Band 5 Dietitian

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity is available for a Dietitian to join the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, within the adult Dietetic team. You will cover a variety of wards, and will have the opportunity to work within specialities such as medicine, surgery and respiratory. You will also cover a general outpatient clinic, which is likely to include referrals for oral nutrition support and patients with non-complex gastroenterology diagnoses. It will be possible to shadow senior dietitians to gain experience in other areas.
We have regular internal CPD sessions within our team. You will also have the opportunity to apply for funding for courses and other CPD activities, which will be considered when CPD budgets are allocated.
To work within a team of Dietitians to provide a dietetic service to adult services within the Trust. This will include working across a range of acute wards, and covering an outpatient clinic.
To be responsible for the dietetic assessment, treatment and management of adult inpatients and outpatients, whose conditions require dietary intervention.
To act as a source of expertise on the dietary management and treatment or a diverse range of conditions, to patients and other health care professionals.
To participate in audits, to help ensure that a high-quality service is provided for patients.
To work with other members of the nutrition and dietetic department to update and develop evidence-based resources, such as leaflets and diet sheets.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
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