Rotational Dietitian

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Rother; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Rother is seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Rotational Dietitian to join their Dietetic Team. This role involves managing dietetic care for a diverse range of patients, conducting outpatient clinics, and providing education. Ideal candidates should be skilled team players with a focus on patient support and training. Staff benefits include access to psychological support, NHS pension enrollment, and onsite facilities. Competitive opportunities for professional development are also available.

Benefits

Staff development

NHS pension scheme

Access to onsite nurseries

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic team player.
• Specialist knowledge in dietetic management.
• Experience in patient education and support.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for dietetic management of various patients.
• Conduct outpatient phone clinics and face-to-face clinics.
• Undertake patient education sessions in specialist areas.
• Provide training to nursing and catering staff.
• Audit resources for educational development.

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a new and exciting role? We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Dietetic Team at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. This is an exciting and innovative Band 5 Rotational Dietitian post, working with primary and secondary care across East Sussex.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for dietetic management of a range of patients (using specialist knowledge and skills), including general medical inpatients, surgical inpatients, rehab inpatients, general outpatients, community based nutrition support patients living in their own homes and residential homes.
• To undertake regular outpatient phone clinics and a face to face general outpatient clinic.
• To undertake patient group education sessions in specialist areas including Cardiac rehab and Coeliac disease.
• To provide relevant training to Nursing staff, Catering staff, patients and their carers and third sector organisations.
• To develop and audit resources to support and identify educational development within East Sussex Healthcare, acting as a resource for specialist information.
• To support training and supervision of student dietitians during their clinical placements.
• To work as an integral member of the dietetic team supporting other team members as required.
• To undertake regular audit of services provided.

Benefits

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation. In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.