Community Dietitian

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical.

1.

To provide a client centred nutrition & dietetic service to individuals and their carers at locations across the health community.

2.

To participate in the team approach to the care of individuals referred to the service.

3.

To liaise with the multidisciplinary team across the health community to ensure the nutritional needs of individuals can be met.

5.

To accurately collect relevant activity data required for service monitoring, management and evaluation.

6.

To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the community team.

7.

To provide cover for dietetic colleagues as appropriate.

8.

To provide clinical knowledge and expertise to the multidisciplinary teams based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice.

Operational Management.

1.

To manage and support Community Nutrition & Dietetic staff.

2.

To work with the team leader to ensure adequate cover arrangements are in place to deliver effective nutrition support services are provide based on clinical need.

3.

To identify and implement service developments within the community to ensure service objectives are met and to support the innovation and transformation agenda.

Clinical Governance.

1.

To be actively involved in the implementation and development of Clinical Governance.

2.

To advise the Head of Nutrition and Dietetic Service and the Community Team Leader on professional issues relating to community nutrition support.

3.

To work with the community dietetic team and the Community Team Leader to ensure the nutrition and dietetic training needs of nursing, medical and other staff are met within the health community.

4.

To contribute with other members of the nutrition and dietetic team to the identification, development and implementation of standards of dietetic practice.

5.

To represent the nutrition and dietetic service on community forums within the North Derbyshire health community.

6.

To actively participate in clinical audit and research.

7.

To participate in and support other staff with clinical supervision.

8.

To demonstrate a commitment to CPD by maintaining an up to dateprofessional portfolio.

9.

To provide support and participate in the training of student dietitians and be the Dietetic Practice Placement Lead for the community service.

10.

To take the lead within the service with the other Band 6 Dietitian working with community hospital catering staff to develop menus that meet the requirements of the Healthcare Food Standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registered

Other Factors

Essential

• Evidence of ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements of the post

Experience

Essential

• Significant dietetics Band 5 experience in an NHS community setting
• Significant experience of working with individuals requiring nutrition support (including enteral feeding)
• Involvement in student training
• Teaching experience
• Healthcare menu development and nutritional analysis

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work as both as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Excellent time management skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Professional appearance and manner

Proud to Care Values

Essential

• Demonstrates the ability to meet the values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Top Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)