First Contact Dietitian - Pontefract, United Kingdom - Primary Care Dietitians

Primary Care Dietitians

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Pontefract, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
First Contact Dietitian

Hours of work:30
-37.5 hours

Salary:
£43,659-50,056 pa

Location:
Pontefract and Knottingley PCN**
Who we are
We are England's only national independent specialist first-contact dietitian provider

who is purely focused on supporting NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and their GP practices to deliver high-quality and tech-enabled NHS primary care dietetic solutions.

Through our talented team, who are supported by experienced and Health Education England trained FCP clinical supervisors, we have been commissioned by NHS Primary Care Networks (PCNs) to deliver an integrated and local dietetic service.

We support dietitians through HEE's Roadmap to Practice, and advance your career to be a first contact dietitian.

Whether you are a Band 6 with 3 years post-graduate experience stepping up into this post or a seasoned Band 8a moving into primary care for the first time, we are proud to offer a supportive environment for all of our team members with 4 hours of protected CPD time every week.

Role Profile

First Contact Dietitians (FCDs) are qualified autonomous clinical practitioners working in GP practices who can assess, diagnose, treat, and manage dietetic problems and undifferentiated conditions, and where appropriate, to discharge a person without a medical referral.

FCDs are a key multidisciplinary team member in primary care and support reducing GP workload.

FCDs working in this role can be accessed directly by self-referral or staff in GP practices can direct patients to them to establish a rapid and accurate management plan to streamline pathways of care.

Key Clinical Responsibilities
The PCN is looking for a dietitian who can support their patients with:

Diabetes
Obesity
Functional Bowel Issues
Other areas of clinical knowledge would be beneficial

The PCN places priority on supporting their demographic with nutrition and lifestyle intervention to empower patients to take control of their health.

General Responsibilities
Clinical Practice

Asess, diagnose, triage, and manage patients, taking responsibility for the management of a caseload.
Develop and make use of your full scope of clinical practice, including skills relating to supplementary prescribing and investigation when trained to do so.
Manage complex interactions, including working with patients with psychosocial and mental health needs, referring to social prescribing when appropriate.
Deliver programmes of supported patient selfmanagement, in ways that facilitate behavioural change, optimise individuals' health, nutrition, fulfilment of personal goals and independence, and that minimise the need for pharmacological interventions.
Provide care which is tailored to the individual needs.
Support patients to set their own goals and be confident in their approach to selfmanagement where appropriate

Evidence, Research and Development

Develop relationships and a collaborative working approach across the PCN supporting the integration of pathways in primary care.
Work as part of an MDT in a patient facing role, using your expert knowledge of dietetics, to create stronger links for dietetic services through clinical leadership, teaching and evaluation skills.
Support research and audit programmes to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of our service.
Streamline the pathway of care by providing a responsive service so that patients receive timely access to care

Leadership

Lead, manage and contribute to service delivery.
Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision and training.
Communicate effectively and appropriately, with patients and carers, complex and sensitive information regarding diagnosis, pathology, prognosis and treatment choices supporting personalised care.

Facilitating learning

Provide feedback and support to other PCN clinical team members on appropriate referral criteria.
Critically reflect on own practice and continue to develop your skills

Key skills and attributes

Ability to work under pressure in a fastpaced and changing environment.
Strong clinical problemsolving and analytical skills, including ability to identify when to refer a patient to another service or for diagnostics.
Ability to critically reflect on your own professional developmental needs and is motivated to progress your clinical development (with support).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to work cohesively with a wider team.
Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
Office skills including the use of IT programmes, databases and other modern/ techbased ways of working and collaborating.

Person Specification

Experience, knowledge and Qualifications