Food First Dietitian - Luton, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
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Luton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Are you a Dietitian looking for a change? Or a final year dietetic student looking to begin your career as a Dietitian?

Are you passionate about working with people?

Do you want to work in a supportive team that makes a difference by promoting good nutrition and hydration in the local community?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our innovative Food First Team in Luton and South Bedfordshire.


We are looking for:

Someone with a passion for the food-based approach to nutritional care

Someone who can work flexibly & in a variety of settings

Someone looking develop their clinical knowledge & skills

Ability to travel independently across the Bedfordshire


We will offer:

An experienced, friendly, & supportive community nutrition & dietetic department that delivers a variety of adult & paediatric services across Luton & South Beds

Support & learning opportunities via appraisals, team working & department wide CPD, internal & external training opportunities

Hybrid working across the team (combination of home & face-to-face working)

We are committed to maintaining a good work life balance & welcome applicants for part-time working & flexible working

The office base is Luton, Bedfordshire which is easily commutable from any of the surrounding counties & North London.

Part time hours can be considered

The Food First project aims to improve the identification and management of malnutrition and dehydration in older people. The team works closely with local care homes to help them meet the Care Quality Commission's (CQC)

Regulation 14:
Meeting nutritional and hydration needs.

Manage a caseload of individuals with a variety of conditions in residential and nursing homes and a small number of individuals in the community in Luton & South Bedfordshire

Be responsible for providing dietetic support (which may include enteral feeding)

Work closely with different health care professionals and be a valued member of care home MDTs

Provide training to a variety of health professionals on the food-based approach to nutritional care

Take part in GP nutritional product prescribing audits to support the appropriate prescribing of these products

Have the chance to see the use of gathering data in demonstrating the value of a Dietitian and effectiveness to service users

Still interested? Then review the job description and person specification below


Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.


There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

Main


Responsibilities:

To deliver a Food First dietetic service to service users.

Workload may include other aspects of clinical community dietetics, e.g. clinics, home visits or home enteral tube feeding.

To actively support the delivery of the Food First accreditation programme to local care homes.


To contribute to the development and provision of education and training on a range of dietetic issues to health and social care professionals.

To work independently and undertake lone working in the community.

To support delivery of clinically and cost-effective care and support primary care with the appropriate prescribing of nutritional products.

To represent the team and department at exhibitions, events, and local meetings.


To be involved in undertaking development work within the Team, this could include clinical audits, service improvement, resource development, newsletters, and updates to social media/websites.

To contribute to the training of student Dietitians.

To ensure work is in line with departmental, trust and national dietetic standards.

To understand any other Band 5 Dietetic duties identified by the team or Team Lead as required for the successful delivery of the Food First Project

Communication

To establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff. Positive relationships are characterised by open communication, trust, and respect.


To use a range of different communication skills; including motivational interviewing, counselling skills, negotiating skills and cognitive behavioural therapy to help service users and professionals to achieve their nutritional goals/standards, considering any barriers to change that may exist.

To communicate effectively with service users and carers to ensure understanding of condition and treatment plans.


To liaise with nursing, medical, catering and other health and social care professionals concerning the treatment of service users whether in their own home or in a cared for environment.

To advise and liaise with social care staff concerning the dietary needs of service users and work closely with dietetic and social care colleagues on issues such as
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