Graduate Dietitian
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
The closing date is 13 October 2024
Job summary
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Dietitian to join our Dietetic team at Leicestershire Partnership Trust. Are you due to qualify this summer or recently qualified and looking for the opportunity to develop a broad base of dietetic skills in many specialist areas including Community Hospitals, Primary Care, Mental Health, Peadiatrics and Prescribing as part of a rotational post? If the answer is yes, then this post will certainly meet your needs.
This post will allow the successful candidate the opportunity to undertake further training towards a band 6 role This friendly, forward thinking and supportive team consists of Dietitians, Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, Dietetic Support Workers and admin staff.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative, and proactive Dietitian with excellent clinical, communication and team-working skills.
The post will work across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to support our Community Hospital wards, Primary Care clinics and home visits, Mental Health Services and Paediatrics. The post will offer you a range of clinical experience (general medicine, care of the elderly, outpatient clinics, mental health wards etc).
The team is actively involved in dietetic student training placements and there is scope for the successful candidate to contribute significantly in this. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to conduct staff training and facilitate multi-disciplinary nutrition meetings. There will also be opportunity to develop supervisory skills through supporting Dietetic support workers and support student training.
What we can offer
- On-going support from a friendly and dedicated team
- Flexible / remote working options in aims of supporting your lifestyle
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Great staff benefits which include salary sacrifice schemes
About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential cri
Date posted
25 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001196
Job locations
OSL House,East Link, Meridian Business Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
OSL House,East Link, Meridian Business Park
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE19 1XU
Employer's website
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)
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