East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Rotational Dietitian
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We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Dietetic Team at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. This is an exciting and innovative Band 5 Rotational Dietitian post, working with primary and secondary care across East Sussex.
About the Role
As a Band 5 Dietitian within ESHT you will be supported in clinical rotations across the Acute and Community settings. Duties include providing specialist advice to Stroke, Frailty, Surgery, Gastroenterology and Orthopaedics inpatients in the Acute Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals and Outpatient clinics.
- Liaise closely with the patient's relatives and carers regarding ongoing nutritional care and discharge planning.
- Provide expert nutritional advice and knowledge to the wider MDT.
- Support patients in face to face clinics, via virtual/telephone clinics, as well as in their home and in care home settings, to manage their oral and enteral nutritional requirements.
Responsibilities
- Dietetic Management: To be responsible for dietetic management of a range of patients (using specialist knowledge and skills), including: general medical inpatients, surgical inpatients, rehab inpatients, general outpatients, community based nutrition support patients living in their own homes and residential homes.
- Outpatient Clinics: To undertake regular outpatient phone clinics and a face to face general outpatient clinic.
- Patient Group Education: To undertake patient group education sessions in specialist areas including Cardiac rehab and Coeliac disease.
- Training: To provide relevant training to Nursing staff, Catering staff, patients and their carers and third sector organisations.
- Resource Development: To develop and audit resources to support and identify educational development within East Sussex Healthcare, acting as a resource for specialist information.
- Student Supervision: To support training and supervision of student dietitians during their clinical placements.
- Team Support: To work as an integral member of the dietetic team supporting other team members as required.
- Service Audit: To undertake regular audit of services provided.
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Department Overview
Our close knit and supportive Dietetic Department includes over 40 Clinicians and associated staff working across the specialities of Community Nutrition support, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Inpatients, Intensive Care, Oncology, Paediatrics, Prescribing Support and Rehabilitation. Our department also includes Primary Care Network (PCN) Dietitians, plus our Apprentice Dietitians and Trainee Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) Dietitians.
Benefits
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Katherine Howells
- Job title: Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Email address: katherine.howells@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07811811721
Penny Kaye
- Job title: Trainee Advanced Practitioner: Oncology Dietetics
- Additional Role: Joint Interim Professional Lead for Dietetics
- Telephone number: 07770970881
- Email address: penny.kaye@nhs.net
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