Job summary

Band 7 Highly Specialist Community Dietitian Mayflower Community Hospital, Billericay, Essex NELFT's Essex Nutrition and Dietetics team is excited to announce an opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Community Dietitian to join our team. We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, and confident professional to contribute to our growing team's success, delivering exceptional care across Basildon, Brentwood, Wickford, Billericay and Thurrock localities

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities are:

Highly Specialist Dietetics Assessment and Treatment: Provide specialized dietetic assessment and treatment for adults in the above localities

Integration into Multi-disciplinary Team: Represent the nutrition and dietetic service within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a coordinated service delivery. Integrate nutritional advice seamlessly into the treatment program.

Patient-Centered Care: Demonstrate sensitivity, non-judgment, and professionalism in dealing with patients.

Accountability: Assume professional and legal accountability for all aspects of your work, including the management of patients/clients in your care.

Communication and Time Management: Possess excellent communication and time management skills to efficiently coordinate tasks and interactions with patients, carers, and fellow health professionals.

Line Management and Training: Exhibit experience in line management and student training, contributing to the development of team members.

About us

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 focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

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).

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122 pro rata for part time).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent postgraduate degree.Significant experience as a specialist dietitian including home enteral feeding.Experience in complex diabetes dietetics.Experience in delivering Structured communication and time management management experience.Experience in student training.

Additional Information:

The role involves delivering care both in person and virtually.Efficient travel ability is offers flexible and hybrid working options for successful commitment to professional development and training.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in dietetics

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within the NHS setting Specialist Community Clinical Experience of at least 3 years Experience in managing staff and able to provide supervision and guidance to team members

Skills

Essential

Effective communication skills - be able to use various techniques to extract information and motivate clients in difficult/contentious circumstances. Be able to present complex nutritional and non-nutritional information to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and other statutory bodies across

Other

Essential

Able to travel effectively and efficiently throughout the area