Job Description
This is an excellent opportunity for a dietitian to secure a Band 5 Dietetic post working with adult patients within a very friendly, supportive and dynamic team at Whittington Hospital. We are happy to accept applications from dietitians already working in a Band 5 position or a newly qualified dietitian awaiting HCPC registration.
The post covers a variety of both inpatient and outpatient work, as well as health promotion activities and education and training responsibilities for other health care professionals. You will be required to liaise with the wider integrated team, across both community and acute settings, as well as being an active member of the MDT on your assigned wards.
As part of the role, you will be involved in regular audit and development projects, as well as student training. We are committed to being involved in all aspects of teaching, and have regular teaching sessions throughout Whittington Health.
The successful candidate will need excellent communication and time management skills and be a real team player.
Job Summary
To be responsible for providing the nutritional care, including assessment, dietary therapy and monitoring, for an allocated caseload of patients across a number of wards including admissions unit, surgical, and care of older people wards. This will include the assessment, dietary intervention, monitoring and review of patients, both on oral diet and those that are enterally fed.
To provide nutritional assessment and dietary recommendations for patients attending the general dietetic outpatient clinic, cardiac rehabilitation group, antenatal obesity clinic and healthy eating education talks for maternity patients.
To provide nutritional education for a wide variety of staff and patient groups including doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals.
To contribute to the department dietetic student training programme.
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, ****** orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Youngman Job title: Clinical Lead Dietitian Email address: [email protected] Telephone number:
Or contact Taegen Magann
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Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Dietitian | Band 5 position is now open for candidates interested in the Health Jobs sector. This role in London offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Health Jobs is a plus.
