Rotational Dietitian

Overview

An exciting vacancy has arisen in the Dietetic team at Colchester Hospital for a rotational band 5 position. The role offers the opportunity to work as part of the adult acute team providing dietetic input to a wide range of wards and at the same time, gain experience within a variety of different specialist areas including oncology, community, stroke, gastroenterology, surgery and paediatrics through rotational learning and service delivery.

The community rotation is a full time rotation, during other rotations, time is split across the general caseload and specialist rotational area. There is support from colleagues working across all clinical specialities and the team works closely with colleagues in other professions including SLT and nutrition nurses with whom we are co-located.

• To provide an in-patient service by advising on the management and treatment of adult patients on a variety of wards.
• To provide an out-patient service to referred patients within Colchester Hospital and community locations. This will include managing HEF patients.
• To participate in the rotational learning programme and other developmental opportunities.
• Caseloads are subject to change to meet demand and capacity within the department.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring whats widely regarded as the worlds best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. Find out about living and working here -

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.