Job Overview
Senior Dietitian (or Graduate development dietitian) Adult Home Enteral Nutrition
An exciting opportunity has arisen, for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian, to join the well-established Leicestershire Home Enteral Nutrition Service (HENS) on a part time (0.8wte) permanent contract. The post holder will manage a caseload of adult patients receiving enteral nutrition in the community, including at home, daycare and care homes. Although the primary focus is adult specialities there are strong links with the paediatric team.
This post would also be considered as a band 5 to 6 development opportunity if the preferred candidate is newly qualified or awaiting qualification. This would be achieved over an agreed time frame and completion of competency assessments.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Claire Blakeman, Clinical Dietetic Manager for HENS on 0116 2227161, or email Claire.Blakeman@nhs.net
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
This friendly, forward thinking and supportive team consists of Dietitians, Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, Dietetic Support Workers and administrative staff. The HENS team is involved in pre-discharge training and preparation, post-discharge monitoring, coordination of supplies of feed and equipment, maintenance of enteral feeding tubes, and provision of a trouble-shooting service for families and professionals. We have close working relationships with the wide network of healthcare, social care and education professionals involved with our patients, such as Leicestershire’s community Nurses and acute trust services.
Previous experience in clinical adults and/or home enteral nutrition is desired, however, if you can demonstrate an interest in adult home enteral nutrition but do not yet have the required experience, training and development opportunities or a development position can be agreed. You will also need excellent communication skills. We operate a proactive ‘hands on’ working style with enteral feeding tubes, equipping you to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and professionals. There may be the opportunity in the future to support the adult team with community balloon tube and/of Nasogastric tube changes if desired, after suitable training has been provided, but this is not an expectation of this role.
There is also established service-wide Continuing Professional Development and close working relationship with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Dietitians, providing more general opportunities for development. The service has a growing involvement in research and audit, and is also involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements.
The HENS team is part of the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) Nutrition and Dietetic Service, and provides services to adult and paediatric patients resident in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who require Enteral Nutrition at home. The LPT Nutrition and Dietetic service as a whole covers a broad scope of dietetic work in addition to Home Enteral Nutrition, including adult and paediatric outpatient clinics, domiciliary visits, inpatients, mental health and learning disabilities, specialist weight management services, and work with nurseries and schools.
The post will be based in the Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service Headquarters, close to the M1/M69 junction. Applicants must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car during working hours.
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.