Arfid Specialist Dietitian - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Lincoln, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To support delivery of the ARFID pathway and deliver interventions in accordance with best practice. To provide therapeutic care and health promotional /educational activities across the county within LPFT CAMHS Services. To act as a source of specialist clinical advice and guidance for patients, families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. To provide a Specialist Dietetic perspective in complex multidisciplinary assessments and treatment programmes.

To hold and manage an ARFID Dietetic caseload. To inform the diagnosis of patients as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. To be responsible for devising the nutritional treatment plans of patients on caseload. To be involved in legal decisions relating to mental capacity linked to the implementation of dietary recommendations.

To inform decision making and planning around Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. To be involved in decision making around child protection safeguarding. To effectively influence and contribute to service development.

To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to patients, other healthcare professionals, carers and families, within the bounds of confidentiality, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient management.

Provide highly specialist advice to senior colleagues and other health professionals, both internal and external to the Trust.