Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (would consider part time working)
- Job ref
- 270-TF053-ACS
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highfield Clinical Care Centre
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dietitian
Band 5
Job overview
We are a diverse service and have an enthusiastic dietetic team which covers the whole of the county. This includes working with the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital) where we work in a range of clinical areas and also input into a range of primary care services. We have specialist roles in paediatrics, renal, diabetes, weight management, stroke, oncology, critical care and nutritional support, home enteral feeding and prescribing to support your role development and you will have the opportunity to be involved in student training.
Main duties of the job
The role can include:
-an inpatient caseload in Northampton General Hospital or Kettering General Hospital which make up the newly formed University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
-input into outpatient clinics where you will see a wide range of referrals
-provide training to health care staff
-input into the community care home and prescribing service
- input into the pre-registration training of dietetic students
- service improvement projects and producing and updating resources
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
registered dietitian
Essential criteria
- HCPC regustered or pending
experience ills
Essential criteria
- range of clinical experience and professional skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Scott
- Job title
- Professioal lead dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07732 405715
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