General Dietitian (Fixed Term Contract)

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Band 5 Dietitian for a 6-month fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate will deliver dietetics interventions across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings while collaborating with a friendly and supportive team. Required qualifications include HPC registration and clinical experience in dietetics, with strong communication and organisational skills. This role offers opportunities for professional development in a multicultural environment with a focus on patient care.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for CPD

Diverse patient population experience

Qualifications

• HPC registration required.
• Experience in dietetics in acute and community settings.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver dietetics intervention in acute and community settings.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Engage in continuous professional development and audits.

Skills

Clinical experience in acute and/or community setting

Ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups

Good organisational skills

Leadership skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Education

HPC registered

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Although this position is a 6 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 6 months.

Are you looking to join a friendly and supportive dietetics team? Our team comprises of 11.0 WTE Hospital Dietitians and 3.5 WTE community Dietitians.

We are pleased to announce an opportunity has arise in Newham Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust as a Band 5 Dietitian (6-month FTC) to work between inpatient, outpatient and community settings. We are looking for a motivated and an enthusiastic dietitian to join our innovative and highly skilled dietetic team. You will have the opportunity to build on your experience across a number of clinical areas like Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, Stroke and Neurology and many more in a large multicultural population of Newham Borough of London.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date, once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful

Main duties of the job

You will take an active role in delivering dietetics intervention in an acute and community settings.

We are committed to work based education and training to improve clinical skills and we actively encourage CPD and audit.

You will also be working closely with multidisciplinary teams and other AHPs such as Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

For any enquiries, please contact Nicole Poidevin, Long Term Condition Community Specialist Dietitian, [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HPC registered

Experience

• Clinical experience in acute and/or community setting
• Experience of working with a team and understanding team dynamics

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups
• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Ability to research and interpret literature and apply to own practice to ensure clinical practice is up to date
• Computer Literacy I.e Microsoft word, power point, excel
• Good organisational skills i.e. managing own workload
• Ability to take own initiative and plan own workload and CPD
• Ability to demonstrate behaviour change/ motivational interviewing through dietetic consultations
• Leadership skills i.e through development of a project/service development or managing staff

Other

• Confident i.e. dealing with patients and health professionals, in clinical care and day to day duties.
• Self-motivated i.e. uses own initiative to seek CPD opportunities, recognise needs of the service and areas to develop
• Flexible, adaptable and creative i.e. will work across different hospital sites and adapt to changes within the service
• Able to reflect and appraise own performance
• Confidentiality
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds e.g. via advocacy/interpreters
• Ability to present complex information to large groups, i.e presentations to Medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals as well as patients

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.

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