Dietician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Dietician

Grade: Band 6

Ward/Dept: Community Nutrition and Dietetics

Location: East Oxford Health Centre, 1 Manzil Way, Oxford, OX4 1XD

Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday-Friday

Shift Pattern: 8:00-16:00 (Flexible working pattern available)

Pay Rate: £21.80

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietician to join the community nutrition and dietetics team predominantly based at the East Oxford Health Centre.

This is an exceptional opportunity to gain and utilise broad clinical experience within our service which supports adults and children across Oxfordshire. You will be an integral member of the team sharing the caseload for home enterally fed patients both in the clinic setting and conducting home visits for patients in their own homes and nursing homes. This includes transition patients from paediatric to adults.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Their services are delivered across the community in hospitals, clinics, community bases and in patients homes, as they focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in the development and delivery of the community dietetics services to adult and paediatric patients in the community. This includes working within the existing dietetic team, supporting junior staff and linking with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to patient care. You will be responsible for designing individual client-centred treatment plans, involving nutritional assessment and calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition, and diet history.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

• Current relevant professional registration
• Minimum 2 years post-qualification experience
• Enhanced DBS
• UK/NHS experience
• Experience of supervising staff

Job description

Job description can be provided upon request.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant degree or equivalent

HCPC Registered

Essential Criteria

Essential

Enhanced DBS

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the HCPC as a dietitian.
• BSc (Hons) Nutrition / Dietetics degree or post graduate diploma or equivalent.

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Enhanced DBS

Experience

Essential

• UK/NHS experience
• Demonstrates knowledge, skills and experience of nutritional support in a wide range of clinical areas, including home enteral feeding.
• Dietetic clinical skills eg: IBS, CMPA, nutrition support, in the outpatient setting and with patients in their own homes or care home

Desirable

• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of teaching and training.
• Experience of audit/project work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

The East Oxford Health Centre

1 Manzil Way

Oxford

OX4 1XD

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)