Overview

Dietician
The Priory & Edgbaston Hospital                     
30 Hours & Permanent
Salary: Up to £50,000.00 FTE per year

The Edgbaston & Priory Hospitals in Birmingham are part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country. 

Circle Health Group are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for as well as top 5 to work for in the health and social care sector.

We have an opportunity for a Dietician to join their team of staff.

This is a part-time role for 30 hours a week. The role holder will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern across two sites, Circle Rehabilitation covering patients on acute brain injury pathway and covering patients from a surgical and oncology perspective at The Priory Hospital.

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• 2 year post graduate experience
• Post registration experience relevant to nutrition and dietetics
• Supervision of assistants and / or students.
• Previous experience working within the acute healthcare sector.​
• Experience of customer care, including interacting with challenging customers and situations.
• BSc Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Registered Dietitian Member of the Health & Care Professions Council
• Documented Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Evidence of clinical assessment
• Maths, English GCSE at grades A to C or equivalent functional skills level 2 evidence.
• Proficient in the use of a PC, including the use of software and systems.
• IT GCSE at grade A to C or equivalent functional skills level 2 evidence.

Duties of this role include:

• Support the team to deliver care that helps improve the health of the individual and wider community.
• Support the team in demonstrating compassion through effective relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity.
• Develop own competence to deliver effective care and treatments through improving clinical/technical knowledge / skill, and expertise.
• Communicate appropriately with others involved in the care of the patient.
• Act as an advocate for safeguarding patients; demonstrate courage to speak up when there are concerns about care.
• Demonstrate commitment to improving care and the patient experience.
• To manage a caseload of people who have complex needs within the in-patient setting using evidence-based, person centred principles to assess, plan and evaluate specialist dietetic interventions.
• To provide the dietetic input within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Working in liaison with the catering providers to ensure that the menus provided offer a balanced diet and supplementary diet were required and the menus reflect the choices of the people accessing services.

Please refer to additional job description for a more extensive overview of what this role entails.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

Circle Health Group are proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy