Community Dietitian

Overview

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The closing date is 09 February 2026

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated dietitian to join CNWL to work in the Community Adult Rehabilitation Service in Hillingdon. You will be a part of a multidisciplinary team, working closely with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehab Support Workers and wider community MDT to provide quality care to patients in their own homes.

This post offers the opportunity to gain clinical experience in community oral nutritional support and exposure to specialist Home enteral feeding service. The role includes an opportunity to work with patients with a variety of neurological conditions.

The post holder will be supported by B7 Dietitian and wider Community MDT. Continuing professional development is actively supported via clinical supervision, close liaison with local acute dietetic services and other stakeholders, and in-service training. We will also offer you the opportunity to participate in quality governance activities.

Successful applicants must be able to travel throughout Hillingdon to carry out home visits in the community. If you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted by email, please ensure you check your email regularly. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted as soon as possible after the closing date.

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• Work autonomously to provide dietetic advice to patients, their carers and staff with a range of medical conditions in service users home or intermediate care unit within agreed protocols and guidelines and with support from senior colleagues when necessary including:
• To work within the British Dietetic Association code of professional conduct and Health and Care Professions Council standards.
• Carry out nutritional assessments (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) to determine the nutritional problem.
• Calculation of nutritional requirements, Development of treatment plans, Client centred goals and discharge planning including patients on artificial nutrition support.
• Prescription of dietary treatment and ACBS products for conditions where there are limited professional/clinical guidelines available
• To be clinically competent to give dietetic advice, treatment and dietary counselling to patients in their home and intermediate care or group settings.
• Independently interpret complex clinical information and use professional judgement to adapt nutrition care plans in response to changing clinical conditions.
• Assess enteral feeding sites, identify clinical risks, and make appropriate treatment recommendations.
• To participate in the health promotion activities of the department.
• Adhere to professional standards, clinical guidelines, and confidentiality requirements.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top-quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

• To provide specialist dietetic assessment and treatment programmes to adult patients in their own homes and intermediate care unit requiring nutritional support, including Home Enteral Tube Feeding
• To make a clinical judgment and explanation of nutritional status and to formulate individualized treatment plans and deliver appropriate interventions.
• To make recommendations to GPs on the appropriate prescribing of oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeds.
• To provide training, support and guidance on nutritional screening and prescribing practices
• To contribute appropriately to Nutritional Support and…