Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Specialist Home Enteral Feeding ( HEF ) & Community Nutrition Support Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: n/a
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-CSS-BR-9134-C
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- broomfield
- Town
- chelmsford
- Salary
- £43,742 per annum ( pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
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Advanced Specialist Home Enteral Feeding & Nutrition Support Dietitian
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
An exciting new role for a Band 7 community dietitian to join the Nutrition and Dietetic team at Broomfield Hospital , Chelmsford .
We are looking for an enthusiastic and confident dietitian to join our Community Team . A car driver will be essential to this role .
You will be part of the wider dietetic team at Broomfield with many different specilaities . You will work alongside another Band 7 community dietitian and also a Band 5 dietitian part time who has community as part of their role . We also have 2 Dietetic assistants and Admin to support the team .
If you feel you are ready to take on the next challenge in your dietetic career , this may be position for you !
Main duties of the job
The role will include supporting a wide range of patients in care homes and their own homes across Mid Essex
This will involve nutritional support , Home Enteral feeding for all those patients who require this care across the Mid Essex area. This will involve telephone call clinics, care home visits and patients own homes . There will also be a lot of input for training within care homes to help support them to provide good nutritional care to their clients . A care driver therefore is needed for this role .
The role will also be to support junior members of the team and to be involved in training, both colleagues , other health professionals and also helping to develop the community service so that we can deliver a good, safe and quality service to all our patients .
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The attached Job description and person specification gives you all the information you will require for this role .
Please ensure you look carefully at the criteria in the person specification , to ensure what you have done meets this .
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) or postgraduate equivalent in Dietetics
- HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of dealing with projects and complex caseloads
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience with patients who require enteral nutrition
communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and written skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bridget Lee
- Job title
- Dietetic Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01245 514236
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