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Dietitian - Band 5

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Whittington Health

18d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Healthcare
  • London

AI generated summary

  • You must be a Band 5 dietitian or newly qualified awaiting HCPC registration, with strong communication skills, teamwork ability, and expertise in nutritional care and education.
  • You will assess and monitor patients' nutritional care, provide dietary recommendations, educate staff and patients, and contribute to the dietetic student training program.

Requirements

  • - Band 5 Dietetic post
  • - Applications from dietitians already working in a Band 5 position or a newly qualified dietitian awaiting HCPC registration
  • - Excellent communication and time management skills
  • - Real team player
  • - Nutritional care, including assessment, dietary therapy and monitoring
  • - Nutritional assessment and dietary recommendations for patients
  • - Nutritional education for a wide variety of staff and patient groups
  • - Contribution to the department dietetic student training programme

Responsibilities

  • To be responsible for providing the nutritional care, including assessment, dietary therapy and monitoring, for an allocated caseload of patients across a number of wards including admissions unit, surgical, and care of older people wards.
  • This will include the assessment, dietary intervention, monitoring and review of patients, both on oral diet and those that are enterally fed.
  • To provide nutritional assessment and dietary recommendations for patients attending the general dietetic outpatient clinic, cardiac rehabilitation group, antenatal obesity clinic and healthy eating education talks for maternity patients.
  • To provide nutritional education for a wide variety of staff and patient groups including doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals.
  • To contribute to the department dietetic student training programme.

FAQs

What is the job title for this position?

The job title is Dietitian - Band 5.

Is this position suitable for newly qualified dietitians?

Yes, we welcome applications from newly qualified dietitians who are awaiting HCPC registration.

What types of patients will I be working with?

You will be working with adult patients across various wards, including admissions, surgical, and care of older people wards.

Will I be involved in outpatient work?

Yes, the role includes providing nutritional assessment and dietary recommendations for patients attending the general dietetic outpatient clinic and other specialized groups.

Are there opportunities for teaching and training in this role?

Yes, you will be involved in education and training responsibilities for other healthcare professionals and contribute to the department dietetic student training program.

What skills are essential for this role?

Excellent communication and time management skills are essential, along with being a strong team player.

Can I find more details about the job description?

Yes, further details can be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section or in the Job Description and Persons Specification PDF.

Who can I contact for more information about the position?

You can contact Rebecca Youngman, Clinical Lead Dietitian, at rebecca.youngman@nhs.net or by phone at 02072885554. Alternatively, you can contact Taegen Magann at 0207 288 5552.

How does Whittington Health support diversity in the workplace?

Whittington Health aims to employ a workforce that represents the diverse population it serves and is committed to ensuring that recruitment, training, and promotion policies are sensitive to differences in age, disability, gender, and other characteristics.

What is the significance of this role in terms of team collaboration?

As a Dietitian, you will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) on your assigned wards, collaborating with the wider integrated team across both community and acute settings.

Whittington Health

Whittington Health

Science & Healthcare
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1848
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Whittington Health NHS Trust aims to help local people live longer and healthier lives by providing safe, personal, coordinated care for the community we serve. We provide hospital and community care services to 500,000 people living in Islington and Haringey as well as Barnet, Enfield, Camden and Hackney. As one organisation providing both hospital and community services, we are known as an ‘integrated care organisation’ and have over 4,400 staff delivering care across north London. Our priority is to provide the right care, at the right time and in the right place for our patients. We provide a large range of services from the hospital, including accident and emergency (A&E), maternity, diagnostic, therapy and elderly care. We also run services from 30 community locations in Islington and Haringey. Over the past year we have reviewed and developed services to make them stronger and better support the needs of patients. As an integrated care organisation we bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients’ experience. Key to our approach is partnering with patients, carers, GPs, social care, mental health and other healthcare providers. Our organisation has a highly-regarded educational role. We teach undergraduate medical students (as part of UCL Medical School) and nurses and therapists throughout the year, alongside providing a range of educational packages for postgraduate doctors and other healthcare professionals.