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Main area
Dietetics
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
337-NP-8357MM
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park Hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/11/2024 23:59

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Acute Rotational Dietitian

Band 6

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with a good range of experience, who is keen to develop their skills further.  This is a rotational post which include the rotations of gastroenterology, critical care, stroke, head and neck, oncology and infectious disease. This post is permanent,  full time  band six dietitian post.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dietitian with strong communication, organisational and team working skills, who is focused on providing a high-quality dietetic service which is responsive to the changing needs of the NHS and their patients.  

You would be joining a friendly department of acute dietitians and dietetic assistants, with good clerical support. This post is based at Northwick Park Hospital, and you would work closely with the other acute dietitians within the department. The wards covered within the rotations include medical, cardiac and surgical high dependency units, surgery, gastroenterology, liver, head and neck, stroke, mental health, rheumatology and endocrinology.

This post involves supervision of students in the clinical area and we are a well established student trainer, providing placements 2 and 3. Furthermore, we are committed to regular CPD and undertaking audits, and have a wide range of evidenced based groups which meet on a regular basis.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Dietetic Degree
  • HCPC

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide range of experience after graduation
  • Enteral Feeding
  • MDT working
  • Students
  • CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Parenteral Nutrition

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communication
  • Organisation
  • Prioritisation
  • Initiative
Desirable criteria
  • Member of related specialist group

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mina Bharal
Job title
Team Lead Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 869 2666
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