Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to join our friendly and progressive community team.



The successful applicant will have gained skills and experience across a range of clinical dietetic specialities in either an acute or community setting in order to specialise further in oral nutritional support and home enteral tube feeding.



The Nutrition Support Service covers clinical caseloads for malnutrition / appropriate prescribing, adult home enteral tube feeding, and complex obesity. This role requires some face to face domiciliary and nursing home visits in the borough of Barnet which makes a car driver preferable.



We also provide clinics which may be face to face or virtual, and this will allow some home working. The team meets fortnightly to support communication, team building and staff well-being.



The successful applicant will mainly support patients in the community at risk of malnutrition by liaising with patients, relatives and carers around a food-based approach and the appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements in line with our pathway and the North Central London (NCL) formulary.



There may also be scope for you to gain experience in supporting patients on home enteral tube feeding. You will regularly communicate with GP practices, hospital dietitians, pharmacists and other community based teams such as nursing, One Care Home and Frailty MDT's, and be able to contribute to various networks across CLCH and NCL.



You will gain further experience in supervising students, and management of dietetic assistants and junior staff. CLCH provides excellent opportunities for your own professional growth through Dietetic and AHP networks, clinical training courses and leadership development programmes.

Please note:

In order to be considered for this role, you will need to already hold active HCPC registration as a Dietitian and be able to practise in the UK. If you are still in the process of registering with the HCPC, or if you hold a different registration (for example, Registered Nutritionist), you would not meet the essential criteria at this time.



We are not sponsoring for this role, so applicants will need to already have the right to work in the UK.



When applying confirm that you hold an active HCPC registration and meet the requirements stated in the Person Specification in the Job description



Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role



Car lease scheme *T&C's apply



Flexible working options



Annual travel card loan



Training, support and development in your career



To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits



Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.