Senior Dietitian

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Job overview

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS)

Are you looking for your next step in your dietetic career? Do you have a keen interest in providing a high quality dietetic service for inpatients requiring nutrition support? We have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced and dedicated dietitian with excellent communication skills to join our dynamic team in this role, providing a dietetic service to critical care and our nutrition support team. There will be opportunities to develop your skills further with the support of expert dietitians and the wider MDT.

Main duties of the job

Providing a high quality dietetic service to inpatients in critical care and requiring parenteral nutrition.

Providing a high quality dietetic service to outpatients.

Working as part of a team to provide a high quality acute dietetic service.

Active role in supporting our students and less experienced members of the team.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country.

We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

The dietetic department at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large and friendly department of around 25 dietitians spread across 2 sites (Basingstoke and Winchester) with excellent support from our 3 secretaries. We have close links with the University of Surrey and Winchester University and regularly take dietetic students for their clinical placements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This band 6 clinical specialist role will work with a caseload of complex patients within a team structure.

Please see job description for detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Professional UK registration as a dietitian with the HCPC
• BSc or equivalent in Nutrition / Dietetics

Desirable criteria

• PENG course completion

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of a broad range of dietetic experience including nutrition support
• Evidence of working as part of a team

Desirable criteria

• evidence of implementing a change to promote good practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• advanced communication skills

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 511.8KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)