Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Dietitian

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Job summary

Are you keen to work in a supportive dietetic team and build your experience in nutrition support (both inpatient and care homes) and oncology?

Due to a restructure within the department we have an exciting opportunity for a Dietitian to join the team on a band 5 to 6 progression. The progression will be dependent on meeting competencies, as well as taking into account current experience

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be covering our Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre with support from our experienced Macmillan Dietitian. This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge in this specialist field.

Your caseload will include covering wards at Harrogate Hospital, including respiratory, general medicine, orthopaedic and elderly medicine. You will also have opportunity to develop skills in intensive care and parenteral nutrition with support from the Specialist Dietitian. You will be involved closely with the catering department as a key link between them and the ward team, with support from the Acute Team Lead. You will also have the opportunity to continually evaluate the ward referral pathway and support our invaluable ward nutrition assistants.

The post holder will cover care homes in the area, providing nutritional support to their residents. This will be alongside our dedicated and supportive care home team. You will be supporting the care homes with our training and education programme as well as being involved in audit and care pathway redesign when needed.

The post holder will also contribute to other departmental projects, audits and supervision.

About us

The wider dietetic department offers excellent support for professional development and participates in the training of student dietitians on A, B and C placements.

The post is based at Harrogate District Hospital which is a 400 bed, friendly hospital located in a thriving, attractive spa town, close to the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. The cities of Leeds and Bradford and historic York and Ripon are all within commuting distance. It is a high performing NHS Foundation Trust.

Details

Date posted

13 January 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £39,027 a year you will commence as a band 5 then progress to band 6

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

421-PSC-3504C

Job locations

Harrogate District Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information or an informal chat please contact Mala Suri, Acute Team Lead (mala.suri@nhs.net) or Liz Audsley, Professional Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics on 01423 553329

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information or an informal chat please contact Mala Suri, Acute Team Lead (mala.suri@nhs.net) or Liz Audsley, Professional Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics on 01423 553329

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registration
  • Member of the BDA

Experience

Essential

  • Qualified as a Registered Dietitian
  • Has gained experience of different ways of caseload management and delivering services

Knowledge

Essential

  • Can demonstrate abilities in organisation skills, time management, setting priorities, managing a small workload / caseload

Other

Essential

  • Car driver and owner to meet service needs
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registration
  • Member of the BDA

Experience

Essential

  • Qualified as a Registered Dietitian
  • Has gained experience of different ways of caseload management and delivering services

Knowledge

Essential

  • Can demonstrate abilities in organisation skills, time management, setting priorities, managing a small workload / caseload

Other

Essential

  • Car driver and owner to meet service needs

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).

Additional information

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

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrogate District Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrogate District Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Lead

Mala Suri

mala.suri@nhs.net

01423553329

Details

Date posted

13 January 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £39,027 a year you will commence as a band 5 then progress to band 6

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

421-PSC-3504C

Job locations

Harrogate District Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road

Harrogate

HG2 7SX


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