Community Dietitian

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated dietitian to join CNWL to work in the Community Adult Rehabilitation Service in Hillingdon. You will be a part of a multidisciplinary team, working closely with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Rehab Support Workers to provide quality care to patients in their own homes.
This post offers the opportunity to gain clinical experience in community dietetics, specialising in home enteral feeding and oral nutritional support. The role includes an opportunity to work with patients with a variety of neurological conditions.
The post holder will be supported by a Band 7, B6 dietitian and Band 4 dietetic assistant. Continuing professional development is actively supported via clinical supervision, close liaison with local acute dietetic services, yearly appraisal, and in-house and in-service training. We will also offer you the opportunity to participate in quality governance activities.
Successful applicants must be able to travel throughout Hillingdon to carry out home visits in the community. If you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted by email, please ensure you check your email regularly. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible after the closing date., + To have responsibility for providing a dietetic service including appropriate dietary assessment and treatment to adult residents in their own homes and intermediate care unit requiring food fortification advice, nutritional supplementation or Home Enteral Tube Feeding support
+ To calculate energy requirements and to recommend food fortification to meet requirements or an appropriate prescription for oral nutrition supplements or enteral feed.
+ To be clinically competent to give specialist nutrition support advice, treatment and dietary counselling to support behaviour change and adherence to long term treatments.
+ To provide advice to medical practitioners on the appropriate prescribing of ACBS products such as enteral feeding products, oral nutritional supplements and vitamin and mineral supplements.
+ To assess, identify clinical risks and make appropriate treatment recommendations for all enteral feeding sites.
+ To deliver patient educational sessions to patient groups as directed
+ To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with patients from a wide range of backgrounds,

Working for our organisation
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top-quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
+ To work within the British Dietetic Association code of professional conduct and Health Professions Council standards.
+ To have a working knowledge of clinical guidelines relevant to Dietetics and to translate these guidelines into own practice.
+ To actively participate in Personal Development Review by identifying key performance objectives and continuing education needs.
+ To actively participate in clinical supervision sessions to identify and develop professional, clinical and service needs.
+ To be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent to assessment and treatment interventions, sharing of information following legal and professional guidelines and to follow these guidelines in circumstances where clients do not have capacity to provide informed consent.
+ To follow and implement Trust, departmental and professional policies, procedures, guidelines and standards within own work area.
+ To be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate client treatment records and appropriate safe keeping, ensuring confidentiality.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
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