Community Dietician - Band 5

Package Description

At HCRG Care Group, we value you and your contributions, offering a range of benefits to support your professional growth and personal wellbeing:

• Competitive Pay & Pension: Receive a salary of £29,970 with  AFC terms and conditions and NHS Pension.

• Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with professionals nationwide to develop and share best practices.

• Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and offers at leading supermarkets, retailers, and experience providers through our Reward Gateway.

• Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, including counselling, career coaching, and legal advice.

• Flexible Pay Options: Track earnings and access wages through Wagestream, providing financial flexibility.

• Learning & Development: Enhance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities.

• Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas for service improvements, and stay informed through regular leadership updates.

Job Introduction

Come and join our very friendly Dietetic team in beautiful Wiltshire…

A great opportunity has arisen for a full time (37.5hrs/week) newly qualified or experienced Dietitian to join our team of 26 Dietitians and support staff.  This position is in the Adult Community Dietetic Team which manages a varied caseload, with strong clinical supervision, and opportunity for involvement in projects.  We also have specialities such as paediatrics, diabetes, home enteral feeding and neurology within our department, providing opportunity to gain insight in a variety of clinical areas.

We work from 2 main office bases, one in the north (Chippenham) and one in the south (Salisbury/Wilton) of the county, as well as easy access to desk spaces in other locations around the county.  We have excellent administrative support and regular CPD opportunities.  If you are looking for an excellent work/life balance, we provide flexible working hours and encourage mobile working and home working to support this. 

This Band 5 Community Dietitian post will provide clinical support to adult patients in outpatient clinics (face to face, Airmid - virtual, and telephone), inpatient community hospital wards, and care home settings across Wiltshire. The post may also include group education sessions and home visits. Our outpatient clinics provide exposure to a wide variety of clinical areas including coeliac disease, IBS, IBD, pancreatic enzyme therapy, type 2 diabetes and nutrition support.  Wiltshire has four community hospital wards including Stroke Rehab which are covered by 2 band 5 dietitians in the team.

Newly qualified staff will benefit from participating in a preceptorship programme to support your development.

We actively participate in student training taking students from Plymouth and Winchester Universities, with a reputation for being a friendly and inclusive department.    

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. 

Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. 

If you would like to know more about this post, please contact Anna Cable (Team Lead) on 01249 456512.

Main Responsibilities

•    To provide a service to inpatients, outpatients, groups and to patients in their own homes appropriate to experience and guidance from senior dietitians. 

•    Service provision can be based working from home, with the flexibility to use team office bases at Chippenham and Wilton.

•    Within the team, face to face clinics and inpatient cover is provided in community hospitals and community health centres, including Chippenham, Wilton, Salisbury, Amesbury, Warminster, Melksham, Trowbridge, Devizes, and Savernake.  

•    To provide training and education on nutrition, nutrition screening and diet to nurses, other health professionals and patients. 

•    To undertake student training, menu analysis, audit and other departmental tasks as appropriate to role.

Patient Care

•    Responsible for a clinical caseload of patients, with a range of conditions, requiring     competent clinical practice for inpatients and outpatients.

•    Individually responsible for assessment of need, determination and monitoring of treatment or requirements. This will involve nutritional diagnosis, interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics and clinical condition, with guidance and support from more experienced colleagues as required.

•    Communicates complex information effectively to a variety of people, in a variety of settings and utilise motivational, and counselling skills, to try and overcome barriers and change behaviour.

•    Takes responsibility for ensuring that patients and carers have consented prior to dietetic intervention, in line with professional guidelines.

•    Considers the practical implications of advice and tailors information to the individual circumstances of the patients, families and staff involved.

•    Works with catering colleagues regarding the provision of inpatient food and beverages, including menu analysis, public health messages, supporting national nutrition and hydration initiatives supporting delivery of the Wiltshire Health and Care Nutrition and Hydration Policy.

•    Ensures that appropriate internal and external agencies have the necessary information to support meeting individual needs.

Please see the attached Job description for the full list of responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

The Ideal candidate will have:

•    Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent acceptable for registration with Health and Care Professions Council e.g. BSc Dietetics

•    Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

•    Experience of in and out-patient dietetics in NHS setting.

•    Experience of working with MUST or similar screening tool

•    Evidence of understanding the roles and responsibilities of the post

•    Experience of working within a team

•    Excellent oral and written skills

•    Presentation skills

•    Problem solving skills

•    Organisation and time management skills

•    Ability to work effectively independently using own initiative and as part of a team

•    Enthusiastic and positive attitude and 

•    willingness to learn new skills

•    Computer literacy

•    Self motivating

•    Flexibility, ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions

•    Reliable and demonstrates attention to detail

•    Car driver with valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

 While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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