Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Working with a team of specialist dietitians, rotational dietitians, nutrition nurses, and therapy assistants, you'll be offered rotations in neurology and elderly care, surgery (including parenteral nutrition), respiratory, critical care, gastroenterology, and community nutrition.
A full competency-led training and support package will be provided to ensure you can develop your clinical skills in as many different areas as you wish in reaching your full potential, and developing a career that's right for you. For newly qualified dietitians, we implement the BDA Preceptorship Program shaping that first year as a dietitian in a way that is supportive and nurturing.
You'll have a varied caseload of patients and will support our team in training, take part in staff teaching, help in audit and service developments.
Who Our Opportunity Is For
We are looking to recruit a registered dietitian with an interest in a clinical rotational dietetic post across both the acute and community setting based at the Countess of Chester Hospital and surrounding community. Applicants should be motivated to expand on their knowledge and skills in a variety of clinical specialities.
What This Opportunity Means
The successful applicant will work as part of a friendly, supportive, and dynamic multi-professional team in a developmental post across the acute and community setting. Please refer to our Trust Behavioural Standards which reflect our department. There are opportunities to work alongside specialist and advanced dietitians and nutrition nurses and provide a leadership role with dietetic assistants. There will also be opportunities to be involved in student training.
About the Trust
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services, and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston, as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kirsty Capper Job title: Team Leader Email address: kirsty.capper@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 366581 #J-18808-Ljbffr