Are you keen to work in the community in a dietetic career full of excitement and variety?We are the team for you! We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic dietitian with 1-2 years' NHSexperience to join our innovative home enteral nutrition team and develop their specialist skills and knowledge in afriendly and supportive team. Our team of specialist and highly specialist dietitians, dietetic associate practitioners, andour home enteral nutrition specialist nurse support adults across East and West Kent who are tube fed at home, giving usthe opportunity to build relationships with our patients and provide holistic care.Our adult and paediatric dietetics teams form the largest in the South East. We work alongside our specialist communitydietetics colleagues in Oncology, Gastroenterology, Diabetes, and Paediatrics teams within Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics- all working in community settings in the beautiful South Eastern coastal County of Kent.CQC have rated our trust as 'Outstanding'. Their report stated We found a healthy and authentic culture of valuingstaff, openness, fairness and putting the patient at the heart of every policy, strategy and service delivered. Staffconsistently told us they felt valued by their leaders and the organisation. Staff shared a great sense of pride in workingfor the trustWe offer flexible working opportunities to achieve the best work/life balance possible and a hybrid of base and homeworking.

Main duties of the job

This exciting role will be for an experienced dietitian to provide specialist support to adults who receive enteral tubefeeding at home.If successful, you will be fully supported, clinically supervised and integrated into the team led by experienced andenthusiastic dietitians in order to equip you with the skills and knowledge required in the realm of community dietetics.Our team provides supervision and support from our highly specialist dietitians. You will be supported to develop yourknowledge and skills across a wide variety of clinical conditions. You will also have access to dietitians in the widerdepartment who specialise in a number of areas including gastroenterology, diabetes and obesity, and neurology. We arealso supporting training for dietetic apprenticeships and dietetic students.Your opinions and input will be welcomed and valued and you will have access to clinical supervision and in-house trainingand other CPD opportunities internally and externally to support your development.The attached job description and person specification provides further details. We welcome any queries - please feel freeto email the recruiting manager: becky.rogers3@nhs.net

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered health care professional (HCPC registration)/Health related degree and evidence of relevant post graduate development at Level 6 /Evidence of Specialist qualifications relevant to area of practice (examples - non-medical prescribing mentorship , coaching , clinical expertise)-: e.g. PENG / Non-Medical Prescribing

Desirable

• Management or supervisory qualification or experience of study

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in area of practice/Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads/Supporting others (mentor / educator / supervisor ) experience

Desirable

• Experience of leading and managing teams/experience with the use of Microsoft Office and variety of IT packages

Special Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services /Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Understanding of training needs in relation to post/Ability to manage time effectively, priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines/Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation/Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups/Strong influencing and negotiating skills

Personal attributes

Essential

• Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice/Ability to manage and lead change/Ability to work under pressure//Flexible and adaptable

Ability to manage

Essential

• Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda's for health under the guidance of the senior Practitioner/Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures/Ability to manage own time effectively

Employer details

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trinity House

Whitstable/Dover/Tonbridge

TN25 4AZ

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