Job overview

Band 5 to 6 development role – pay point will depend on experience to date.

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

• To deliver a specialist Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) role in the Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust.
• 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.

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. 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 mainly cover the Peterborough locality but may also involve supporting surrounding areas.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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