Specialist Dietician - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Lincoln, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To support delivery of an age inclusive service for adults of working age and children including people who have a range of conditions including mental health, learning disabilities and eating disorders and will deliver interventions in accordance with Trust Pathways.

To provide therapeutic care and health promotional /educational activities across the county within Mental Health Services. To act as a source of specialist clinical advice and guidance for clients families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. To provide a Specialist Dietetic perspective in complex multidisciplinary assessments and treatment programmes.

To hold and manage a Dietetic caseload. To inform the diagnosis of patients as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. To be responsible for devising the nutritional treatment plans of patients on caseload.

To be involved in legal decisions relating to mental capacity linked to artificial feeding or the implementation of dietary recommendations.

To inform decision making and planning around Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. To be involved in decision making around child protection and adult safeguarding.