Rotational Dietitian

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Dietetic team at Colchester Hospital. The role offers the opportunity to work within a variety of different specialist areas including oncology, stroke, gastroenterology and surgery. There is support to learn specialist skills in a variety of different clinical areas. The post holder will work within Colchester General Hospital with an acute caseload, a weekly outpatient clinic and time with their specialist rotation.

There may also be opportunities to gain experience in paediatric and renal dietetics.

We have an established student training programme in which you will be involved and there are opportunities to contribute to audits and service development and to receive training to build your CPD portfolio.

This is a fixed term role until 30/04/2025

Main duties of the job

Surgical/ Gastro/ Critical Care Rotation

To provide an in-patient service by advising on the management and treatment of adult patients on surgical, gastroenterology, medical, orthopaedic and Care of the Elderly wards.

To gain knowledge in all factors involved in complex decision-making around nutrition support, as well as nutrition in critical illness. This may include cover of Critical care with support from Specialist Dietitians.

Oncology Rotation

To work with Specialist Dietitians within Oncology to provide an inpatient and outpatient service to oncology patients and provide additional support as required.

To provide an in-patient service by advising on the management and treatment of adult patients on oncology, medical, orthopaedic and Care of the Elderly wards at Colchester Hospital.

Medical/ Stroke Rotation

To provide an in-patient service by advising on the management and treatment of adult patients on stroke, medical, orthopaedic and Care of the Elderly wards at Colchester Hospital.

To provide an outpatient service to adult patients at Colchester Hospital and community locations

Community Rotation

Care for patients in a 1:1 setting in own homes, care homes or outpatient clinics, community hospitals or in group education settings.

To provide an outpatient service to adult patients at Colchester Hospital and community locations.

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 offer 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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