Specialist Dietitian - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self -motivated dietitian to join our friendly Upper GI (UGI) dietetic team at Royal Liverpool Hospital site.

The hospital, which is a university teaching hospital, is the regional tertiary centre for UGI Cancer surgery.

This post supports the UGI Dietetic team, composed of Bands 7 and 6 UGI Dietitians and Band 4 UGI Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, in providing complex dietetic support to Upper GI patients.

We are looking for a dietitian with excellent communication skills, the ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team and experience of working with people with complex nutritional needs.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the UGI Dietitians in delivering regional UGI dietetic services to Cheshire and Merseyside, based within Royal Liverpool Hospital.

The role involves inpatient and outpatient services for this complex UGI patient group, including assessment, treatment, and review of highly complex, acutely ill patients within the service and collaborative working with community agencies.

The role involves delivering telephone clinics, and weekly attendance at two busy surgical clinics alongside the UGI MDT, which includes surgeons and specialist nurses.

The post holder will also support the monthly 'Little and Often' support group for UGI Cancer patients and their carers.

There are flexible working opportunities and potential to work from home as well as on site.

Operational responsibilities include monitoring referrals and activity, prioritising caseload as necessary, evaluating activity, responding to service demands.

The Dietitian will work with the team contributing to service improvement, training, development of protocols, policies, resources, standards, and audit.

We provide regular supervision, appraisals, and regular team meetings.

The upper GI Dietetic team is part of a wider Dietetic Department consisting of Dietitian's and Assistants, including Specialists in Nephrology, Diabetes, Nutrition Support, Gastroenterology and Haematology.

The department has a well-established Practice Supervision programme for new graduates and is also committed to training other Health Care Professionals and Student Dietitians

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Clinical

Provide dietetic service to in-patients and outpatients treated in the specialism.

For each patient, collect all relevant medical, social, biochemical and pharmacological information required to inform practice.

Undertake nutritional assessment using weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference and skin-fold measurements as required.

Undertake dietary assessment, estimating intake of macro and micronutrients as appropriate.

Using all information gathered devise and agree with patient and or carer a nutritional care plan.

Inform all relevant health care professionals of main aims and objectives of nutritional care plan by completing relevant documents or writing in patients case sheets.

Monitor progress on the nutritional care plan according to local standards, amending as necessary to ensure improvement in health is achieved.

Establish and maintain effective communication when giving nutrition and dietetic advice to individuals and in groups; to ensure technical information is given in a way they can understand.

Keep patient records according to national and local standards.

Where appropriate use counselling skills to assess motivation and overcome barriers to change.

Liaise with contract caterers and other relevant staff to ensure provision of suitable meals and snacks for patients.

Attend ward rounds, case conferences and ward meetings to reinforce role of nutrition in patient care and of dietitian in the M.D.

team.

Undertake as required supervision of student dietitians.

Liaise with colleagues in primary care, referring patients as necessary, to ensure continuity of care.

Assist wards in maintaining stock of nutritional supplements and enteral feeds.

Plan and prioritise own caseload using clinical judgement