Dietitian
The closing date is 17 June 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dietitian to join our paediatric dietetic team. Working as part of a friendly, supportive team, you will provide community based dietetic services to our community paediatric caseload within Worcestershire.
If you are looking for a new challenge to develop and use your Dietetic knowledge and clinical skills, within the community setting, then this a fantastic opportunity for you. This role would be ideally suited for either an established band 6 looking to work in a community setting or an experienced band 5 looking to take the next step in their career.
This is a part time permanent post (18.75 hours per week), and as a Trust, flexible and hybrid working is supported.
The service base is Kings Court 1, Worcester, with fulltime admin support.
Our vision is Working Together for Outstanding Nutrition and Hydration Care, and we aim to provide a dynamic and responsive service to our paediatric patients, working closely with families and carers as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team [MDT.]
We will provide you with a varied and challenging caseload, excellent peer support and regular clinical supervision together with opportunities to develop leadership skills in your role.
If you are interested and want to find out more, please call on the contact details provided.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of a friendly supportive team your role will include managing a caseload of home enterally tube fed paediatric patients, working closely with family and carers as well as the wider MDT to ensure seamless care in the community within a defined geographical area of Worcestershire.
The role will also include providing a dietetic outpatient service clinics including community clinics and special schools.
The position will also include responsibility for developing evidence-based policy and practice related to this patient group and the role will include providing any related training and resources that supports the implementation of best evidence-based dietetic practice.
You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively as an autonomous practitioner as well as together within the dietetic service, paediatric team and with other MDT professionals to support delivery of an effective paediatric dietetic service.
We are committed to support your personal development and you will be given the opportunity to progress your career with a range of CPD activities, including involvement in the paediatric team`s established culture of practice-based research.
The service is also approved for student training placements A, B, and C.
All staff actively participate in student training as an opportunity to further develop leadership and supervisory skills.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
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Details
Date posted
03 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
C9798-1461
Job locations
Kings Court 1
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1JR
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Kings Court 1
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1JR
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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