Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service - Public Health team for a 0.5 wte (2.5 days) band 5 Public Health Nutritionist or Dietitian.
Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 90 staff, made of dietitians, public health nutritionists, assistant dietetic practitioners, dietetic support workers, and support team staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
The post is to deliver practical interventions within Leicester city and Leicester city schools to provide support for children and families in making healthy eating and positive lifestyle changes. You will encourage and support schools to develop a Whole Food and Drink policy and will be involved in supporting the designing and delivering of training sessions for people working in Leicester.
You would join our Public Health Nutrition team which will see you also involved in student training and public health related initiatives e.g community engagement events.
For further information or an informal chat and please contact:- Aideen McKenna or Paula McKee- Telephone: 0116 2227170
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
The post holder will need to have experience of communicating to a variety of different people and a keen interest in working with children and their families within deprived communities. The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of public health issues as well as good communication and team working skills and can also work independently.
You will also be required to drive to different venues; therefore, applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car.
The service is committed to continuing professional development (CPD) and personal development and we have good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you.
For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.