We have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic dietitian with solid band 5 experience to join the band 6 rotational programme within the dietetic team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
We are looking for a dietitian with strong communication and team working skills and a desire to develop their skills in a wide range of specialities. The areas covered within the rotations include; acute medicine, emergency and elective surgery, intensive care, gastroenterology, respiratory, diabetes, stroke, paediatrics, oncology, haematology and outpatients. You will be supported by the clinical lead dietitians to complete clinical competencies in these specialist areas providing excellent opportunities for professional and personal development.
The department provides a nutrition training programme for the multidisciplinary team and hosts training to A and C placement students. You will be actively involved in these training programmes and in the development, implementation and audit of patient care practices as part of clinical governance. There will also be opportunities to develop supervisory skills through mentoring junior members of the team.
We are a friendly, supportive and innovative department with a commitment to patient-centered care and best practice. If this sounds like an exciting step within your career, then we would love to read your application.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural
diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Interviews: Tuesday 19th May 2020
For further details / informal visits, please contact:
Ruth Aylen
Clinical Manager for Nutrition and Dietetics
Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Direct line: 01892-635071