Job Description
Band 5: Salary - £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
Full time: 37.5hrs
Contract: Permanent
For your application to be considered you will need to be an HCPC registered dietitian, or on a recognised dietetics programme due to qualify and register this year.
Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of over 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.
Due to internal development into speciality roles, we have an opportunity for band 5 dietitians or students approaching qualification to gain experience across a range of specialities in a busy acute dietetic department. The rotational posts offer experience in general medicine, respiratory, stroke and oncology inpatient settings along with a regular outpatient clinic.
You will be supported by senior staff and other band 5 staff working in our friendly team. Your further valuable experience in multi‑disciplinary working will be facilitated via the Portsmouth Hospitals preceptorship scheme.
In addition to managing a caseload of inpatients across a variety of speciality settings, you will be supported to develop skills in audit, service improvement, teaching and supervising student dietitians on placement.
Main Duties
* Daily management of a caseload across a variety of settings over 3 rotations.
* Work as a dietitian within a multi‑disciplinary team to deliver evidence‑based nutrition support and dietetic interventions to inpatients and support ongoing care by means of outpatient follow‑up or handover to community colleagues.
* Contribute to departmental learning and service improvement by attendance and input to projects, audit, journal clubs, education groups and team meetings.
Essential Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Dietetics (or working towards)
* Registration with the HCPC (or working towards)
Desirable Qualifications
* Member of the British Dietetic Association
Essential Experience
* Successful completion of dietetics practical/training placement
Desirable Experience
* Experience of UK/NHS-based Dietetic practice
* Experience of both in‑patient and out‑patient dietetic settings.
* Health promotion experience
* Experience of service evaluation or audit
Benefits
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to offer our staff benefits such as an on‑site Nursery, access to a free Beach Hut, an on‑site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise achievements. We also provide support when staff require it.
EEO Statement
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
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