Senior Dietitian

This post is maternity cover from 1/10/26 until 30/9/27

An opportunity has arisen to cover maternity leave within the dietetic department at Colchester Hospital.

We are a friendly, supportive dietetic service, who aim to focus on the development of your skills and confidence as an autonomous practitioner, whilst maintaining a good work/life balance.

This role would be an excellent opportunity for someone who is currently working at Band 5 level with some experience in renal and who feels ready to progress to a Band 6 position. The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate experience in renal dietetics and be keen to continue to develop their knowledge and skills in this area.

In addition to renal, this role will also cover orthopaedics and general inpatients. The post holder will be supported to gain competency in parenteral nutrition and the opportunity to contribute to audit, and service development projects.

There is an expectation to contribute to our established student-training programme and support other team members in their development including preceptorship.

You will participate in a variety of activities to build your CPD portfolio including training provided internally and access to external training relevant to your role.

• The fixed term post will be offered as a secondment to internal candidates.***
• To provide a highly specialised service to in-patients using specialist knowledge and expertise in dietetic management of complex inpatients including renal and orthopaedics, to manage ward patients, as well as supporting the adult acute referral pool to identify and prioritise appropriate patients.
• To provide a highly specialised service to inpatients with renal conditions, shared with the Specialist renal Dietitians as required.
• To work with the Professional Lead for Nutrition & Dietetics to develop the renal and orthopaedic and general dietetic service in line with national guidance.
• To cover for all areas of renal dietetics as required including covering twilight sessions with the specialist renal dietitian
• To provide an out- patient service to renal patients as required.
• To attend multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences as required
• To undertake joint assessments with the Speech and Language Therapists as required
• To be involved in the discharge planning of patients on continuing nutrition support
• To undertake QI projects relevant to the role.
• To develop competency in PN and provide cover for specialist colleagues in the delivery of Parenteral Nutrition to ensure continuity of care during absences.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Philippa Marshall Job title: Professional Lead Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07927 682973