Dietitian

Trosolwg o'r swydd

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 

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· 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

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff.  This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan.  All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.