Band 6 Dietician

NHS; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated HCPC Registered Band 6 Dietician to join our new Early Supported Discharge service, working with our dynamic team at Gravesham Community Hospital. As a member of the Early Supported Discharge Team for Stroke patients and other Neurological conditions, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality care within the community setting. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate Dietician to make a real impact in the lives of patients and contribute to the ongoing development of our service.

Gravesham Community Hospital is located a short distance from St Georges Shopping Centre and is surrounded by well-known food establishments and local coffee shops making it an ideal location to be based from.

This is a full-time position. The Early Supported Discharge service operates 8am - 4pm Monday - Saturday.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential in order to carry out community visits to patients in their homes and visit other bases.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver a service for people with disorders of diet, communication and swallowing following a stroke within the Early Supported Discharge framework.
• To work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team of staff in a community setting including community rehab wards.
• To undertake advanced diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients with a range of dietary needs.
• To proactively develop the Dietetic service for patients within the stroke pathway.
• To contribute to the development of junior therapists and rehab assistants within the wider community teams.
• To liaise and offer highly specialist advice as appropriate to a wide range of professionals.
• To be responsible for the daily organisation of sessions and caseload.
• To contribute to the triage of referrals.
• To provide advice, support and education for patients and their families/carers.

About us

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.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit our website.

Job responsibilities

You will feel valued as a Band 6 Dietician within our newly developed Early Supported Discharge Service with HCRG Care Group based at Gravesham Community Hospital, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• 5% high cost area allowance.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.