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Due to a recent promotion within the team, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full time band 5 Acute Dietitian to join our Epsom acute adult dietetic team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting chance to join our friendly, informal department which provides dietetic services to Epsom Hospital, Surrey and the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our dynamic team. There will be opportunities for cross site working on our St Helier site.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain a range of Dietetic experience in a supportive environment. You may be newly qualified or wish to consolidate your existing experience before moving on to a more specialised role.

The successful candidate will provide a Dietetic service to acute medical and care of the elderly wards alongside gaining some experience in gastroenterology and stroke wards.

We actively encourage personal development and you will have the opportunity to learn from colleagues working in specialist areas. The department currently provides training for placement 1, 2 and 3 students and you will participate in this as part of the team.

Main duties of the job

• To provide advice to referred patients and carers, and clinicians. This will involve nutritional assessment; to include the calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters.
• To interpret received information concerning medical and social history to ensure advice is given in a person centred and culturally specific way.
• To support the use of a nutrition-screening tool for inpatients to ensure patients are appropriately referred to the dietitian.
• To be responsible for the discharge planning of patients going home on artificial nutritional support.
• To identify patients who will need to be followed up in the community and make appropriate onward dietetic referrals.
• To provide nutrition teaching sessions to other members of the multidisciplinary team and identified patient groups as required.
• To work closely with dietetic team to provide an appropriate service to patients.

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 Surrey Downs and Sutton Health and Care, 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.