NHS
Specialist Community Dietitian
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Job Description
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Working under the guidance of the Team Lead Dietitian, to provide dietetic care to a varied and diverse caseload of patients in the community and community inpatients.
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Providing specialist dietetic treatments e.g. home enteral nutrition (HEN), low-FODMAP diets.
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Delivering a proportion of care using online platforms e.g. One Consultation and MS Teams
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Visiting patients in their own home, whereappropriate, to offer HEN and nutritional support advice.
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Coaching, delegating work to, and supporting Dietetic Assistant Practitioners (DAPs) and involvement in student training programme.
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Involvement in departmental research activity and quality improvement project work
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
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An undergraduate degree or post-grad qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics and registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membrship
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Ability to demonstrate good experience and knowledge in dietetics including home enteral nutrition, diabetes and nutrition support.
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Aptitude for coaching and supervising junior staff including Dietetic Assistant Practitioners.
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Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly, travelling to multiple sites if required.
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Ability to work from home with access to Wi-Fi using equipment provided by BHFT
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An undergraduate degree or post-grad qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics and registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membrship
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Ability to demonstrate good experience and knowledge in dietetics including home enteral nutrition, diabetes and nutrition support.
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Aptitude for coaching and supervising junior staff including Dietetic Assistant Practitioners.
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Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly, travelling to multiple sites if required.
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Ability to work from home with access to Wi-Fi using equipment provided by BHFT
- An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Nutrition & Dietetics UK registered with Health Professional Council
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Attended clinical student Supervisory Skills course
- Attended a clinical/non-clinical Teaching Skills course
- Completed low-FODMAP training
- Strong experience of working in a variety of dietetic settings and partnership working
- Experience in carrying out research or clinical audit
- Previous involvement with the pre-registration practice placements for students
- Previous experience using virtual platforms for patient consultations
- Has understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements I relation to own professional practice
- An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Nutrition & Dietetics UK registered with Health Professional Council
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Attended clinical student Supervisory Skills course
- Attended a clinical/non-clinical Teaching Skills course
- Completed low-FODMAP training
- Strong experience of working in a variety of dietetic settings and partnership working
- Experience in carrying out research or clinical audit
- Previous involvement with the pre-registration practice placements for students
- Previous experience using virtual platforms for patient consultations
- Has understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements I relation to own professional practice
Job summary
Specialist Community Dietitian Band 6
King Edward VII Hospital
Full time (37.5hrs)
East Berkshire Community Dietetic Service based in Windsor has an opportunity to offer a permanent full time Band 6 role.
The post holder will be covering a varied community caseload, including a case load of home enteral nutrition, gastro clinics as well as patients requiring nutritional support. There are also opportunities to develop experience and skills in paediatric dietetics, low-FODMAP diets as well as coaching and mentoring junior staff.
We are a mobile working service and offer our patients the choice of face-to-face, virtual and phone appointments as well as home visits. To support this, we have excellent IT access and support staff home-working where appropriate.
As a team we strongly value continuing professional development and offer an employee-led appraisal process and personal development plan. We will support you to develop your ideas for research and audit and offer collaboration and training with our Research & Development and Clinical Effectiveness teams. We also engage in student training and facilitate teaching opportunities.
We are continually striving to improve the service we offer our patients and embrace new ways of working via our Quality Improvement System (QMIS)
We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and committed dietitians to join this forward-thinking team.
Main duties of the job
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
Date posted
01 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum (incl of HCAS)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
371-CHS1011
Job locations
Community Dietetics East
Windsor
SL4 3DP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
Desirable
Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
Desirable
Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Community Dietetics East
Windsor
SL4 3DP
Employer's website
https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Community Dietetics East
Windsor
SL4 3DP
Employer's website
https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.