Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Community Dietitian 

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the Dietetic service across the Borough of Waltham Forest while working within the Nutrition & Dietetic team. The post holder will be able to consolidate and gain wider experience in a range of services including nutrition support, diabetes, health promotion and also mentor students within NELFT. Newly qualified Dietitians will be fully supported via individual supervision sessions, adult team meetings and the NELFT preceptorship programme which lasts between 9 -12 months.

The candidate must have the following;
•HCPC registration
•Recognised Dietetic degree qualification or equivalent.
•Clinical knowledge & experience across a variety of disease states and dietetic therapies.

Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Main duties of the job

Effective organisational skills- to be able to prioritise and manage own workload within time and financial constraints

The main responsibilities of the post:

To be part of the Nutrition & Dietetic team, providing a service across the Borough of Waltham Forest and NELFT.

To provide high standard nutrition and dietetic assessments, individual treatment programmes and to maintain timely and accurate health information notes.

To be involved in the review and production of care pathways, literature and making presentations to different audiences.

To contribute to departmental activities such as audits, maintenance of online resource hub and research to further own and teams clinical practice.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be part held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,108 and a maximum payment of £5,177 per annum pro rata).

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent Registered as a Dietitian with the Health Professions Council Membership of the British Dietetics Association and specialist group

Desirable criteria

Post graduate teaching & training in cognitive behavioural therapy, further education. Clinical supervisory skills, ECDL.

Experience

Essential criteria

Pre-registration experience in relevant clinical settings. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

Experience of audit/research.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Developing knowledge of current best practice in Nutrition & Dietetics.

Skills

Essential criteria

Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics. Ability to present information both orally and written in a clear and logical manner.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.