Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to join our friendly and progressive community team. The successful applicant will have gained skills and experience across a range of clinical dietetic specialities in either an acute or community setting in order to specialise further in oral nutritional support and home enteral tube feeding.
The Nutrition Support Service covers clinical caseloads for malnutrition / appropriate prescribing, adult home enteral tube feeding, and complex obesity. This role requires some face to face domiciliary and nursing home visits in the borough of Barnet which makes a car driver preferable. We also provide clinics which may be face to face or virtual, and this will allow some home working. The team meets fortnightly to support communication, team building and staff well-being.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will mainly support patients in the community at risk of malnutrition by liaising with patients, relatives and carers around a food-based approach and the appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements in line with our pathway and the North Central London (NCL) formulary. There will also be scope for you to gain experience in supporting patients on home enteral tube feeding. You will regularly communicate with GP practices, hospital dietitians, pharmacists and other community based teams such as nursing, One Care Home and Frailty MDT's, and be able to contribute to various networks across CLCH and NCL.
You will gain further experience in supervising students, and management of dietetic assistants and junior staff. CLCH provides excellent opportunities for your own professional growth through Dietetic and AHP networks, clinical training courses and leadership development programmes.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will provide Dietetic assessments and treatment programmes to clients in their own homes and in care homes within the borough of Barnet.
- To be responsible for ones own caseload of clients who are predominantly at risk of malnutrition but will include some patients on home enteral tube feeding, while working to service standards under the supervision of a senior dietitian.
- To provide support to the continued implementation of the Nutrition Support Care Pathway for highlighting and treating malnutrition in the community as well as the appropriate prescribing and monitoring of oral nutrition supplements within CLCH.
Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree / Diploma in Dietetics
- Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Evidence of other post registration education and training in nutrition support and enteral feeding
Desirable
- Membership of the British Dietetics Association
- Member of Special Interest Group
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration and previous experience in a range of clinical areas including nutrition support, food fortification, recommending the prescribing of oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeding, obesity and diabetes in a variety of settings.
- Experience in managing patients requiring nutrition support with other nutrition related diseases such as diabetes, cancer, malnutrition
- Experience working in Community Dietetics, Nursing and Residential Homes
- Experience in training/teaching healthcare professionals ? Experience in the training of student Dietitians
- Experience in conducting audits and / or research.
- Experience in using behaviour change techniques.
- Experience in contributing to policy, procedures, guidelines, and clinical standards development
Desirable
- Experience in supervising the work of others
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced skills in the assessment and treatment of clients with nutrition related disease
- Ability to apply core Dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions
- Excellent group education skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise and demonstrate clinical reasoning.
- Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- Basic IT skills - Microsoft Word, Power point, Excel
- Knowledge of and commitment to equal opportunities
- Ability to work with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds. ? Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and deal with work pressures and demands.
Desirable
- Knowledge of national policies and guidelines in the area of Nutrition Support, Oncology, Elderly Care.
Key Attributes
Essential
- Personally and Professionally responsible
- Able to self-motivate
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and reliable
- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations ? Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout the day
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Finchley Memorial Hospital
London
N2 8LT