Join to apply for the Senior Specialist Dietitian - Home Enteral Nutrition for Adults role at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and innovative multidisciplinary team.
The Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Team is a specialist service providing expert support for people of all ages to safely manage their eating and drinking and tube feeding at home in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. We are part of the Nutrition and Dietetics department at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and work closely with the acute and community dietetic and specialist nursing teams across Southeast London.
The post will be ideal for a Registered Dietitian with experience in nutritional support who wants to develop and influence the specialist service provided to adults living in the community with a feeding tube.
You will be part of an established multidisciplinary home enteral feeding service. You will be a core member of the multidisciplinary HEN Team of Dietitians, Nutrition Nurse Specialists, Speech and Language Therapists, Support Workers and Administrators and be involved in the training and development of the team.
You will be actively encouraged and supported in your personal development, which will include involvement in multi-disciplinary CPD activities, research and audit. Ongoing support and supervision is always available and is integral to the ethos of the team. Our experienced team are ready to welcome you and we can’t wait for you to start.
The post is based at Waldron Health Centre in New Cross and involves visiting patients in their own home across Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
Some work can also be carried out remotely through video and telephone clinics.
PLEASE NOTE: We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post.
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations:
* Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
* Improving the experience of staff with disability.
* Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
* Making equalities mainstream.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Joanne Ridgway
Job title: Home Enteral Nutrition Team - Service Lead
Email address: LH.hen2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 020 3049 3810
Sam Ogundere
Clinical Lead Dietitian for Adults - Home Enteral Nutrition
Email: LH.hen2@nhs.net
Telephone: 020 3049 3810
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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