Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire etc.
Making a difference for you, with you. Our vision, mission and values are all part of the roadmap for all we do.
Our dedication to caring and making a difference doesn’t just extend to our patients, but to our staff too. Wellbeing is a Trust priority – we were the second-highest scoring Trust in the country for the Wellbeing measure on the 2018 National Staff Survey. We are actively committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to equal opportunities is reflected in our staff networks (BME - Black Minority Ethnic, LGBTQ, Disability and Working Carers). We also hold the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition scheme Silver Award, and are a Living Wage and Disability Confident employer. We offer excellent employment benefits including:
* Large variety of learning and development courses available to staff throughout the year.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* A wide range of family friendly policies.
* Salary sacrifice scheme.
* A variety of Occupational Health services and classes.
* 27 days holiday plus bank holidays for new starters, rising with service.
Don’t just take our word for it: In 2018, 72.2% of our staff recommended NHFT as a place to work, the highest score for trusts of our type. We were also honoured to win the Health Service Journal’s coveted Trust of the Year award the same year.
Key details
Location
Site: Highfield clinical care Centre
Address: Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5BD
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (FTC End Date - 31st March 2026)
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (days worked to be agreed at appointment)
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: Band 7
Specialty
Main area: Dietetics
Interview date: 27/02/2025
Job overview
Due to maternity leave in the department, we have an opportunity to provide cover for 2 days (0.4wte) Band 7 community work. You will work with 3 Practices in Northampton: Bugbrooke Surgery, Kings Heath Practice and Park Avenue Medical Centre. You will work closely with the primary care team and will have enhanced clinical skills to enable you to manage a varied adult caseload but will focus on weight management, nutritional support and diabetes.
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• Providing dietetic assessment, advice, treatment and counselling to support behavioural change in patients who meet the referral criteria. This will be delivered through one-to-one interviews, group sessions and community-based clinics in a face-to-face environment.
• Autonomously managing a complex caseload and work with patients and their carers to agree patient centred care using evidence-based interventions.
• Working collaboratively with the wider Practice and primary and secondary care healthcare team to ensure delivery of coordinated care and to provide specialist advice and attend case conferences, network meetings as appropriate.
• Evaluating patients’ progress and collecting outcomes.
• Make recommendations to PCN and Practice staff regarding changes to medications for the nutritional management of patients based on interpretation of biochemical, physiological and dietary requirements and ensure prescription requests are cost effective.
• Contribute to and implement service improvement work.
• Using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to implement treatment plans and to use behavioural change skills in your daily practice.
• Providing advice and training to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals to promote an understanding of the aims of dietetic treatment to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
Working for our organisation
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Important Information
By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly, the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy.
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Clinical Skills
Essential Criteria
* Demonstrate competence in a range of clinical specialties and dietetic assessment and care planning.
Professional and Communication Skills
Essential Criteria
* Demonstrate competence in a range of communication skills and professional and organisational skills.
Documents
* Job description (696.5) PDF KB
* Benefits (570.7) PDF KB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Alison Scott
Job title: Professional lead dietetics
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07732405715
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