Job overview

This role, based at Bedford Hospital, is an exciting opportunity to specialise in gastroenterology and nutrition support within the community. The post holder will provide specialist dietetic input for patients within North and Mid Bedfordshire and will cover specialist gastroenterology clinics, home enteral feeding, community clinics and home visits.  The post holder will also provide support for less experienced dietitians and non-qualified staff, within the community team.   This is a specialist role and requires excellent time management skills.

The community team have full access to remote working, with all patient notes on SystemOne. You will receive a laptop and mobile phone to support this. 

 

The post holder will also form strong links with the hospital gastroenterology dietetic team, who will provide clinical supervision and support in the area of gastroenterology. The community team work closely together with regular meetings, CPD sessions and networking opportunities with the wider dietetic team.  

Main duties of the job

The community dietetic team are based at Bedford Hospital, enabling us to liaise with the acute dietitians and other specialist dietetic teams, providing seamless patient care.

Other specialist dietetic teams include gastroenterology, oncology, obesity, diabetes and paediatrics. Ad hoc support and clinical supervision is always available across the teams. We take your professional development and areas of interest seriously, encouraging both internal and external CPD, including a structured feedback programme within the department. We enjoy training and assessing student dietitians from the University of Hertfordshire. Audit and service improvement are key to meeting the rising demands on our services. The department has good access to IT support and operates a flexi time system.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.