Bank - Dietician in Kent

Job summary

The Kent and Medway All Age Eating Disorder team are looking for enthusiastic, skilled, and committed dietitians to join this forward-thinking team.

The All-Age Eating Disorder Service is based across the County of Kent at George Turle House, Canterbury, and The Courtyard, Maidstone with Specialist support offered to the Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital in Staplehurst. Geographically, we support the county of Kent and Medway, so the ability to travel is essential. You would be supported by highly experienced specialist dietitians to advance your career and further your skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be covering a varied community caseload, including outpatient clinics, mental health inpatient wards, support to schools and acute wards when patients are admitted. We also offer group education, and the post holder may have the possibility of extending into community ARFID nutrition support (if funding approved). An interest in developing skills in paediatrics, eating disorders or diabetes would be an advantage.

We are a mobile working service and offer our patients the choice of face-to-face, virtual and phone appointments.

We are continually striving to improve the service we offer to our patients and embrace new ways of working. It is an exciting time to join our service for opportunities of development and growth and we can offer you a varied and interesting caseload within mental health.

The department currently provides a Monday to Friday service.

The 3 "must haves" for you to be considered for this role:

1. Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
2. Registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membership
3. Experience of working in acute/community setting as a dietitian or dietetic student.
4. Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly, travelling to multiple sites if required
5. Ability to work from home with access to Wi-Fi using equipment provided.

About us

Some of the benefits of joining our team:

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Opportunity for upskilling in specialist dietetic treatments e.g., T1DE, paediatrics, ARFID, nutrition support
• Supportive training and development from a highly skilled team.
• Multi-disciplinary working within a larger team of specialist nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists' psychotherapist, outreach workers and administration

North East London Foundation Trusthas a record of achievement and success. We are rated 'Good' by the CQC, we have a history of achieving waiting standard times. Within the All-Age Eating Disorder team, we have a highly skilled and engaged workforce. We aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: our people, our patients, their families, and their carers. For our people who work here that means we want the All-Age Eating Disorder service to be a great place to work where everyone can thrive and grow.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Various

Kent

CT2 8JY

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Various

Kent

CT2 8JY

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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