Dietitian inChertsey inChertsey PUBLISHED
FRI 20 DEC 2024
The role emphasises continuous professional development and flexibility, allowing the postholder to engage in service improvement projects and gain specialty experience in various areas like bariatric surgery, stroke, and diabetes. The organisation supports personal growth through regular supervision, appraisals, and opportunities for further learning. This position is also open to final-year dietetic students eager to advance their clinical expertise within a supportive environment.
Would you like to join a supportive and innovative dietetic department? We are recruiting a Band 5 Dietitian to work at Ashford and St Peter's Hospital in Surrey. If you are keen to develop your clinical knowledge and to embrace new ways of working within an ever-changing NHS this could be the post for you.
The postholder will hold a varied caseload covering inpatient wards, out-patient clinics, community and group education sessions and will be well supported by our team, which includes a wide range of speciality colleagues. The role is on a rotational basis and includes surgery, respiratory, care of the elderly, community and cardiac care.
The post also includes speciality experience in areas such as bariatric surgery, stroke, critical care, paediatrics, gastroenterology and diabetes.
There are also excellent relations with multidisciplinary teams throughout the trust.
CPD and flexible working is also encouraged within our team, to support personal and professional growth.
Dietetic students in their final degree year are also invited to apply.
For further information please contact:
Helen Kingett Clinical Lead Dietitian for Baraitric Surgery and Diabetes
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The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team at ASPH providing high quality dietetic inpatient and outpatient care.
They will be responsible for organising and providing nutritional care plans and services for patients, carers, and staff. The post-holder will be play an active role within the general functioning of the Dietetic Department, including contributing to student training, audits and service improvement projects.
To post holder will communicate and collaborate with a variety of team members, other HCPs and partner organisations to support service improvements and deliver high quality patient care. They will participate in the teaching and training of other health care professionals.
We are keen to support your development. We offer regular supervision and a robust appraisal system; in addition, we encourage and support CPD and quality improvement project opportunities such as our 'mini' rotation programme and department wide joint learning session.
About us
The post holder will actively manage a caseload of patients dependent on their clinical rotation. They will interpret complex patient data to provide high quality, safe and effective nutritional advice.
The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessments of patients diet and lifestyle to formulate individualised management and treatment plans. These assessments will include interpreting biochemical data and qualitative/quantitative analysis of nutritional information. They will develop treatment programmes including monitoring in accordance with local guidelines and evidence-based practice.
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