Community Dietitian

Esneft; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

ESNEFT is seeking a HCPC registered dietitian to join the Community Nutrition and Dietetic Team in Colchester. You will travel across North Essex to see patients in homes, care homes, clinics and hospitals, delivering nutrition care close to patients’ locations.

The role involves working with a multidisciplinary team, supporting oral and enteral nutrition in community settings and contributing to student training where possible. A UK driving licence and car ownership are required.

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered to practise as a dietitian.
• Experience in community-based dietetics and home visits preferred.
• Ability to travel across the North Essex locality.

Responsibilities

• Work across a range of environments including patients’ homes, care homes, community hospitals and outpatient clinics.
• Collaborate with the wider nutrition and dietetic team to provide evidence-based care.
• Support student training when appropriate.

Skills

HCPC registered dietitian

Community dietetics experience

Driving licence

Education

Dietetics degree (BSc/ MSc)

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for a HCPC registered dietitian to join our Community Nutrition and Dietetic Team. You will be based in Colchester, with an expectation of travel across the North Essex locality (Colchester, Clacton on Sea, Harwich and the surrounding areas).

This post brings nutritional care as close to patients' homes as possible. You will work across a range of environments and will see patients in their own homes, care homes, community hospitals and outpatient clinics. Within this varied post, you will see patients with a wide range of health conditions. There will be opportunity to support patients requiring oral and enteral nutrition support in community settings. This opportunity is fixed term, ending on 13th October 2027. Due to the nature of the community work, the applicant hold a UK driving licence and be a car owner.

You will work closely with the other members of the Community Nutrition and Dietetic Team, including 5 highly skilled dietitians, 2 dietetic associate practitioners and 1 dietetic assistant. You will also have access to the support of our wider Nutrition and Dietetic Team, which includes specialists from acute medicine and surgery, orthopaedics, elderly care, frailty, stroke, critical care, gastro, renal, oncology, diabetes, bariatrics and paediatrics.

Main Duties of the Job

• To work alongside other community team members to support management of inpatients in community hospitals, residents in care homes, patients in outpatient clinics and patients requiring home visits.
• To work as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team in provision of the service ensuring evidence based practice and best outcomes for patients in your care.
• To participate in student training once appropriate training in this area has been completed

For further information please contact:

Philippa Marshall - 07927 682973

Working at ESNEFT

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where 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.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on sponsorship we are unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold. Full guidance on sponsorship can be found Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.

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