Dietitian

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Full time
Location: Yeovil
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Job offered by: NHS
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Are you recently qualified as a Dietitian or due to qualify and wishing to consolidate your dietetic experience?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Band 5 Dietitian to join our dietetic team based at Yeovil District Hospital to help deliver a service to a range of adult inpatient wards as well as outpatients.

We welcome final year student applications. Tailored employment options allow you to commence in post as a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner until you receive your HCPC registration.

Main duties of the job Based at Yeovil District Hospital, you will be part of the Adult Acute Dietetic Team working together to provide a dietetic service to designated adult inpatient wards including stroke and acute medicine, surgery and gastroenterology and oncology. You will also deliver a regular outpatient clinic with support from a supervising Dietitian. As well as your work with patients there will be opportunities to be involved in department initiatives, service development and the provision of education and training for patients and staff.

Across the wider Dietetic Team, opportunities are available to gain experience with Specialist Dietitians in areas such as Parenteral Nutrition, Critical Care, Diabetes, Paediatrics, Weight Management and Bariatrics.

You will have access to regular supervision and have opportunities to undertake continuing professional development through work shadowing, competency frameworks and courses as identified by your training needs and objectives.

About us You will become part of a friendly, welcoming, growing team of Dietitians, Dietetic Apprentices, Dietetic Support Workers, Nutrition Nurses and Administrative staff at Yeovil District Hospital as well as our dietetic colleagues based at Musgrove Park Hospital and the Community team.

We take Student Dietitians from Plymouth University for A, B and C placements, and support apprenticeship placements. We actively encourage training and CPD.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations.

Job responsibilities Please see attached job description for further information about the role and the personal requirements and specification.

Person Specification Qualifications Experience

Dietetic knowledge which encompasses a range of the most common dietetic treatments likely to be encountered in an acute District General Hospital

NHS experience, either in a previous dietetic post or as a student in clinical placement

Experience of teaching groups

Additional Criteria

Ability to work as part of a team

Able to plan, prioritise and manage own workload within agreed timeframes

Aware of own limitations, knowing when to seek support

Ability to be flexible and positive approach

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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