamometer.
Other Job requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to different venues around the City
Desirable criteria
- To be able to transport equipment necessary for the role e.g. wheelchair scales.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Davis
- Job title
- Service Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 6832300
- Additional information
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact: Lucy Davis – [email protected] / 0121 683 2300
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