Job summary
Be at the Heart of our Community!
Are you a dietitian with an interest in working with adults in the community?
We have a new opportunity for a band 5 dietitian, to join the community team at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) in East and North Hertfordshire, delivering a service as part of the Intermediate Care Team.
The post requires a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purpose is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
This post would also suit a soon to qualify or newly qualified dietitian.
In return, we can offer you:
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Special Leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Discounts
Main duties of the job
The role includes clinics (face to face and virtual), joint home visits, care home audits and education, and supporting the dietitians for Discharge Home to Assess service and at Community hospitals. This is a permanent post, advertised as full time, however part time applications would be considered.
The successful candidate will work as part of the broader HCT Nutrition and Dietetic Service, which is Hertfordshire wide and comprises of a variety of roles including home enteral feeding, children and young people, frailty, cancer and neurology.
We are an innovative service, working alongside various partners and specialties. We are part of the wider ICS Nutrition group, and work closely with our CCG colleagues on real food - food based initiatives.
This post will work alongside another band 5 ICT dietitian, and across Herts we have over 10 staff working at levels band 4 and 5 as part of our overall supportive and inspiring service.
We are committed to delivering a quality service, value staff training and CPD, participate regularly in student training and have a robust appraisal and supervisory framework. Electronic records are used throughout the Trust, further aiding our ability to work across a wide variety of settings and be in a position to work as part of an MDT, yet work remotely if needed as part of a hybrid approach to our work/ life balance.
About us
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A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust visionWe welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages
We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now
You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
- To work under supervision to provide a dietetic service to adults as part of the Intermediate Care Team in East and North Hertfordshire.
- To support colleagues in the provision of a dietetic service in community bed base units, residential, care homes and clinics in the community using evidence-based practice and conforming to best practice
- To liaise with clinical and non-clinical professionals, patients, family/carers, educational organisations, statutory and voluntary organisations in Hertfordshire regarding
- To provide education and training to dietitians, dietetic students, other healthcare professionals (HCPs) and nursing and residential homes
Main Duties
- To organise a daily clinical caseload and base practice on clinical priorities / referral criteria, standards and
- To be responsible for designated community caseloads.
- To be responsible for community assessments of patients in residential and nursing homes via face to face or virtual means as
- To be responsible for designated outpatient clinics / group talks for patients who have complex medical
- To provide leave cover when other members of the dietetic team are absent, according to clinical competencies and on an agreed cover
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Word versions of documents are available if needed to allow for any adaptations to be made i.e. font, colour, background, convert to Read Aloud.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description
- To work under supervision to provide a dietetic service to adults as part of the Intermediate Care Team in East and North Hertfordshire.
- To support colleagues in the provision of a dietetic service in community bed base units, residential, care homes and clinics in the community using evidence-based practice and conforming to best practice
- To liaise with clinical and non-clinical professionals, patients, family/carers, educational organisations, statutory and voluntary organisations in Hertfordshire regarding
- To provide education and training to dietitians, dietetic students, other healthcare professionals (HCPs) and nursing and residential homes
Main Duties
- To organise a daily clinical caseload and base practice on clinical priorities / referral criteria, standards and
- To be responsible for designated community caseloads.
- To be responsible for community assessments of patients in residential and nursing homes via face to face or virtual means as
- To be responsible for designated outpatient clinics / group talks for patients who have complex medical
- To provide leave cover when other members of the dietetic team are absent, according to clinical competencies and on an agreed cover
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Word versions of documents are available if needed to allow for any adaptations to be made i.e. font, colour, background, convert to Read Aloud.
Person Specification
Essential criteria
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics degree or equivalent or soon to qualify
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of a clinical portfolio
- Up to date knowledge of dietetic practice
- IT literate
- Demonstrate an awareness of current relevant research
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good motivational skills
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to interpret clinical policies and guidelines within a highly specialist field to meet the needs of own client group
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
- Team player
- Flexible and adaptable
- Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Participation in audit
- Evidence of working with patients requiring enteral nutrition via a feeding tube
- Presentation skills
Person Specification
Essential criteria
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics degree or equivalent or soon to qualify
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of a clinical portfolio
- Up to date knowledge of dietetic practice
- IT literate
- Demonstrate an awareness of current relevant research
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Good motivational skills
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to interpret clinical policies and guidelines within a highly specialist field to meet the needs of own client group
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
- Team player
- Flexible and adaptable
- Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Willingness to uphold the Trust's values
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Participation in audit
- Evidence of working with patients requiring enteral nutrition via a feeding tube
- Presentation skills
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.
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.
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).
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