Band 8A - Therapy Lead Dietetics

The successful candidate will join a team of acute and community Dietitians in providing a high-quality dietetic service to the population of Southend. The post holder will be professionally responsible and accountable for the operational management of the service and will have prior experience in managing a team.
The main duties of the job include
+ To directly manage and provide excellent leadership to the Acute Dietetic Team.
+ Work closely with Dietetic Leads on the other sites to ensure parity of service and shared knowledge and skills.
+ Maintaining a small caseload and providing clinical cover as required, We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress, + To directly manage and provide excellent leadership to the adult Acute Dietetic Team, with an applied understanding of both HR and governance frameworks.
+ To effectively manage a delegated budget within set resources, and work towards releasing efficiency savings through robust management and opportunities for continuous service re-design.
+ To develop effective relationships with all agencies to improve patient pathways.
+ To be responsible for the implementation of new roles and ways of working against set aims.
+ To be involved in the monitoring of therapy activity and liaise with the Head of Therapy, General Manager and Clinical Director within therapy services to effect operational changes in partnership with other teams so that the service is flexible and responsive to meet both commissioner and patient needs.
+ To be responsible for quality standards within the Acute Dietetic Team to implement a safe and effective service, delivering best practice equitable patient care.
+ To demonstrate improvements in operational services through robust internal monitoring systems.
+ To lead audit activity in all aspects of patient pathways.
+ To contribute and engage with the MSE Therapies strategy and projects which may contribute to this.
+ Work closely with Dietetic Leads on the other sites to ensure parity of service and shared knowledge and skills.
+ Maintaining a small caseload and providing clinical cover as required.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, Registered Dietitian with proven operational and clinical leadership capabilities to work alongside our existing Service Leads to complete our compassionate, senior leadership team. We are a forward-thinking team with a reputation for providing excellent clinical care both in the acute setting and community.
We are interested to hear from people with previous experience in managing a team in any clinical field and with experience of audit and service development alongside a knowledge of digital patient booking and record-keeping systems. The department has a structured approach to Clinical Governance and actively promotes personal development, clinical supervision, and training opportunities.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.