Candidates are expected to demonstrate strong clinical reasoning, effective communication, empathy, and resilience. The position requires a commitment to continuous professional development and offers opportunities for skill enhancement and rotations across clinical areas approximately every nine months to ensure well-rounded care delivery to the community. The role emphasises collaboration and seamless care between acute and community services, aiming to meet individual patient needs effectively.
City & Hackney is a diverse and exciting place to work. We are looking for a motivated team player to join our innovative and proactive dietetic team of community/acute Dietitians. The small community team is part of the wider Adult Community Rehabilitation Team. The acute team are based at Homerton University Hospital. We actively promote working together to ensure seamless care across the acute and community setting. This post moves between acute and community.The post will give the opportunity to develop clinical skills in the area of Nutrition Support, general dietetics including Home Enteral Feeding and IBS. You will be working with patients and carers in the community setting assessing and treating clients in their own homes and in the clinic outpatient setting. In acute you will be working on wards and in clinics. The successful candidate will be an excellent team player, will possess excellent clinical reasoning skills, a balance of empathy and emotional resilience and advanced communication skills. We are committed to work-based education and training to improve clinical skills and we actively encourage CPD and audit. You will take an active part in training students and other staff. This post is located in the community or the acute site and you may be required to work at various sites as dictated by the needs of the service
To provide clinical dietetic care to clients referred including obesity, IBS and malnutrition.
Practice in a range of clinical areas including hospital wards, clients in their own homes and other community setting
To provide patient and staff training sessions
To undertake projects and audits, and contribute to service developments using evidence based practice
To lead on projects relevant to the team and service objectives
Communicate effectively with clients formal and informal carers, referrers and staff from health, social care and voluntary sectors agencies
The post holder will be required to rotate to a different clinical area at intervals, usually every 9 months which is confirmed within needs of the service and is safe, compassionate effective care provided to our communities with a transparent open approach
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