An opportunity has arisen for a new Community Adult Dietitian to join our Dietetic Team at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, part of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB). This post is full time and can offer flexible working to suit the successful candidate.
We are looking for a dietitian ready to step up to a specialist role, offering more advanced care and working autonomously in delivering expert dietetic advice.
You will be part of a talented, patient driven team to enhance service provision for patients in the community, move the service onwards in line with the digital objectives of the Trust and instigate along with the wider team, new and exciting ways of delivering community dietetic care.
There are 2 positions available, depending on the skills and preferences of the successful candidates the post may encompass:
- Provision of Dietetic services for Home Enteral Feeding Out‑patients via Clinics and Home Visits.
- Provision of Dietetic services to the in‑patient neuro and stroke rehab wards at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Although based within our community team, you will have links with the dietitians in the acute hospitals at Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton. You will be part of departmental meetings and contribute to the engagement of all of the dietetic teams working across the five sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- HCPC Registration
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Knowledge
- Demonstrable knowledge of working with a range of medical conditions requiring dietetic input
- Tube Feeding/Home Enteral Feeding
Experience
- Experience as a band 5 dietitian covering a wide range of clinical conditions
- Experience in delivering student training
- Experience of working with vulnerable patients in their own homes
- Experience of enteral tube feeding
Skills
- Variety of IT packages
- Car driver with access to a car
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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