Home Enteral Nutrition and Community Nutrition Support-Paeds-Band 6

The post provides a Paediatric Home Enteral Nutrition and Nutritional Support service in the community, to some of our most vulnerable patients. It also covers general outpatient clinics to a range of Paediatric patients requiring dietetic support, conducted via telephone, video and face to face.

The post is suitable to dieticians with only minimal post-graduate experience as you will be given the opportunity to gain relevant experience and develop your knowledge and skills in community services and home enteral nutrition. You will be part of a friendly and dedicated team of dieticians and dietician assistants, whose aim is to provide an excellent, compassionate and cost effective service. The post provides also provides home visits to those patients unable to attend a hospital appointment in addition to community based clinics.

If you are interested in home enteral nutrition, community dietetics and outpatient clinics and are enthusiastic about Paediatric Dietetics and have a desire to take relevant post-registration training, this post is for you. Car driver and access to transport is required.

Lincolnshire is a beautiful county to live and work in. Lincoln boasts a stunning cathedral, castle, excellent football team (!) and everything a thriving University town needs. It is surrounded by beautiful countryside and a popular coastline and all within easy reach London and the north.

To provide with other team members the home enteral nutrition (HEN) service to Adult and Paediatric patients in the community within Lincolnshire.

To have responsibility for providing a Home Enteral Nutrition Dietetic Service including domiciliary visits for Patients.

To provide training for patients, carers and staff members on Home Enteral Nutrition.

To Provide a dietetic service to the inpatient rehabilitation unit as required.

Cover for adult Rehabilitation, Head and Neck cancer, Stroke, Medical, Surgical work and

Home Enteral Nutrition may also be required

To contribute to the development and evaluation of the post.

To be compliant with relevant local and national standard.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nattalie Lorimer Job title: Team Lead HEN Dietitian Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522 597765