Central London Community Health Trust

Senior Nutrition Support Dietitian

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to join our Nutrition and Dietetics Team.

The community dietetic service includes a successful and proactive team of dietitians and dietetic assistant practitioners covering the three inner boroughs of London (Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham). We are passionate and strive to bring high quality evidence base dietetic practice to the people who use our services. We are a supportive and innovative team thatcontinuouslyseeks toadapt andimprovetheservicewe provide as well as a strong focus on thehealth and well-being of our staff.

Our team purpose statement is 'We are committed to enabling our patients to achieve their nutrition and hydration goals through providing evidence-based dietetic care'

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for someone who isenthusiasticandaself-motivated individual,withan interest in developingtheir knowledge andskills,primarily innutritionsupport,across a diverse and vibrant area in central London.The postholder will be managing a varied caseload of people living in their own homes and care homes.Our team has adopted and is embedding a Food Based Approach to managing malnutrition and actively supports primary care with the appropriate use of prescribed oral nutritional supplements.The post holder will be involved in progressing the prescribing support strategy and this will include working with multi-disciplinary colleagues, training, education and resource development.

The post holder will bepart of a wider networkofother Nutrition Support Dietitians throughoutthe Trust.There is a strong emphasis on learning and development. We encourage all staff to participate in Quality Improvement and the Trust has an excellent Quality Improvement team who provide support and guidance in this process.

The position is full time, fixed term until 29/2/2024 and based at Lisson Grove Health Centre. We also welcome internal candidates looking for a secondment opportunity. This Trust is continuing to encourage agile working.

You will be responsible for:

Your own caseload of patients who require oral nutrition support
Actively partaking in quality improvement projects
Supporting student training

About us

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,471 to £50,364 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-INNER-10539

Job locations

Lisson Grove Health Centre

London

NW8 8EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To have responsibility for providing a dietetic service (virtual/face-to-face) including appropriate dietary assessment and treatment in specific community settings as the service requires such as GP practices, health centres, a domiciliary service to clients in their own homes, nursing homes and residential homes.

To work autonomously to provide specialist dietary advice on a range of clinical conditions that will include a focus of a food based approach, oral nutrition supplementation and may include enteral feeding, to clients and carers. This will involve nutritional diagnosis and assessment (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) using evidence based guidelines and the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals) using evidence based outcomes.

To work autonomously to complete a nutritional assessment and recommend a food based approach to meet nutritional requirements or an appropriate prescription for oral nutrition supplements or enteral feed.

To use professional judgement and clinical expertise to interpret and analyse complex cases and information to formulate treatment plans according to evidence based practice and modify according to changes in clinical condition.

To be clinically competent to give nutrition support advice, treatment and dietary counselling to support behaviour change and adherence to long term treatments.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Eudcation/Qualification

Essential

Degree in Dietetics
Health Care Professions Council Registration
Evidence of other post registration education and training in nutrition support

Desirable

Membership of the British Dietetics Association
Member of Special Interest Group

Person Specification

Eudcation/Qualification

Essential

Degree in Dietetics
Health Care Professions Council Registration
Evidence of other post registration education and training in nutrition support

Desirable

Membership of the British Dietetics Association
Member of Special Interest Group

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Lisson Grove Health Centre

London

NW8 8EG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Lisson Grove Health Centre

London

NW8 8EG

Employer's website

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