Band 6 Locum Dietitian

Job Title: Locum Dietitian
Banding: 6
Location: Coventry
Rate: £25 - £28 per hour
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (37.5 hours per week)
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 21st January 2025

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We are currently seeking an experienced Locum Dietitian to join the team at Fairfield General Hospital in Coventry. This role involves providing high-quality nutritional care and dietary advice to acutely unwell inpatients, with a particular focus on critical care. The successful candidate will work with a wide range of patients, providing nutritional assessments, advice, and support, including the management of enteral feeding (tube feeding) and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN). You will also be responsible for providing guidance and support to less experienced staff. This is a full-time role with a Monday to Friday schedule, starting ASAP and running until 21st January 2025.

Responsibilities:
As a Locum Dietitian, you will be responsible for assessing and managing patients in an acute hospital setting, offering nutritional assessments and tailored dietary advice. The role includes working with critically ill patients, providing nutrition support such as oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and tube feeding, including TPNs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal nutrition management for patients. In addition to direct patient care, you will provide supervision and support to junior or less experienced staff, helping them develop their skills and knowledge. You will be required to maintain accurate and up-to-date records in line with NHS standards and provide education to patients and their families regarding nutrition.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• HCPC registration as a Dietitian
• Proven experience working in an acute hospital setting with acutely unwell inpatients
• Critical care knowledge and experience
• Strong understanding of enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition (TPN)
• Experience in providing oral nutritional supplements (ONS)
• Ability to assess and manage a range of patients
• Experience supporting and mentoring less experienced staff
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Why Work with Pulse?
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Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide the appropriate support to you throughout the recruitment process and into your work placement.

Please note:
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.