Nutritionist in Hounslow

Location: Maximus, Hounslow, England, United Kingdom

Salary: £28,300 – £31,300 per year.

Responsibilities

• Work 2-3 days a week in the office and 2-3 evenings a week up to 19:30/20:00 when delivering on site.
• Commit to evenings; flexible hours Monday-Friday.
• Cover sites in Cranford, Hounslow, Feltham, Isleworth; office at Chiswick Town Hall W4 4JN.
• Provide individually tailored diet, nutrition, and behaviour change advice to service users / participants (adults and/or children, young people, and families) to manage weight and improve overall health and wellbeing.
• Deliver evidence-based dietary and behaviour change services via one-to-one and group-based sessions, ensuring operational safety of weight management group programmes.
• Support caseload to implement experiments, track behaviours, utilise tech-enabled support, maximise resources, support each other, explore and use wider community provision.
• Provide medium and high‑need nutritional and behaviour change services for eligible participants, empowering children, families, and adults.
• Deliver virtual or face‑to‑face health coaching group delivery sessions in the community.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• AFN registered degree in Nutrition or HCPC registered dietetics degree with portfolio evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience delivering group-based behaviour change interventions to children, families or adults; evidence of supporting vulnerable individuals through a change process.
• Experience of caseload management using a Case Management System.
• Experience lesson planning and nutritional/weight management content creation.
• Experience inputting and processing data with accuracy, meeting targets and deadlines.
• Evidence of continuing professional development to provide current health coaching provision.
• Experience working in a health, community or social care environment; good understanding of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
• Desirable:
• Health coaching qualification or accredited health coaching skills programme.
• Direct health coaching delivery experience.
• Behaviour change interventions for specific lifestyle issues (e.g., smoking cessation, physical activity, NHS Health Checks, weight management, alcohol reduction).
• Working with individuals with long‑term health conditions.
• Experience in community settings.
• Managing own caseload.
• Supporting people with additional needs.

Individual Competencies

• Strong understanding of social determinants of health.
• Strong understanding of population-based approaches including segmentation and risk stratification; comprehensive knowledge of behaviour change principles and methods such as COM‑B model and behaviour change wheel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with diverse backgrounds.
• Good presentation skills and ability to work with individuals and groups.
• Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding principles.
• Demonstrate core skills and competencies as set out in best practice standards.
• Experience in dealing with metabolic pathways, nutrients, dietary manipulation, obesity, latest nutritional research.
• Effective internal and external stakeholder engagement and management.
• Strong interpersonal relationships; build, develop and maintain relationships.
• Effective caseload management inclusive of accurate data collection, timely recording, delivery against SLAs and SOPs.
• Proficient with digital technologies supporting behaviour change; manage time independently, meet deadlines.
• Effective safe and sensitive data management per information security standards.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and quick learning of new systems and processes.
• Commitment to personal development and training.
• Commitment to flexible working (including evenings and weekends) to serve all residents.
• Commitment to supporting team/contract performance to highest standards, undertaking duties per business requirements.

Desirable Competencies

• Experience delivering health screening services (e.g., NHS Health Check).
• Effective delivery of programmes in line with contract requirements and SLAs.
• Experience planning, conducting, analysing and reporting on nutrition research.

Key Business Priorities

• Internal: Co-workers, managers, wider team; Health Division colleagues; Maximus central division; Maximus companies and associates; Colleague forums.
• External: Local Authority; Integrated Care Partnerships / Boards; Community and Voluntary sector; Population served / supported; Sub-contractors and key partners; Community stakeholders (e.g., school nurses); Co-location cooperatives; Venue providers; Healthcare settings including GP Practices / Primary Care Networks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Maximus is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We ensure no applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements include clear and accurate information for potential applicants to assess suitability.

We are a Disability Confident Leader. Applicants with a disability who meet essential criteria will receive a guaranteed interview. Adjustments will be considered where reasonable.

Seniority Level

• Entry level

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Health Care Provider
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