Band 5 Community Dietitian (Adults)

Job summary

The Community Dietetic team is responsible for providing dietetic advice in a diverse range of nutritional areas. To support to a caseload of adults and their carers in a range of settings including clinics, nursing homes, patients own homes, as well as remotely.

We have specialist Dietitians in Gastroenterology, Home Enteral Feeding, and Paediatrics. There are also Dietitians working with Learning Disabilities, Neuro Rehab and Diabetes with whom we share training and education.

There are excellent IT facilities in all offices and you will be assigned a laptop and phone to facilitate remote working.

We have an excellent administration team who undertake all clerical work leaving the dietitians free to maintain and develop clinical services.

If you are interested in joining a very friendly and supportive team with the opportunity to develop your Dietetic skills and competencies in a number of areas we will be very pleased to receive your application.

Main duties of the job

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

To work within the community dietetic therapy team in Hounslow.

Link with other healthcare teams e.g.

• Hounslow Community Recovery service
• Integrated Community Response service.
• Speech and Language Therapy Service
• GPs
• Colleagues in referring acute hospitals
• Community Nursing teams
• Nursing homes
• Cardiac rehab services
• Practice Nurses
• Medicines Management

JOB PURPOSE:

The post holder will:-

• Provide a service to patients in the Community and in Residential and Nursing Homes who are on Oral Nutrition Support and HEF patients (when required).
• To train and education GP's and other Practice and Community staff on Oral Nutrition Support policies and procedures
• The post holder will cover as part of the Cardiac Rehabilitation team to provide an effective Dietetic cardiac rehab service to staff, carers and those patients referred
• To contribute to the Community Out Patient service across Hounslow and Richmond
• To support the In Patient service to the wards at Teddington Memorial (Community) Hospital

About us

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health

92 Bath Road

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

TW3 3EL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health

92 Bath Road

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

TW3 3EL

Employer's website

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

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