First Contact Dietitian - Wansbeck

We are looking for a dietitian to work in person to cover a 9 month maternity leave position, working at Wansbeck PCN for 15 hours per week. This role requires the dietitian to have paediatric experience, and also generalist adult experience. Wansbeck PCN covers the following GP practices:

• Bedlingtonshire Medical Group
• Guidepost Medical Group
• Seaton Park Medical Group
• The Gables Medical Group
We support and help dietitians become first contact dietitians (FCDs). First Contact Dietitians are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners working in GP practices who can assess, diagnose, treat, and manage dietetic problems and undifferentiated conditions, and where appropriate, to discharge a person without a medical referral. FCDs are a key multidisciplinary team member in primary care and support reducing GP workload. FCDs working in this role can be accessed directly by self-referral or staff in GP practices can direct patients to them to establish a rapid and accurate management plan to streamline pathways of care.

The dietitian will be a highly skilled, senior practitioner able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice, with expert knowledge in the management of patients dietary issues and conditions. They will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) within the PCN.,
• Knowledge and expertise around diabetes is essential
• Experience with weight management
• Frailty and nutrition support
• Experience with paediatrics, Whether you are a Band 6 with 3 years post-graduate experience stepping up into this post or a seasoned Band 8a moving into primary care for the first time, we are proud to offer a supportive environment for all of our team members with 4 hours of protected CPD time every week.
  
  Primary Care Dietitian is England's only national independent specialist first contact dietitian provider who is purely focused on supporting NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their GP practices to deliver high-quality and tech-enabled NHS primary care dietetic solutions.
Through our talented team, who are supported by experienced and Health Education England trained FCP clinical supervisors, we have been commissioned by NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to deliver an integrated and local dietetic service. You can find out more about our team here: https://www.primarycaredietitians.co.uk/about