Dietitian

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a Band 5 Dietitian to join a dynamic community healthcare team in Merton. This role focuses on supporting patients with chronic conditions and dietary education, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The position offers the chance to develop skills in gastroenterology and nutrition support while providing essential dietetic services in the community. With a commitment to patient care and professional development, this role is perfect for an enthusiastic individual looking to make a meaningful impact in community health. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and offers flexible working options.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and support

Qualifications

• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and HCPC registration required.
• Experience in managing patients requiring nutrition support.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical dietetic service to adults in Merton community.
• Assess and review patients requiring oral nutrition support.

Skills

Good communication skills

Report writing skills

Basic IT skills

Knowledge of long-term neuro conditions

Knowledge of functional gut disorders

Education

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

HCPC state registration

Membership of BDA

Tools

EMIS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Site: Merton Civic Centre, Town: Morden, Salary: £34,521 - £41,956 per annum, inclusive of HCAS, Salary period: Yearly, Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Dietitian to join our Merton Community Nutrition and Dietetic team. You will be an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who has an interest in developing skills in gastroenterology and nutrition support in a proactive department. The role supports patients with long-term chronic conditions and dietary education, including those at risk of malnutrition, adopting Food First guidelines and appropriate prescribing of Oral Nutritional Supplements. You will be providing a Dietetic Service in the London Borough of Merton, working closely as part of an MDT service alongside the Neuro Rehabilitation Team, as well as the wider Nutrition Support and Gastro workstream within CLCH.

Main duties of the job

To provide, under the supervision of your supervisor, a clinical dietetic service to adults in the community of Merton. This will mainly comprise of assessing and reviewing a caseload of patients requiring oral nutrition support in their own home and in care homes. Managing a small caseload of patients requiring Home Enteral Feeding in care homes. Carrying out regular virtual clinics within the community setting for patients with long-term conditions including gastro, neurological, and cardiovascular diseases.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours! We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support, and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge, and experience required.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• HCPC state registration.
• Member of BDA.
• Member of a special interest group of the BDA.

Experience

• Experience in managing patients requiring nutrition support for both oral and enteral nutrition.
• Experience of audit.
• Understanding of dietetic service within a busy community team.
• Understanding of the importance of effective multidisciplinary working.
• Experience of working at a band 5 level.
• Experience working in Community Dietetics, Nursing, and residential Homes.
• Experience in training/teaching healthcare professionals.
• Experience of using behaviour change techniques in clinical practice.

Skills

• Good communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format.
• Basic IT skills – Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, MS Teams, Excel.
• Knowledge of long-term neuro conditions and chronic diseases with associated national policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of functional gut disorders and associated policies and dietetic guidelines.

Key Attributes

• Ability to travel to and around the London Borough of Merton to visit patients in their own homes and care homes using public transport or car.
• Experience of working with EMIS.
• 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).

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.