Senior Dietitian - Community *£2,000 Incentive*

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2,000 pro rata (conditions apply)

Come and join our team working in beautiful, sunny Suffolk!

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our friendly and supportive integrated service. You will be a key member of the community team, delivering Dietetic assessment and interventions to a complex caseload of patients in their own home and in a clinic setting. You will also be responsible for quality improvement initiatives to further develop implementation of MUST and food first initiatives. You will be responsible for training community staff and providing support to the Dietetic Assistants delivering MUST training in care homes.

You will benefit from being part of an integrated inpatient (Ipswich Hospital), outpatient and community service that incorporates a range of clinical specialisms including renal, paediatrics and oncology. This affords lots of opportunities to develop and learn new skills, with a commitment from the service to support your continuing professional development.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering a quality, evidence-based service, who relishes working in a busy setting and is a strong team player. We are seeking someone with excellent team working skills with both Dietetics colleagues and the wider MDT, as well as an ability to work independently and flexibly.

Please note that our Department offers access to a Pool vehicle.

1. To be lead dietitian for MUST and food first initiatives across the community of East Suffolk actively promoting effective prescribing practices. This will include designing, updating and implementing community malnutrition guidelines and resources.
2. To be a lead dietitian responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based dietetic care to a complex case load of patients in a variety of care settings, which could include acute and community settings e.g. Wards, outpatient clinics and patients’ homes.
3. To manage a caseload of complex home visits.
4. To supervise junior members of staff including band 4 assistant practitioners.
5. To contribute to the dietetic service in the community providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.
6. To provide specialist input into the planning, development and evaluation of dietetic services within your team and for defined projects. This will include looking at clinical outcomes in your area.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catherine Dyson Job title: Team Leader for Community Dietetics Team Email address: catherine.dyson@esneft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01473 704000