Specialist Community Dietitian

Job summary

Berkshire Community Dietetic Service based at Tilehurst clinic in Reading has an opportunity to offer a part time fixed term post (18.75 - 22.5hrs) to cover mat leave. There is a degree of flexibility with some of these hours working remotely from home. The post is advertised as band 5-6 depending on experience.

The role is a varied community post, covering a caseload for patients, covering locality outpatient clinics. There may also be the opportunity to provide specialist dietetic treatments including Home Enteral feeding. Experience is helpful but not essential as training and support will be provided including external recognised BDA courses where possible.

We are a mobile working service and offer our patients the choice of face-to-face, virtual and phone appointments. To support this, we have excellent IT access and support staff home-working where appropriate. As a team we strongly value continuing professional development and offer an employee-led appraisal process and personal development plan. We engage in student training and facilitate teaching opportunities.

As a team we value continuing professional development, we offer excellent support for personal development and engage in student training. We are a mobile working service and offer our patients the choice of virtual appointments. To support this, we have excellent IT access.

Main duties of the job

• Working under the guidance of the Team Lead Dietitian, to provide dietetic care to a varied and diverse caseload of patients in the community.

• Providing specialist dietetic treatments e.g. Home Enteral Feeding

• Travelling to and providing care at various sites including but not limited to community hospitals, patients' homes and some home working

• Working remotely to provide dietetic advice to patients using virtual online platforms for example One Consultation and MS Teams.

• Coaching, delegating work and supporting Dietetic Assistant Practitioners (DAPs).

• Involvement in our student training programme

• Participating in departmental research activity

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites