Highly Specialist Dietician - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Dietician to join the Adult Mental Inpatient services on fixed term 12 month contract.

You will provide oversight on the nutritional needs of our inpatients and will be involved in the development of dietetic services within the Trust alongside colleagues.

The post holder will work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team; providing a specialist Dietetic assessment, intervention and advice service to our inpatients with unmet nutritional needs, their families, support staff and professionals.

The service includes individually tailored therapy and management, training, advice and a consultative approach.

Input is predominantly on a one on one basis, but consultation and training may be provided to train staff as required.

In addition to direct client management the role requires input at a strategic level and day to-day management of the Inpatient Service Dietetic Patients Referrals.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences.

We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Further details regarding the essential criteria can be found in the person specification.

To be autonomous and responsible for the assessment, formulation and management of a specialist clinical caseload ensuring practice is in line with The Health Professional Councils (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, The HCPC Standards of Proficiency
Dietitians and the British Dietetic Association's Code of Professional Conduct.
To coordinate Dietetic Services across geographical locations, settings or specialism.
To promote the importance of diet in relation to physical and psychological health.
To support the implementation of key documents relating to nutrition, for example NICE guidance.
To identify and highlight training, resource and development needs.
To represent the AMH Inpatient Dietetic Service at agreed forums.
To independently provide a specialist Dietetic assessment, intervention and advice service to clients with unmet nutritional needs, their families, support staff and professionals.
To develop and provide a highly specialist packages of care to individuals
To work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team across a variety of agencies and locations.
To be responsible for the mentoring, supervision and management of junior Dietitian's and Dietetic Assistants.
To have a delegated responsibility for a specific specialism, providing highly specialist advice and support and second opinions for people with additional needs or in specific contexts (Mental Health Act).
To implement department guidelines and procedures in line with Regional and National initiatives that influence service provision.
To participate in multi

- disciplinary projects and specialist areas of Dietetic work as agreed with the directorate.

To contribute to department procedures and protocols.
To maintain clinical and administrative records in accordance with team, trust, British Dietetic Association and Health Care Professionals Council standards and provide clinical data to managers as required
To work within agreed Trust Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
To proactively contribute to regional and national Specialist Interest groups.
To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base with particular expertise in the areas of eating disorders, Mental Health and Nasogastric feeding and be responsible for ensuring good practice across the Dietetic service.
To contribute to the clinical governance activities of the Dietetic Department
To demonstrate own continuing Professional development including specialist area
To undertake research and/or audit in accordance with the needs of the trust and the profession
To contribute to growing body of local and national evidence through writing and presenting papers as appropriate