Band 6 Prescribing Dietitian

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Leicester is seeking Band 6 Dietitians to join their Prescribing Dietetic Team. This role blends remote and face-to-face duties, offering flexibility in working hours. Candidates must hold a UK driving license and ideally have experience working within Primary Care Networks. This position provides an exciting opportunity to be involved in a supportive team while enhancing care through effective use of nutritional supplements.

Qualifications

• Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours.
• Experience in working with Primary Care Networks is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with GPs to ensure effective use of nutritional supplements.
• Conduct training and service evaluations in delegated care homes.
• Collaborate with the Integrated Care Board's Medicines Optimisation Team.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Innovative thinking

Self-motivation

Knowledge of ONS guidelines

Communication

Education

Registered Dietitian qualification

Job description

Are you currently working as a Band 6 Dietitian looking for an exciting role within Prescribing Support?

We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, innovative, and self-motivated Dietitians to be a part of our successful team and we have a number of positions available.

We are looking for Band 6 Dietitians to join our Prescribing Dietetic Team. There may be opportunities to rotate into other specialisms depending on capacity/funding.

Due to the success of the current Dietetic Prescribing Support team providing an enhanced service across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, additional funding has been secured on a permanent basis to expand this team even further.

You will join the existing Prescribing Support team which already has strong links with the Medicines Optimisation Teams working towards embedding the dietetic service within the Primary Care Networks.

The role currently involves a combination of remote and face to face duties enabling some flexibility with service delivery and we welcome applicants considering both full time and part time hours (minimum 22.5 hours).

Due to the nature of the work a car driver is essential. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours. Base: to be agreed, depending on geographical area covered.

Interested? Contact Faye Edwards [e-mail], 07717646326 or Nazrana Quareshy [e-mail], 07786 051 964 for more information

Main duties of the job

Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 80 staff working in primary care, mental health, public health and home enteral nutrition and is made up of dietitians, community nutritionists, dietetic support workers and support team staff covering the population of LLR.

You will be a part of our Dietetic Prescribing team and will also work closely with the Integrated Care Board of Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland (ICB LLR) Medicines Optimisation Team, GPs and practice staff across Primary Care Networks to ensure oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are used effectively and The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Area Prescribing Committee (LLR APC) ONS guidelines are followed.

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Area Prescribing Committee (LLR APC) ONS guidelines are followed. The role is being developed further so we may also be involved in the review of other prescribable nutritional products in the near future.

You will work closely with GP surgeries in one or more Primary Care Networks and with care homes across the locality with responsibility for the clinical input, training, service evaluations and developments in delegated care homes.

You will work very closely with our Dietetic Support workers including line management, supervision etc.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About UsLeicestershire 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 criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.