Specialist Dietitian

Are you an enthusiastic dietitian with an interest in working with adults in the community setting?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic dietitian, to join the community team at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) in South and West Herts Intermediate Care team as part of the Integrated Nutrition and Dietetics Service and is split between the dietetic care of home visits, clinics, care homes and home enteral feeding depending on the needs of the service. This band 6 post will be based Sandridge Gate Business Centre in St. Albans and is part time at 1 WTE.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic dietitian open to innovation, with excellent communication and team working skills to join our team of dietitians who work across Hertfordshire. The post holder will work in collaboration with a variety of professionals, community staff and care agencies.

This post joins a larger team of dietitians working across Hertfordshire within a number of specialities including paediatrics, neurology, home enteral feeding and diabetes. We work in collaboration with a number of other Trusts and stakeholders providing aspects of dietetic care to
patients within Hertfordshire. As part of our service we work in conjunction with our partners Hertfordshire Independent Living Service and Age UK Hertfordshire with a focus on care home education and tackling the social causes of malnutrition.

The role includes inpatient work including experience in the following areas:
Outpatient clinics (face to face and virtual)

Home enteral feeding

Home visits and care homes

Mentorship of dietetic apprenticeship roles

Group education

You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds. Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to delivering a quality service, value staff training and CPD, participate regularly in student training and have a robust appraisal and supervisory framework. Electronic records are used throughout the Trust, further aiding our ability to work across a wide variety of settings and be in a position to work as part of an MDT, yet work remotely if needed as part of a hybrid approach to our work/ life balance.

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To work as an independent practitioner using a specialist level of knowledge and skills in the provision of a dietetic service to a caseload of patients in their homes, care homes and a caseload of patients requiring Home Enteral Feeding.

To work independently and to be responsible for the provision of a dietetic service to designated clinics.

To be part of a dietetic rota for triaging referrals.

To contribute to the training programmes for health care professionals

To provide support and mentorship to newly qualified dietitians and dietetic assistants.

To provide support and mentorship dietetic apprenticeship students.

To provide group education to patients via face to face or virtual means.