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Dietitian
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-HV627-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Harold Wood Clinic
Town
Havering
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 pa (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/08/2024 23:59

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Community Dietitian

Band 5

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Job Opportunity: Band 5 Community Dietitian

Location: Barking, Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge

Nutrition and Dietetics Team - NELFT (North East London Foundation Trust)

NELFT's Barking, Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge Nutrition and Dietetics team is excited to announce an opportunity for a Band 5 Community Dietitian to join the Havering team.  We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, and confident professional to contribute to our growing team's success, delivering exceptional care across the mentioned localities.

Join our team and be part of an organization dedicated to excellence patient care

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Dietetics Assessment and Treatment: Provide dietetic assessment and treatment for adults residing in Havering with support from the established Barking, Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge team.
  2. Collaboration: Work collaboratively with dietitians and Multi-disciplinary Team teams to improve nutritional care for patients across Havering with support to Barking, Dagenham and Redbridge teams. 
  3. Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrate sensitivity, non-judgment, and professionalism in dealing with patients. Provide advice in a considerate manner.
  4. Professional Development: Demonstrate a commitment to professional development and training opportunities
  5. Communication and Time Management: Possess excellent communication and time management skills to efficiently coordinate tasks and interactions with patients, carers, and fellow health professionals.
  6. Line Management and Training: contribute to student training and the development of other team members.
  7. Flexibility: Be able to travel efficiently to fulfill job requirements. The role involves travel across the three boroughs – Barking, Dagenham, Redbridge, and Havering.

 

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.  All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex

 

High-Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £3,784 to a maximum of £4,822).

 

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles.  Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please refer to the person specification and Job description for further details.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria
  • BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
  • Registered with HPC
  • experience in a community/ acute /outpatient setting
  • Evidence of a range of CPD activities
  • BDA membership

Experince

Essential criteria
  • experience in a community/ acute /outpatient setting
  • Evidence of the dietetic management of a wide range of clinical conditions
  • Experience in enteral feeding and nutritional support
  • Experience working with multi and trans-disciplinary team
  • Demonstrate ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
  • Demonstrate ability to set priorities and manage own time
Desirable criteria
  • Experience delivering training for health care professionals

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An awareness of NHS priorities
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and quality
  • Evidence of a range of CPD activities relevant to community dietetics

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Caseload management skills (prioritisation, triage, organisation skills)
  • Good presentation skills
  • Be familiar with using anthropometric measures and the MUST screening tool
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • involvement in audit, research and development
  • Experience of providing support to junior staff & student training

Other

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel efficiently and effectively across all sites within NELFT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Shanti Mistry / Navjit Kaur Sidhu
Job title
Clinical Lead Nutrition and Dietetic Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07713391052
Additional information

For further information please contact Clinical leads for Nutrition and Dietetics:

Shanti Mistry - [email protected]
Navjit Kaur Sidhu - [email protected]

Tel: 0300 3001783

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