Dietitian B5

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Guildford is seeking a full-time Dietitian to join its proactive team. This role involves providing clinical dietetic support to inpatients and outpatients, along with teaching and developing educational programs. Candidates should have a degree in dietetics and HCPC registration. This position offers an excellent opportunity for professional growth in a supportive environment, with a competitive salary range of £32,602 to £39,686, including a High Cost Area Supplement.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Registered dietitian with a degree in dietetics.
• Post-qualification experience in nutritional support.
• Ability to work in both acute and community settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical dietetic support to inpatients and outpatients.
• Teach students and health professionals.
• Develop educational programs for efficient healthcare use.

Skills

Nutritional support

Team collaboration

Teaching ability

Education

Degree in Dietetics

HCPC registration

Job description

A full-time opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated person with a desire to develop their clinical skills to join our proactive team of 46 at The Royal Surrey Hospital. Working alongside very experienced and specialist dietitians will make this is an ideal post to start or broaden your dietetic career.

The post-holder will work within our established medical dietetic teams, providing support to both inpatients and outpatients. You will have a very varied caseload and will work within several MDTs and support initiatives promoting MUST screening. We are looking for someone who is proactive and has the initiative to develop and / or improve the efficiency of services.

The Dietetic Department at The Royal Surrey Hospital has an active audit and research culture, promoting clinical effectiveness in patient care. You will join a forward thinking and innovative dietetic team, which undertakes the training of dietetic students from both the University of Surrey and the University of Winchester, and is also involved in teaching and supporting students with dissertation projects. This is an excellent opportunity in a supportive environment where you will be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally.

If you are an HCPC registered dietitian with an interest in medicine, looking for an opportunity to develop your skills within a friendly and supportive team, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical dietetic support to inpatients and outpatients, including direct access GP referrals to dietitian led clinics.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

The post holder will play an active role in teaching other professionals, including students and patients, both as individuals and in groups. There will be liaison with MDTs and the development of appropriate education programmes to facilitate efficient use of healthcare personnel. The job will include speciality sessions to develop experience in a range of specialties. (e.g. oncology, specialist surgery, paediatrics and gastro). This aspect of the post will depend on caseload and time pressures of the post holder and specialty colleagues

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive recruitment process. If you would benefit from additional supportsuch as meeting the recruiting manager or visiting the interview environment in advanceplease let us know when applying

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Dietetics and HCPC registration

Knowledge

• Post-qualification experience including nutritional support
• Experience in acute and community settings

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.

£32,602 to £39,686 a yearPer annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement