Dietician - Bangor, United Kingdom - Medacs Healthcare

Medacs Healthcare

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Bangor, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Role:
Paediatric Dietitian

Shifts:
Full time (37.5 Hours Per Week)

Location:
Bangor

Experience in type 1 paediatric diabetes is essential

Benefits:

Access to Care4Carers our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
Competitive pay rates
A dedicated placement officer
Hundreds of new shifts available every day
Long term jobs and short shifts available
Lucrative referral scheme
24/7/365 service, we're available when you need us

Your role will see you working in various settings, from hospitals to community clinics to assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems while promoting good health and preventing disease in individuals and communities.

You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team of health professionals and nutritionists treating both healthy and unwell patients, working to achieve the very best outcomes for patients of all ages.

Obesity rates continue to rise steadily, with 64% of adults overweight or obese.

These increases are starting to have a real impact with 711,000 hospital admissions where obesity was recorded as the primary or secondary diagnosis.

By choosing agency work and build strong and rewarding experience within the NHS, you will be a crucial element in the future health and dietary education of both adults and children.

General Key Skills
In addition to your qualifications, as an agency Dietitian, you will have:

Superior verbal communication skills
Empathy and understanding
Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Excellent attention to detail
Problemsolving skills
A systematic approach to tasks
Excellent timekeeping
The ability to work well under pressure
A flexible attitude
A desire to improve and develop knowledge and skills
Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a Dietitian, you will:

Carry out nutritional assessments
Educate and advise patients with diet related disorders on their nutritional choices.
Devise and deliver suitable nutritional care plans
Liaise with medical and nonmedical staff to ensure quality treatment.
Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain findings using various methods to ensure practical understanding
Communicate with patients on shared patient decision making
Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team
Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team
Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications