Community/Gastro Dietitian

Job overview

Ready to take your community dietetics career to the next level?

Join Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT), an Outstanding CQC-rated Trust, as a Band 6 Dietitian within our Adult Community Dietetics Team.

Based at MCH House, Gillingham, this exciting role offers the opportunity to make a genuine difference to patients' lives across a diverse community caseload. You'll provide expert nutritional support through outpatient clinics, home visits and group education programmes, building meaningful relationships with patients while working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues.

We're particularly interested in hearing from Dietitians with a passion for Gastroenterology, or those keen to develop specialist knowledge in this area. Whether you're looking to expand your clinical expertise, contribute to innovative service developments, or be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team, this role offers the variety and autonomy to thrive.

Full-time hours are available, with flexible and part-time working options considered.

Main duties of the job

At KCHFT, you'll enjoy a rewarding role where no two days are the same. You'll:

• Deliver face-to-face outpatient clinics across community settings
• Undertake home visits, supporting patients to achieve their goals in their own environment
• Manage a varied and engaging caseload across Medway and Swale
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding patient care
• Plan and deliver patient education groups that empower individuals to improve their health
• Contribute to service development initiatives and quality improvement projects that shape the future of care
• Be supported in your professional development and specialist interests, including Gastroenterology

This is a fantastic opportunity to combine clinical excellence with innovation, autonomy and community impact while working for an organisation recognised for delivering high-quality care. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential, as travel across the service area forms part of the role.

If you're passionate about person-centred care and want to make every contact count, we'd love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

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.