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Rotational Dietitian | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 November 2024 |
| Location: | Dorchester, DT12JY |
| Company: | Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6693377/405-24-DMDIR5489D |
Summary
Urgent and Integrated Care DivisionDIETETICS DEPARTMENT
ROTATIONAL DIETITIAN (BAND 5)
This is a very exciting opportunity to join an integrated Acute and Community Dietetic service based in Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester. If you are a newly qualified or due to qualify Dietitian who is seeking the opportunity to experience a wide range of Clinical Dietetics and looking for an opportunity to develop your skills we would love to hear from you.
You will be involved in a 9 month rotation through a number of specialities within the service, including Acute inpatients, Community Dietetics, Paediatrics, Renal with also the opportunity to experience Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology services.
You will be based at Dorset County Hospital as part of the wider Dietetic Department of 30 dietetic, nurse and admin staff and you will have easy access to them for peer and senior support. You will also build professional relationships with your MDT colleagues.
Your line manager will provide regular reviews/support, to help you develop your skills. The Department encourages CPD and benefits from good relationships with neighbouring Dietetic Teams, with twice-yearly Dorset-wide Dietetic CPD sessions in addition to monthly Departmental sessions.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Maintain HCPC dietetic registration and provide effective and evidence based dietetic services to inpatients and outpatients at Dorset County Hospital and in other locations in both one-to-one and group settings.
Contribute to other aspects of Departmental working such as staff education and catering developments.
Work across a range of clinical areas on a 9 month rotation, which was involve working in a range of specialist areas e.g. Community, Renal, Paediatrics, Acute, Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology, under the supervision of a line manager
Manage a varied caseload, working within the standards of the HCPC, BDA and the Trust.
Work as part of the wider Dietetic Team in the promotion of holistic patient-centred care.
At Dorset County Hospital (DCH) we aspire to providing outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them. Our trust strategy is focussed on three strategic goals: People, Place, and Partnership. It signals our intention to truly value our staff.
Our people are our most important asset, and we want them to feel valued, welcomed, respected, they belong and matter. We recognise the link between high levels of staff satisfaction and improving patient experience and outcomes.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Dorset County Hospital has a number of employees from overseas delivering high quality services and we recognise the value of diversity in leadership.
Dorchester has excellent road and transport links to Poole and Bournemouth, Southampton and London whilst offering the very best of a rural and seaside lifestyle.
• Work across a range of clinical areas on a 9 month rotation, which was involve working in a range of specialist areas e.g. Community, Renal, Paediatrics, Acute, Home Enteral Nutrition and Oncology, under the supervision of a line manager
• Manage a varied caseload, working within the standards of the HCPC, BDA and the Trust.
• Work as part of the wider Dietetic Team in the promotion of holistic patient-centred care.
• Communicating with: patients, their relatives and carers, other health and social care professionals within both ward and community multidisciplinary teams, dietetic colleagues within the Department and externally, your line manager and Chief Dietitian, non-clinical staff such as catering, administrators and housekeepers, dietetic students and those studying other subjects.
• Provide clinical dietetic services to the designated patient caseload.
• Maintain continual professional registration as a Dietitian whilst in post.
• Undertake clinical assessment and make judgements on the designated generalist clinical caseload in line with the HCPC Standards and BDA Code of Conduct.
• Ensure judgements are evidenced based, patient centred and holistic, as described in the BDA Model and Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice.
• Plan and organise the dietetic clinical care for the designated caseload of patients including initial consultation, monitoring/reassessment (if required) and discharge.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024
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