Highly Specialist Dietitian - Home Enteral Nutrition Team

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and expert Highly Specialist Dietitian for our Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Team. The post is part time time at 22.5 hours per week.

The HEN Team consists of Highly Specialist & Specialist HEN dietitians, specialist nurse and assistant practitioners, and is responsible for assessing and directing the dietetic and tube-feeding needs for all patients requiring home enteral feeding across east and west Kent.

The HEN Team is part of a large team of Dietitians within Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics which is committed to staff development and in-house training will be offered to help meet learning needs.

We encourage and welcome informal discussion via telephone or virtually, so please get on touch if you would like to know more before you apply.

You will have 3 years’ experience as a registered dietitian with 2 years’ experience in nutrition support. In addition, you will have evidence of CPD in areas of nutritional support, with knowledge of, and an interest in, enteral tube feeding and working within the community setting.

You will have good communication skills and the ability to organise and carry out your work independently within different community settings, and will be expected to work independently to a high level within your scope of practice.

You will be able to work effectively and flexibly to ensure your clinical responsibilities are carried out, and you will be responsible for the management of some of the team members. As a Highly Specialist Dietitian you will help to lead change by using Quality Improvement techniques.

Additional Working Pattern: 7.5 hours 3 days 08:30-16:30 Monday - Friday

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. From September 2022, the minimum salary we’ll pay is £10.90 per hour (excluding apprentices). The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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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.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

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All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 25th April.

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