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dietitian
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
9 months (fixed term/secondment)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (can be part time or full time but minimum 0.6WTE)
Job ref
846-6888912-CF
Employer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Dover Health Centre Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent
Town
Dover
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2024 23:59

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Community Dietitian

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Looking for a band 6 Community post working for an ‘Outstanding’ rated Trust?

Interested in job flexibility and hybrid working?

Is health and wellbeing high on your agenda?

We are a dynamic, forward-thinking community Dietetics team - being largest in the South East with a total of 35 clinicians.

Our Community Dietetics (Adults) team are looking for a Registered Dietitian experienced in community working  to support our friendly team for a 9 month period due to maternity leave.

We can offer interesting clinical work where you can really see the difference your dietetics advice makes to patients’ lives.

We are ideally looking for someone full time - but would be able to consider a minimum of 22.5 hours.

Main duties of the job

Your role would include a varied combination of face to face appointments including within peoples own homes, delivering group education such as diabetes groups and as well as supporting patients in community clinics across east Kent. This role also includes providing virtual clinics whilst working remotely from home.
 
Our large friendly team offers easy access to a wide range of highly specialist colleagues for supervision and advice.

Our supportive managers are happy to agree flexible working opportunities to help with work/life balance including part time working at a minimum of 0.6WTE if full time hours do not suit your current lifestyle.

Your base will be Dover Health Centre but you will be required to regularly drive to various locations across East Kent to meet clinical service needs and can work from home to deliver virtual clinics.

 

 

 

Additional Working Pattern: can be part time or full time but minimum 0.6WTE

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and Registered Health Care Professional - HCPC
  • Driving licence
Desirable criteria
  • Diabetes courses completed
  • Member of BDA diabetes interest group

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Minimum three years post-graduate experience as a Dietitian
  • Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Community Dietetics within NHS
  • Experience of working within an MDT

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
Desirable criteria
  • Complex clinical diabetes experience e.g. patients requiring multiple diabetes medications including insulin

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and group. Group facilitation skills
  • Strong inter-personal skills - influencing and negotiating skills and assertiveness

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work under pressure, Flexible and adaptable
  • Ability to manage own time effectively

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeCare quality commission - OutstandingKent Community - Platinum Award LogoKEiBA Valuing Disability Business of the Year 2021Accredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRIDI Awards Finalist 2024

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tiffany Maxted
Job title
east Kent community ops lead
Email address
[email protected]
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