Job summary Are you a highly skilled acute dietitian with a keen interest in critical care nutrition?
We are offering an exciting new opportunity - Dietetic Clinical Expert in Critical Care, Band 7, This new role combines expert clinical delivery with critical care clinical leadership - informing and leading on delivery of excellent nutrition and dietetic care for patients in critical care.
We offer flexible working, opportunities for professional and leadership development, and a warm, welcoming team working environment.
Please get in touch to find out more - informal visits are welcome.
Main duties of the job Clinically lead the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of best nutrition and dietetic practice in Critical Care.Lead on the development and delivery of education and training in relation to acute nutrition support in Critical Care.Lead the development and implementation of nutrition and dietetic related guidance and standards, resources, training and education in relation to critical care, ensuring effective integration across programmes of work in relation to wider acute nutrition support.Manage a caseload of highly complex individuals requiring complex nutrition support (level 3 critical care unit), ensuring effective step down, supporting excellent standards of nutritional care.
About us Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties.
Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.
We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through: Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including: 48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences.
In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post.
If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.Interview date to be confirmed.
Person Specification Qualifications and Knowledge Essential HCPC registration with a Degree in Dietetics.
Expert clinical knowledge of nutritional care and dietetics in critical care, qualifications acquired through specialist training or equivalent clinical experience to a Masters level or equivalent.
Completed the BDA PENG programme, or equivalent.
Knowledge of, and ability to apply evidence-based methodology to support improvement, and service delivery.
Expert knowledge of clinical guidance and policy relevant to the specialist area.
Desirable Master's qualification - Advanced Clinical Practice.
Experience Essential Extensive clinical dietetic delivery in acute dietetics, including critical care.
Significant experience of managing a highly complex and unpredictable clinical caseload using advanced clinical reasoning Clinical leadership.
Extensive multi-professional working.
Planning and delivering specialist clinical knowledge-based education and training.
Delivering clinical supervision.
Delegation to non-registered team members.
Leading project / quality improvement / development work, with demonstrable outcomes.
Student training.
Research / clinical audit Interpreting evidence into clinical practice.
Desirable Active involvement in national work stream, professional network or specialist group Other Essential Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service Able to travel to provide specialist support / cross site cover.
Desirable Welsh speaker (Level 1)