Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Through new investment we have an exciting opportunity to be part of an emerging Home Enteral Feeding service. We are looking for a band 6 dietitian who is interested in supporting the development of this new service and is enthusiastic about all things enteral feeding! The position is for a band 6 adult Home Enteral Feeding dietitian to work alongside our innovative team of dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioners and administrators who provide care to our adult and paediatric patients across Southern Derbyshire. The advertised role is for 22.5hr a week. We welcome questions from anyone interested in this role. The main duty of the job is to lead on the care of a caseload of adult enterally fed patients with ranging medical conditions. The service offers a variety of contacts including; clinics (hospital, community and day centres), home visits, nursing home visits and phone reviews. As a service we also link in closely with the wider hospital nutrition team. The post will support with a seamless transition of patients who are enterally fed into the community setting. The team are enthusiastic about service development and therefore this will be supported in this role. As a department we support students in all areas of training (A, B and C placement) from Nottingham, Coventry and Sheffield Hallam University.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.