Band 5/6 Community Paediatric Dietitian - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Pick for Britain

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Food First Dietitian

Department of Nutrition & Dietetics

Band 6 £32,306 – 39,027 per annum

5 hours / week – permanent role

All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working & part time hours.
Are you interested in furthering your career in community dietetics and have a particular interest in education and training, along with maintaining a clinical caseload?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a newly commissioned new Food First community dietetic team, who will be working across care homes and primary care in Milton Keynes.

The successful candidate will be part of planning, delivering, and evaluating the Food First approach and programme – including training health and social care staff and auditing current practice.

The Milton Keynes team will consist of 2 further members (Dietetic Team Lead & Dietetic Assistant Practitioner), working as part of the community dietetic service.

This post is suitable for an experienced band 5 dietitian or a band 6 dietitian.

You should have good communication and time management skills, with an ability to be flexible and have a strong commitment to teamwork.

The successful candidate will work closely with the community and acute colleagues, and with the existing Food First teams across Bedfordshire and Luton.

You will be joining our wider team based at Milton Keynes Hospital of over 30 registered dietitians, dietetic support workers and admin staff, covering acute, community, paediatric and learning disability services.

To plan, deliver, evaluate, and support the Food First approach and programme – including training health and social care staff and auditing of current practice.

To provided a specialist service to people identified as at risk of malnutrition and to provide education and training to health and social care professionals and unqualified carers.

To provide line management for junior team members with support from the Food First Lead.

You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming.

At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC.

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To assist, support and supervise junior grades and students contributing to their professional development including appraisal and personal development plans.

To provide a clinical service to a referred complex caseload of patients, clients and carers referred to the service for nutritional support by other health professionals.

To recognise the need for continuous professional development.

Within the performance system and in discussion with the team leader, the post holder will be responsible of identifying and attending their own training and professional development needs.

To feedback learning from training to inform other members of the department to enhance service development through up-to-date knowledge and expertise.