Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 24.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-6195575-AHP-Z-A
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Roundshaw Health Centre
- Town
- Wallington
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 Pro-rata pa inc HCAS (Outer London)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Community Dietitian
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
Specialist Community Dietitian for Adults
Are you enthusiastic, motivated and keen to gain or extend your experience in community dietetics? If so, this could be the position for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian to join our team of Community Dietitians providing clinical services to adults in the London borough of Sutton.
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian to work as part of the team delivering nutrition and dietetic care and advice to adults in the areas of nutrition support, home enteral feeding, gastrointestinal conditions and general outpatient clinics.
You will be based with the Community Dietetic team and will receive professional support and supervision from the team leader. We support internal and external training and opportunities for CPD.
We support student training by providing stage 1, 2 and 3 clinical placements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide holistic and person centred care to all patients who access the service. They will assess and treat patients with a range of nutrition related conditions in the own home, in care/residential or supported living homes or in a clinic setting.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC Registration
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant BDA Specialist Interest Group
- FODMAP trained
- Relevant post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience managing enterally fed patients
- Experience of delivering general dietetic outpatient services
- Evidence of implementing an audit cycle
- Experience of working in a MDT
- Experience of managing patients requiring oral nutritional support
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching/training patients/carers and HCPs.
- Experience of implementing behavior change techniques in the clinical setting
- Experience of working in the community setting including in care homes.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to problem solve and demonstrate clinical reasoning
- Demonstrate high level communication skills - both verbal and written
- Basic IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excell, Powerpoint, Teams)
- Ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates appropriate use of initiative
- Highly motivated
- Flexible and able to manage change
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Clare Belsham
- Job title
- Service Manager - Adult Community Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07901 582000
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