Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for you to develop your skills in an innovative and established community dietetic role. We are seeking a dietitian with good clinical knowledge and a commitment to preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. This role will provide you with a wide portfolio of experience in both nutrition support and chronic disease management and the opportunity to be part of highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
Managing your own clinical caseload, you will undertake domiciliary visits to patient's own homes and in care homes (both virtually and face to face) and also provide outpatient clinics.
Two days per week will be spent with the Rapid Response Team, with the focus on visiting patients at home who are at high risk of hospital admission and require urgent clinical input. The successful applicant will be working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, incorporating nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, dietitian, paramedics, discharge coordinators, consultant physicians, rehabilitation technicians, health care assistants and a pharmacist.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining an experienced, supportive and award-winning team of community dietitians who hold regular peer support meetings and provide 1:1 supervision to facilitate clinical excellence and personal development. We actively participate in audit, student training and encourage research. You will have the opportunity to undertake hybrid working as part of your role.
You must be able to demonstrate skills and enthusiasm for working in a community setting. Communicating evidence-based personalised dietetic advice in an engaging style is a key component of this position.
This is a 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week) fixed term maternity cover Band 6 position. The post is funded until 30.07.2024.
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)
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
As an NHS trust, we are committed to equal opportunities and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetingsto discuss issues andmake plans to improve CLCH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provides face-to-face/virtual clinical nutrition and dietetic services in the community for the Rapid Response Service (0.4 WTE) and general outpatient clinics including weight management, diabetes and other long-term conditions 0.4 WTE).
- Will also manage own domiciliary caseload of patients requiring nutrition support -food first, oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeding.
Please refer to the attached job description for full list ofresponsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provides face-to-face/virtual clinical nutrition and dietetic services in the community for the Rapid Response Service (0.4 WTE) and general outpatient clinics including weight management, diabetes and other long-term conditions 0.4 WTE).
- Will also manage own domiciliary caseload of patients requiring nutrition support -food first, oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeding.
Please refer to the attached job description for full list ofresponsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council registration
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Member of Special Interest Group relevant to this post
- Post graduate qualification in dietetic related field (eg health promotion, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in a range of clinical areas of dietetics
- Experience in managing patients with nutrition-related conditions such as malnutrition, diabetes, obesity & coeliac disease (including patients with mental health needs or learning disabilities)
- Experience in training / teaching healthcare professionals and patients
- Experience of providing dietetic advice to nutrition support patients
- Experience in contributing to policy, procedures, guidelines and clinical standards developments within the service
Desirable
- Experience of providing home enteral tube feed dietetic advice
- Experience of working in the community setting
- Experience in supervising the work of others
- Experience of using SystmOne, RiO, EMIS Web or similar systems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of clients with nutrition related disease
- Ability to apply dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions
- Knowledge of food habits encountered in different BME groups
- Ability to deliver presentations/education sessions to health professionals & the public
- Project management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a professional team
- Ability to reflect and appraise own practice
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning
- Good communication & report writing skills, in written & verbal format
- Excellent IT skills - including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel & ability to research information using the internet
- Knowledge of and commitment to equal opportunities, including the ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
Desirable
- Able to communicate in a second language (in addition to English)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or postgraduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council registration
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Member of Special Interest Group relevant to this post
- Post graduate qualification in dietetic related field (eg health promotion, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in a range of clinical areas of dietetics
- Experience in managing patients with nutrition-related conditions such as malnutrition, diabetes, obesity & coeliac disease (including patients with mental health needs or learning disabilities)
- Experience in training / teaching healthcare professionals and patients
- Experience of providing dietetic advice to nutrition support patients
- Experience in contributing to policy, procedures, guidelines and clinical standards developments within the service
Desirable
- Experience of providing home enteral tube feed dietetic advice
- Experience of working in the community setting
- Experience in supervising the work of others
- Experience of using SystmOne, RiO, EMIS Web or similar systems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of clients with nutrition related disease
- Ability to apply dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions
- Knowledge of food habits encountered in different BME groups
- Ability to deliver presentations/education sessions to health professionals & the public
- Project management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a professional team
- Ability to reflect and appraise own practice
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning
- Good communication & report writing skills, in written & verbal format
- Excellent IT skills - including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel & ability to research information using the internet
- Knowledge of and commitment to equal opportunities, including the ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
Desirable
- Able to communicate in a second language (in addition to English)
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
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).
