dietitian London, England
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to join our friendly and progressive community team. The successful applicant will have gained skills and experience across a range of clinical dietetic specialities in either an acute or community setting in order to specialise further in oral nutritional support and home enteral tube feeding.
The Nutrition Support Service covers clinical caseloads for malnutrition / appropriate prescribing, adult home enteral tube feeding, and complex obesity. This role requires some face to face domiciliary and nursing home visits in the borough of Barnet which makes a car driver preferable. We also provide clinics which may be face to face or virtual, and this will allow some home working. The team meets fortnightly to support communication, team building and staff well-being.
The successful applicant will mainly support patients in the community at risk of malnutrition by liaising with patients, relatives and carers around a food-based approach and the appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements in line with our pathway and the North Central London (NCL) formulary. There will also be scope for you to gain experience in supporting patients on home enteral tube feeding. You will regularly communicate with GP practices, hospital dietitians, pharmacists and other community based teams such as nursing, One Care Home and Frailty MDT’s, and be able to contribute to various networks across CLCH and NCL.
You will gain further experience in supervising students, and management of dietetic assistants and junior staff. CLCH provides excellent opportunities for your own professional growth through Dietetic and AHP networks, clinical training courses and leadership development programmes.
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
- The post holder will provide Dietetic assessments and treatment programmes to clients in their own homes and in care homes within the borough of Barnet.
- To be responsible for one’s own caseload of clients who are predominantly at risk of malnutrition, but will include some patients on home enteral tube feeding, while working to service standards under the supervision of a senior dietitian.
- To provide support to the continued implementation of the Nutrition Support Care Pathway for highlighting and treating malnutrition in the community as well as the appropriate prescribing and monitoring of oral nutrition supplements within CLCH.
- To make recommendations to GP’s on the appropriate prescribing of oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeds.
- To maintain accurate documentation in dietetic records, medical notes and nursing notes in line with department and Trust guidelines.
- To act as a source of expertise and to continue with the provision and monitoring of specialist training on malnutrition including the MUST screening tool as the service requires.
