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We are looking for self-motivated, committed Dietitian to provide a quality dietetic service to the Ipswich and East Suffolk population in the acute sector.  You will be a key member of the hospital multidisciplinary nutrition team. You will be the Nutrition Support lead for the acute dietetic team and work together with others outside the department as past of the Nutrition Steering Group.   You will work closely with other senior dietitians to manage a caseload of nutritionally vulnerable inpatients on both the surgical and gastroenterology wards. 

The post requires someone with significant experience of enteral and parenteral nutrition.  Supplementary prescribing is also required for this post and you would be supported to complete a prescribing qualification if they are not already a prescriber.

You will benefit from working with other specialist dietitians as well as being responsible for day to day supervision of assistant practitioners in the team.

 A range of skills is required for this post, including excellent communication skills and the ability to manage a busy workload. You should be someone who enjoys working within a team and is eager to provide support to others. 

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Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• Lead clinical Dietitian for Nutrition Team providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.
• To be responsible for delivery of a high quality, evidence based dietetic service to a complex caseload of patients on surgical and other wards as required holding responsibility for defined projects.

• Contribute to ward rounds as part of the nutrition team and provide specialist input for a range of patients including those requiring parenteral and enteral nutrition.
• Supplementary prescribing of parenteral nutrition and associated medications where appropriate.
• Act as department lead for Nutrition Support and develop service including protocols and guidelines underpinned by clinical governance framework.
• To work with and supervise junior staff members within the acute team

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

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