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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
KCHFT is a great place to work - but don’t just take our word for it.
In our most recent report the CQC rated us as ‘outstanding’; and said:
- Staff felt supported, valued and respected
- They felt proud to work for the trust and were committed to the vision and values of the organisation
- There are high levels of staff satisfaction
- Staff are proud of the organisation as a place to work and spoke highly of the culture.
- We are the one of only three community providers in the UK to be rated as ‘outstanding’ so why not join us? #cometocommunity
Our vision is to deliver excellent services which improve the health of our communities. To do this we need to have outstanding people who share a common set of values and aspirations.
Our values (CARE) demonstrate that the Trust acts with integrity and professionalism. CARE stands for:
- Compassionate
- Aspirational
- Responsive
- Excellence.
As a dynamic organisation, with a fast changing service provision we take a flexible approach in terms of what we are able to offer. This means that we reserve the right to change the hours detailed in this advert to full time or part-time to meet the service requirements.
Specialist Community Dietitian
Accepting applications until: 29-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Dover Health Centre Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent
- Town
- Dover
- Postcode
- CT16 1RH
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 9 months (fixed term/secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- dietitian
Job overview
Looking for a band 6 Community post working for an ‘Outstanding’ rated Trust?
Interested in job flexibility and hybrid working?
Is health and wellbeing high on your agenda?
We are a dynamic, forward-thinking community Dietetics team - being largest in the South East with a total of 35 clinicians.
Our Community Dietetics (Adults) team are looking for a Registered Dietitian experienced in community working to support our friendly
We can offer interesting clinical work where you can really see the difference your dietetics advice makes to patients’ lives.
We are ideally looking for someone full time - but would be able to consider a minimum of 22.5 hours.
Advert
Your role would include a varied combination of face to face appointments including within peoples own homes, delivering group
Our large friendly team offers easy access to a wide range of highly specialist colleagues for supervision and advice.
Our supportive managers are happy to agree flexible working opportunities to help with work/life balance including part time working at
Your base will be Dover Health Centre but you will be required to regularly drive to various locations across East Kent to meet clinical
Additional Working Pattern: can be part time or full time but minimum 0.6WTE
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
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. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
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.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and Registered Health Care Professional - HCPC
- Driving licence
Desirable criteria
- Diabetes courses completed
- Member of BDA diabetes interest group
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Minimum three years post-graduate experience as a Dietitian
- Practical experience in managing health related projects/complex caseloads
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Community Dietetics within NHS
- Experience of working within an MDT
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance to relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
Desirable criteria
- Complex clinical diabetes experience e.g. patients requiring multiple diabetes medications including insulin
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and group. Group facilitation skills
- Strong inter-personal skills - influencing and negotiating skills and assertiveness
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure, Flexible and adaptable
- Ability to manage own time effectively
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tiffany Maxted
- Job title
- east Kent community ops lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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