Job Description

Community Dietitian - Band 5



Tilehurst Clinic, Reading



The Berkshire Community Dietetic Service has an opportunity to offer a permanent Band 5 Community Dietitian role.



The post holder will be covering a community caseload, including providing dietetic care to nursing home patients via the Care Home Support Team, training to nursing staff, outpatient clinics, community inpatient ward input, paediatric triage, patients requiring nutritional support or enteral nutrition in nursing homes and their own homes. There are opportunities within the department to shadow, upskill in specialist areas and a



We are a mobile working service and offer our outpatients the choice of face-to-face, virtual and phone appointments as well as home visits. To support this, we have excellent IT access and support staff home-working where appropriate.



As a team we strongly value continuing professional development and offer an employee-led appraisal process and personal development plan. We will support you to develop your ideas for research and audit and offer collaboration and training with our Research & Development and Clinical Effectiveness teams. We also engage in student training and facilitate teaching opportunities.



We are continually striving to improve the service we offer our patients and embrace new ways of working via our quality improvement (QMIS) system.



We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and committed dietitians to join this forward-thinking team.



Working under the guidance of the Care Home Support Lead Dietitian, to provide dietetic care to a varied and diverse caseload of patients in the community as outlined above. Travelling to and providing care at various sites including but not limited to community hospitals, patients' homes, nursing homes, GP practices and some home working. Delivering a proportion of care using online platforms e.g. OneConsultation, MS Teams and Webex Delivering diabetes education groups Supporting our student training programme M entoring Dietetic Assistant Practitioners (DAPs) Involvement in departmental research activity and quality improvement project work Contribute to service improvement conversations in dedicated meetings

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

Caring for and about you is our top priority

Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions



Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:



Flexible working options to support work-life balance

27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave

Free parking across Trust sites

The "must haves" for this role:

1. Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics



2. Registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membership



3. Experience of working in acute/community setting as a dietitian or dietetic learner/student.



4. Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly - travelling to multiple sites is often required



5. Ability to work from home at time with access to WiFi using equipment provided by BHFT



For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.



We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.



We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.



We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to contact: Hannah Taylor at Hannah.taylor2@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.



Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.