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Specialist Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support Dietitian

Job details
Posting date: 12 September 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 12 October 2024
Location: Cambourne, CB23 6HL
Company: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6638458/310-OPAC-6413951-B

Summary

A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.


12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our post of Specialist Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support Dietitian.

The role involves providing high quality patient centred dietetic care. You will work alongside a well-established Home Enteral Feeding team; as well as being part of the wider Dietetic department within Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). CPFT has 23 dietitians and 13 Dietetic Assistants/Assistant Practitioners as well as our administration team.


The post holder needs to be highly organised, adaptable and able to work under pressure, with Home enteral feeding, plans often needing to change at short notice. Good support will be provided to the successful candidate including clinical supervision. Successful candidates must be a car driver and be able to travel around the county at short notice as this is a community based post involving frequent travel to patient homes, care homes and other venues.

This post will be mainly covering the Cambridge & Fenland localities but may involve on occasions supporting surrounding areas.

Part time hours will also be considered.

To provide a specialist dietetic service in the community to a wide variety of complex adult clients with feeding tubes, including advice on tube care, administration of feeds and ordering.

To nutritionally diagnose, give appropriate advice and formulate treatment plans when consulting with patients, relatives and carers, taking into account factors such as the clients presenting condition, past medical history, social considerations and medication.

To act as a point of reference for dietetic colleagues and other health professionals with respect to nutrition and HEF, giving advice, training, and supporting their clinical practice.

To support the department's Preceptorship and student training programme, when appropriate.

To participate in regular supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.

Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults – To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.


Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
• To deliver a specialist Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) role in the Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Cambridge & Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT).
• To work as a dietetic practitioner within uni-professional and multi-professional team environments with regular supervision
• To assess and treat a case load of patients in line with the Model and Process for Dietetic Consultations and maintain associated records.
• Deliver a high standard of dietetic care.
• To deliver education and training sessions related to HEF and Nutrition Support.
• To supervise or monitor the work of assistants, students or other dietetic staff.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work and workload

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website


This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024