Community Dietitian Lewisham - Beckenham, United Kingdom - Bromley Healthcare

Bromley Healthcare
Bromley Healthcare
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Community Dietitian Lewisham - Band 5

£31,163 - £37,875 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata


The Dietitian is a specialist within the Community Dietetic Service in Bromley Healthcare, whilst maintaining a breadth of expertise to routinely cover the workloads of other members of the team.

The Lewisham dietetic team is supported by specialist diabetes, weight management and nutritional support dietitians.


As part of the Community Dietetic Service, each dietitian contributes to service development, evidence-based policy, guidelines and procedure development in specialist areas; education of other health professionals and undertakes audit and research projects.


The Dietitian works with other agencies and other health professionals to promote diet, nutrition and health through health promotion initiatives, campaigning, education and training.


The Adult Community Dietitian will support the Adult Community Teams in Lewisham in providing a co-ordinated, comprehensive Nutrition and Dietetic service for the management of patients referred to the Practice Based Clinics, Nutritional Support Service and Care Home Service in Lewisham.

This will include assessment and review of patients in clinics, patient's homes and care homes located across the borough.


The service will provide training programs to relevant front-line community staff on a range of nutritional areas, including MUST training in care homes.

They will also cover part of the workload of other dietitians during leave of absence including annual leave

  • The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including:
  • Constantly improve our services
  • Treat others as we would like to be treated
  • Hit our Targets
  • The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 C's
  • Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment
  • The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare's relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code(s) of conduct associated with this post


Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults.

To manage a clinical caseload within the Adult Community Dietetic Service.

To demonstrate specialist knowledge in the area of Dietetics, underpinned by current evidence based practice.


To provide advice, teaching and guidance to relevant practice staff to ensure nutrition is managed according to guidance and best practice.


To work autonomously to provide expert nutritional and dietetic advice to patients referred to the service under the care of GPs and other healthcare professionals.

To work in a variety of settings including clinics, patients' homes and care homes located across the borough.


To assist with the development and delivery of Nutrition Education Training Programmes within Lewisham to relevant front-line community staff, medical, nursing and care home staff (this includes dietetic staff & students).


To make specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases by calculating and interpreting nutritional requirements and advising on the most appropriate method of nutrition support.


To provide a broad range of nutrition and dietetic advice for a wide range of medical conditions to adults and their carers to meet varying complex needs.

Advice on treatments may need to be given where there is no national or professional consensus to assessment and treatment.


To plan, deliver and review treatment programmes through effective communication and liaison with a wide range of other health professionals within Bromley Healthcare and in other Trusts (to ensure continuity of care, and/ or joint management), and professionals from other agencies, contributing to a multidisciplinary approach to care.


To undertake comprehensive dietetic patient assessments, including patients who have barriers to communication, using a range of methods, including interview skills, interpretation of blood biochemistry, calculation of nutrition requirements and anthropometrical measurements.

To use motivational interviewing and psychological behaviour management techniques for motivation, empowerment and negotiation of a treatment plan with adults and carers, to attain sustained dietary and lifestyle changes


To make independent clinical judgements and diagnoses (such as lipid modification, diabetes and obesity) based on these assessments, in settings where access to other health professionals for professional support is not immediately available.


To evaluate outcomes of dietetic interventions through the monitoring and review of nutritional care plans, and adjusting care plans to facilitate achievement of goals.

To communicate complex nutritional information to patients, their families and carers in one to one and groups sessions. To adap
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