Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
If you’re looking for career progression in a supportive department which emphasises clinical supervision and peer support, as well as learning and development across the Four Pillars of Practice, this may be the post for you!
You will be joining an expanding team of medical dietitians based at Scarborough Hospital, with support from the wider medical dietetic team of over 20 dietitians within our Trust. This post would be suitable for a candidate that is looking to progress their clinical and leadership skills within general medicine dietetics, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
You will be proactive, organised and looking to gain more experience and knowledge in clinical coordination of the general medical inpatient caseload, and diabetes outpatient clinics. Overseeing the more complex general medicine caseload, including antenatal diabetes outpatient care, and general medicine inpatient care such as nutrition support including social circumstances, learning disability with and without enteral feeding and home enteral feeding discharges.
The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.
You will have the opportunity to work with many experienced dietitians across the wider medical dietetic team, as well as within broader multi-professional teams. You will be working with other dietitians and dietetic assistant practitioners, and together you will provide inpatient services across areas, including general medicine, gastroenterology, neurology care of the elderly, stroke and acute renal disease.
The post holder will also have the opportunity to lead the nutrition and hydration education program for the York and Scarborough Hospital sites, which is an exciting new opportunity which will support your leadership development.
The department places a strong emphasis on peer support and clinical supervision, and has a well-established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students on the three clinical placements included within their educational training.
Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY. Remote interviews will not be available.
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For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Hannah Job title: Team Manager Adult Dietetics Email address: Julie.hannah1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07717690260