Band 6/7 Locum Dietitian - Colchester

Job Title: Locum Dietitian - Colchester
Banding: 6/7
Location: Colchester, Essex
Working Hours: Full-time, flexible working hours available
Start Date: January 2025
Duration: Temporary (Ongoing, with possible extension)
Rate: £25 - £34 per hour

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We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Locum Dietitian to join our healthcare team in Colchester. This role involves a mix of inpatient/outpatient clinics, home visits, and the supervision of students and assistants. The successful candidate will play a key role in providing high-quality nutritional support to patients, including those requiring enteral feeding and complex nutrition support. This position offers an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional to work in a dynamic, supportive environment.

Responsibilities:

As a Locum Dietitian, you will provide expert nutritional assessments and personalized care plans for inpatients, outpatients, and home care patients. Your role will include managing enteral feeding, complex nutrition support, and contributing to parenteral nutrition management where required. You will also supervise and mentor students and assistants, ensuring they receive appropriate guidance and support. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams will be essential to ensure optimal care and outcomes for patients. You will maintain accurate and up-to-date records of patient care and progress, as well as participate in audits, training, and continuous professional development. Adherence to relevant clinical guidelines and best practices in dietetics will be required, alongside the ability to work independently and manage a varied caseload.

Qualifications and Experience:

• HCPC registration as a Dietitian.

• Experience with enteral feeding and complex nutrition support.

• Ideally, experience with parenteral nutrition.

• Previous experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

• Proven ability to supervise students and assistants effectively.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team.

• Knowledge of relevant clinical guidelines and best practices in dietetics.

• Ability to work independently and manage a varied caseload.

Why Work with Pulse?

At Pulse, our priority is you. From the moment you register with us, we focus entirely on your needs and goals. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out. Our expert recruitment consultants are committed to finding you the best opportunities and providing support every step of the way to help you secure the perfect placement. With preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive roles that aren’t available anywhere else.

We believe in putting your best interests first, engaging in meaningful conversations, and truly listening to what matters most to you. You are an individual and a professional—not just a resource.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide the appropriate support to you throughout the recruitment process and into your work placement.

Please note: We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.