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Job overview

Are you looking to gain experience of working as a Band 5 working in our district general hospital in our and community rotational post?

We currently have a permanent full-time vacancy for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Dietitian within our friendly and supportive department of dietitians, a nutrition support nurse, assistant dietitian practitioners and admin staff.

You will be a HCPC registered dietitian with hospital and community experience.

Main duties of the job

Clinical.

1. To provide a client centred nutrition & dietetic service at various locations according to patient’s needs.
2. To participate in the team approach to the care of individuals referred to the service.
3. To liaise with the multi-disciplinary team within the trust and the wider health community to ensure the nutritional needs of clients can be met.
4. To accurately collect relevant activity data required for service monitoring, management and evaluation.
5. To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the nutrition and dietetic team.
6. To provide cover for senior dietetic colleagues as appropriate.
7. To work with other members of the nutrition & dietetic team and catering staff to develop menus to meet the need of inpatients at Chesterfield Royal and the community hospitals.

Working for our organisation

As a trust we offer

·         onsite parking,

·         wellbeing hub

o   counselling,

o   onsite exercise classes,

o   the royal mile (one mile circuit around the hospital grounds),

·         a number of refreshment outlets,

·         onsite post office

·         cash machines,

·          fruit and vegetable stall that visits throughout the week

·         outdoor seating areas to facilitate staff breaks.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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