Community Dietitian

Job summary

We have a permanent vacancy for a part-time Band 6 Community Dietitian in our friendly community dietetics team covering the Wandsworth area. The working hours are 22.5hours per week and flexible working can be agreed. The team is located at St John's Therapy Centre, in a convenient location near Clapham Junction in Battersea.

The community dietetics team at St John's Therapy Centre works closely with the acute dietetics department at St George's Hospital in Tooting, to ensure safe discharge and community follow-up.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver a general service for adults within community dietetics clinics based in health centres across Wandsworth, with a mixed caseload including nutrition support, IBS, diabetes and weight management. You will have a general domiciliary caseload and visit people in their own homes.

You will be supervised by a Band 7 Specialist Community Dietitian and have the opportunity to work with other specialist Community Dietitians to develop your skills in nutrition support, home enteral feeding, diabetes and paediatrics.

If you work well as part of a team and have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, we look forward to receiving your application. We are looking for a highly motivated dietitian with a range of postgraduate experience in general dietetics. Experience in the community/primary care setting is desirable.

As this is a community post, you will be required to travel around Wandsworth. You can either use public transport or use your own car or bicycle.

About us

The dietetic department at St George's Hospital provides clinical inpatient and outpatient services to a variety of specialties including oncology, renal, neurology, haematology, paediatrics, cardiology, major trauma, gastro, surgical, diabetes, infectious diseases and HIV.

The department is committed to training dietetic students and actively participates in the training programmes of clinical and non-clinical staff. There are numerous opportunities for professional and personal development.