Dietitian (Band 5)

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Acute/Community Dietitian, Band 5 - Rotational Post

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and committed dietitian to join our progressive acute and community dietetic teams at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. This is a rotational post, which will provide an excellent opportunity to gain experience of working in both acute and community settings.

This is an exceptional opportunity to gain broad clinical experience which will provide the post holders with an excellent base from which to develop your future professional career. Somerset Dietitians provide a wide range of specialist dietetic services in both the acute and community and you will have an opportunity to spend time with the specialist teams as part of your CPD.

In the acute team you will provide a high quality dietetic service working with the acute inpatient team providing a service to wards, other clinical areas and in outpatient clinics. In the community you will provide dietetic care to patients in community hospitals, clinics and during home visits. Patients are referred by GP’s and other HCP’s for a range of long term conditions. You will be responsible for organising and managing a diverse caseload.

The successful applicant will have proven experience within a nutrition and dietetics healthcare setting from their work or clinical placements, underpinned by a relevant degree/diploma and HCPC registration. The ability to work independently as well as part of a supportive team is essential.

Both teams take student Dietitians from the University of Plymouth for their placements and also actively encourage training and CPD.

As this post, when working in the Community rotation, this will require a significant amount of travel so you will need to be able to travel efficiently to different places.

Somerset is a beautiful rural county close to the popular holiday destinations of Devon and Cornwall.

Whether you are a Band 5 looking to progress your professional career or a newly qualified dietitian ready to step up, we want to hear from you.

Informal Enquiries Are Welcome, Please Email

Ursula Green - Clinical & Operational Lead for Nutrition & Dietetics, Ursula.Green@somersetft.nhs.uk

Please note: If you are successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)

Our values are simple: Outstanding Care, Working Together, Listening and Leading.

Benefits

With this in mind, we offer a range of staff benefits including

We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientious of our staff.

Excellent annual leave entitlement

Relocation package – up to £8,000 (Subject to eligibility)

Enhanced rates of pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Free parking on most of our sites

NHS discounts

Training and development

Flexible working

Paid registration fees for the 1st year for newly qualified staff

For more information please contact the recruitment team via email: SomersetNHSJobs@SomersetFT.nhs.uk

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