Job Introduction
HCRG Care Group is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated Band 6 Dietitian to join our busy, friendly & forward thinking Community Dietetics Team, based at Bickerstaffe House, Ormskirk Hospital covering the whole of the West Lancs area.
Main Responsibility
The successful candidate will, manage a caseload of patients with Types 1 and 2 diabetes, reactive hypo glycaemia and a small number of patents with gestational diabetes. You will also provide cover for diabetes group education, and our general and nutritional support services. Work will take place in a variety of settings, including face to face clinics, telephone/virtual clinics, home visits and in care/nursing homes.
As a small team, we work collaboratively with our dietetic assistant and other Allied Health Professionals.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have;
- A Diploma/Degree in Nutrition
- Dietetics/HCPC registered
- Experience treating patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, including providing carbohydrate counting education (or be willing to upskill in this area)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team (with dietitians / dietetic assistant / Multi-Disciplinary Team)
- Ability to work in a variety of settings including face to face clinic, care homes, patient’s homes, remotely / home working, telephone, and video consultations
Package Description
You will receive Agenda for Change Band 6 Salary £32,305 to £39,026 and Agenda for Change terms and conditions including an NHS pension.
As well as Agenda for Change terms and conditions, you’ll have access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Laptop and Mobile enabling fantastic flexible working patterns that can help you lead a perfect work/life balance
- 27 days Leave + Bank Holidays
- MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges and access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Leisure Vouchers
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream -which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our rated services considered overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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