Band 7 Dietetic Team Lead - Prescribing
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Job summary
Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) have a vacancy for a permanent team leader for a minimum of 30 hours a week, in our innovative and successful dietetic prescribing team.
You will be a member of our friendly and dynamic primary care team in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) working for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and working with GPs and Clinical Commissioning Groups across LLR.
Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 80 staff working in primary care, mental health, public health and home enteral nutrition and is made up of dietitians, community nutritionists, dietetic support workers and support team staff covering the population of LLR.
This post holder will be a member of the Primary Care nutrition and dietetic team that works across the health care community and you will manage, lead and deliver the prescribing dietetic service.
As well as a managing, developing and supporting the staff in your team you will have an educational role and undertake some clinical duties with patients.
Main duties of the job
This post offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated band 6/7 dietitian to deliver and develop the prescribing dietetic service to our patients and commissioners across LLR.
You will need excellent communication, organisational, management and leadership skills, be able to work within tight deadlines and with a range of health care professionals and teams to promote the value of the dietetic service and create opportunities for new ways of working.
We are looking for someone who can develop our team and is effective at working independently
Due to the nature of the work a car driver is essential. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours.
The service is committed to CPD and personal development and we have good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you.
The service is involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements, to which the post-holder will contribute.
Contact Details: sophy.parkin2@nhs.net / nazrana.quareshy1@nhs.net - Tel 0116 2227170
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
13 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
002462
Job locations
OSL House,East Link
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
OSL House,East Link
Meridian Business Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer's website
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