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Bromley Healthcare
About
Bromley Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of community health services running services in Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Croydon, and Lewisham.
They put clinicians in the driving seat taking the best that the NHS has to offer, removing the bureaucracy and focusing on high-quality healthcare.
Source = www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
Adult Community Dietitian - Bexley
Accepting applications until: 29-Sep-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Sep-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- St Pauls Cray clinic
- Cyfeiriad
- Mickleham Road
- Tref
- Orpington
- Cod post
- BR5 2RJ
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Part time - 24 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Dietetics
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 08/10/2024
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Adult Community Dietitian - Bexley - Band 6
£42,939 - £50,697 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
Part time - 24 hours per week
We are currently looking for a Community Dietitian to join our friendly and dynamic team. We are patient focused and thrive on providing quality care.
The post holder will work predominately to manage patients in need of nutrition support in their own homes and care homes, taking a ''food first approach''. The workload also includes managing a caseload of Home Enteral Feeding patients. The role includes support, assessment, and on-going reviews. The service provides training programs to up-skill care homes, district nurses and other relevant front-line staff on a range of nutritional areas.
Car driver would be essential for this role, though the role will be a mix of on-site, remote and patient visit types of working.
For more information please see attached Job Description and Personal Statement.
We would welcome an informal conversation with you to discuss your areas of interest and to answer any questions you may have.
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The post holder will work predominantly to manage patients in need of nutrition support in their own homes and care homes, taking a 'food-first' approach. The workload also includes managing a small caseload of Home enteral feeding patients and supports the band 7 Dietitian.
The service provides training programmes to up-skill care homes, district nurses and other relevant front line staff on a range of nutritional areas. You would be supported by a central admin team and a robust IT department that has allowed for a successful and efficient blended working approach.
The Bexley Dietetic team is made up of Community Specialist Dietitians, a Nutrition Nurse Specialist and a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner. Within Bromley Healthcare there is good network of Community Dietitians from Bexley, Bromley (both adults and children's teams) and Lewisham which helps support shared learning and CPD.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
This is a part-time permanent vacancy for a Specialist Adult Community Dietitian to support the team in the London borough of Bexley in providing a co-ordinated Nutrition and Dietetic domiciliary service.
Please see the attached JD for full details of the job role
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel.
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
- Remote working
- Compressed hours
- Part-time
- Job shares
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
Important Reminders:
- Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
- When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
- All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
- The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Information Technology
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Competent in use of IT including use of electronic patient records
- Microsoft Word and Power point, Internet and e-mail
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of using EMIS
- Advanced IT Skills i.e. confident in use of Microsoft Excel and Access
- Confident in the use of dietary analysis programmes e.g. Diet Plan
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Clinically competent to give specialist advice, treatment and dietary counselling to support behaviour change in adults and their carers with diverse healthcare needs
- High level of understanding of professional issues and ethics, and their application to practice
- Ability to use clinical judgement and clinical reasoning skills in assessing and evaluating highly complex, sensitive and contentious patient information to patients/carers and within the multi-disciplinary team
- Highly developed negotiation, persuasion, motivation and counselling skills
- Knowledge of relevant national guidelines, frameworks and policies
- Valid UK driving license with access to a care for work purposes
Meini prawf dymunol
- Undertaken audit or research in area of clinical expertise
- Ability to supervise and manage assistants and student dietitians
- Confident in the use of hoist and wheelchair scales
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant clinical experience following graduation, with a broad range of patients
- Experience of carrying out clinical audits
- Experience in use of psychological techniques and counselling approach in patient consultations
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience in supervising and training student dietitians.
- Experience in developing and delivering training programmes for other health professionals and clients
- Experience of community dietetics
- Experience managing home enteral feeding patients
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Dregree/post grad in nutrition/dietetics
- HCPC registered Dietitian
- Post- graduate training /short courses or equivalent relevant experience
Meini prawf dymunol
- Completion of relevant post graduate courses such as the BDA Diabetes modules and Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (PEN) group Clinical Update
- Member of BDA or other professional specialist interest group in area of specialism
- Post-registration experiences and/or training in psychological approaches to patient care such as cognitive behavioural therapy course
- Registered member of British Dietetic Association (BDA
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Sarah Belaon
- Teitl y swydd
- Joint Service Lead for Community Dietetics
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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