Senior Dietitian - Stroke Care

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Dietitian to join our team of 20 Dietetic staff at Colchester hospital.

This is a full-time permanent position based at Colchester hospital where you will work alongside the Stroke MDT and Band 7 Specialist Dietitians to provide an evidence based dietetic service for both adult inpatients and outpatients within the Stroke service

As a department we will support your individual personal development with regular CPD sessions and training opportunities e.g. study days and clinical supervision.

As well as supporting band 5 rotational dietitians, you will be actively involved in student training.

You must have excellent communication skills, be flexible and able to use their own initiative. Post registration experience in an acute setting is essential.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing a specialist dietetic service for the Stroke service based at Colchester hospital.

You will support the effective management of the acute clinical caseload by providing supervision, support and active input into inpatients referred to the dietetic service.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2420-23

Job locations

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oGood clinical knowledge and experience
oExperience working in different clinical settings including clinical experience in Stroke/Nutrition support

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
oCurrent HCPC registration in Dietetics
oClinical Supervisory skills course/ Student training/ mentorship course

Desirable

oMember of British Dietetic Association
oPENG clinical update course or relevant post registration training in artificial nutrition support
oMember of the BDA specialist groups and PENG group

Skills

Essential

oGood organisational skills
oGood time management and ability to prioritise workload

Desirable

oBasic IT skills in order to be able to use trust intranet and to input patient activity data
oAble to use PowerPoint programme

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oGood clinical knowledge and experience
oExperience working in different clinical settings including clinical experience in Stroke/Nutrition support

Qualifications

Essential

oBSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
oCurrent HCPC registration in Dietetics
oClinical Supervisory skills course/ Student training/ mentorship course

Desirable

oMember of British Dietetic Association
oPENG clinical update course or relevant post registration training in artificial nutrition support
oMember of the BDA specialist groups and PENG group

Skills

Essential

oGood organisational skills
oGood time management and ability to prioritise workload

Desirable

oBasic IT skills in order to be able to use trust intranet and to input patient activity data
oAble to use PowerPoint programme

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).