Job overview
Specialist Community Dietitian for Adults
Are you enthusiastic, motivated and keen to gain or extend your experience in community dietetics? If so, this could be the position for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian to join our team of Community Dietitians providing clinical services to adults in the London borough of Sutton.
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian to work as part of the team delivering nutrition and dietetic care and advice to adults in the areas of nutrition support, home enteral feeding, gastrointestinal conditions and weight management.
We deliver our services across a range of settings including patient's homes, care homes and health centres.
You will be based with the Community Dietetic team and will receive professional support and supervision. We support internal and external training and opportunities for CPD.
We support student training by providing stage 1, 2 and 3 clinical placements.
Part-time will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide holistic and person centred nutrition care to all patients who access the service. They will assess and treat patients with a range of nutrition related conditions in the own home, in care/residential or supported living homes or in a clinic setting.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
1. Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
2. HCPC Registration
3. Member of British Dietetic Association
4. Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
5. Member of relevant BDA Specialist Interest Group
6. FODMAP trained
7. Relevant post graduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Experience managing enterally fed patients
9. Experience of delivering general dietetic outpatient services
10. Evidence of implementing an audit cycle
11. Experience of working in a MDT
12. Experience of managing patients requiring oral nutritional support
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of teaching/training patients/carers and HCPs.
14. Experience of implementing behavior change techniques in the clinical setting
15. Experience of working in the community setting including in care homes.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
16. Ability to problem solve and demonstrate clinical reasoning
17. Demonstrate high level communication skills - both verbal and written
18. Basic IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excell, Powerpoint, Teams)
19. Ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
20. Demonstrates appropriate use of initiative
21. Highly motivated
22. Flexible and able to manage change
Your recruitment team
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Your application
Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the job description and person specification, as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.
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Use of Artificial Intelligence
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References
Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history, including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date
To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.
Application feedback
If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameClare BelshamJob titleService Manager - Adult Community DieteticsEmail addressTelephone number07901 582000