Specialist Dietician

Key Responsibilities Professional To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation. To provide cover in the absence of the Band 7 lead dietitian in other divisions. To ensure that all service users are treated based on Evidence based practice and nationally agreed standards. To attend all statutory and mandatory training required to undertake the job role. To provide in house training to health care professionals in line with the Service objectives and needs. To attend professional supervision sessions and engage as per Trusts Supervision and Appraisal Policy. To engage in your own CPD and actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider dietetic service. To attend multidisciplinary team meetings as required and contribute to research in the clinical area. To document assessments, interventions, evaluations and progress notes in a clear, timely and professional manner, in line with Trust and profession specific policies. To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies. To attend and contribute to Dietetic team meetings across the Trust face to face or virtually as required. To be willing to undertake duties as may be reasonably required to support the professional delivery of services and ensure clinical safety. These may be based at another Trust managed location. Leadership To plan, support and deliver high-quality and highly complex dietetic assessments and interventions To lead on service development, evaluations and audits relevant to dietetics. To provide high quality supervision and mentoring to dietetic staff, including appraisals and addressing performance issues as required To represent and advocate for dietetics within a range of forums within the Trust, ICS and regionally To deliver effective continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within services and divisions to enable dietetic staff to deliver the identified dietetics pathways To ensure that placements for dietetic students and apprenticeships are offered within the clinical speciality To lead on the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways To contribute to the strategic planning of the dietetic service within the Trust To be part of the wider MDT leadership team within the locality/sector/division, providing support as part of the seniors team within the service e.g. caseload reviews, MDT discussions, assessment feedback meetings. To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards- in partnership with people who use services. To contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plan regarding recruitment and retention. Clinical To have an excellent knowledge of clinical dietetics and models To provide high quality and comprehensive dietetic assessments for people who access the service, adapting the approach as and when needed. To provide evidence based and outcome measured dietetic interventions (individual and group) To attend appropriate MDT meetings to provide expert advice to clinicians regarding the progression of nutrition support which is evidence based. This will involve nutritional assessment to include calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters. To communicate effectively complex nutritional information so as to ensure collaborative working with members of the health care team, patients and careers, using strategies such as motivational interviewing, behavioural change modification and counselling. This may involve in dealing with distressed service users and carers. To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust. Develop and maintain good communication with all levels of management within the service and build partnerships internal service and external agencies such as GPs. To use highly effective clinical reasoning and formulation skills to devise person-centred dietetic care plans, alongside people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members (where appropriate). To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve dietetic outcomes. Participate in the review and dietetic development of clinical policies and identify improvements to service provision. To act as mentor to students, providing effective education, facilitating their development and promoting high standards of dietetic care and coordinating placement timetables and support supervision. To ensure continuation of care within the dietetic service including discharge planning and follow up in line with service standards. To manage a caseload of patients requiring enteral feeding and supporting with oral nutritional support and obesity caseloads as required. To provide expert nutrition support care to people on Enteral Feeding or identified at risk of malnutrition, including those prescribed oral nutritional supplements, to enable their dietary and nutritional rehabilitation. To make recommendations to GPs on the appropriate prescribing of enteral feeds and oral nutritional supplements. Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge as necessary. To lead in the planning, organisation and delivery of a seamless service for patients on Enteral Feeding transferring between Inpatient services and the Community. To lead on developing nutrition resources and deliver training sessions in clinical area, for both staff and people who use our services. To complete comprehensive risk assessment and management plans, raising safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policy. To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area, sharing this knowledge with the wider dietetic service. To communicate complex and challenging issues in a highly effective and compassionate way with people who access services, carers/family members/supporters, other clinicians and agencies/services. To effectively manage a caseload with people who have highly complex mental health needs. To provide services which are compassionate, inclusive and understanding of the needs of people who access services, carers/supporter/family members. To actively forge effective working relationships with partner organisations, stakeholders and other community resources. To collate clinical impact and outcome data and share with the relevant stakeholders and Trust Wide Professional Lead. Job description Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities Professional To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care. To maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation. To provide cover in the absence of the Band 7 lead dietitian in other divisions. To ensure that all service users are treated based on Evidence based practice and nationally agreed standards. To attend all statutory and mandatory training required to undertake the job role. To provide in house training to health care professionals in line with the Service objectives and needs. To attend professional supervision sessions and engage as per Trusts Supervision and Appraisal Policy. To engage in your own CPD and actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider dietetic service. To attend multidisciplinary team meetings as required and contribute to research in the clinical area. To document assessments, interventions, evaluations and progress notes in a clear, timely and professional manner, in line with Trust and profession specific policies. To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies. To attend and contribute to Dietetic team meetings across the Trust face to face or virtually as required. To be willing to undertake duties as may be reasonably required to support the professional delivery of services and ensure clinical safety. These may be based at another Trust managed location. Leadership To plan, support and deliver high-quality and highly complex dietetic assessments and interventions To lead on service development, evaluations and audits relevant to dietetics. To provide high quality supervision and mentoring to dietetic staff, including appraisals and addressing performance issues as required To represent and advocate for dietetics within a range of forums within the Trust, ICS and regionally To deliver effective continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within services and divisions to enable dietetic staff to deliver the identified dietetics pathways To ensure that placements for dietetic students and apprenticeships are offered within the clinical speciality To lead on the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways To contribute to the strategic planning of the dietetic service within the Trust To be part of the wider MDT leadership team within the locality/sector/division, providing support as part of the seniors team within the service e.g. caseload reviews, MDT discussions, assessment feedback meetings. To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards- in partnership with people who use services. To contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plan regarding recruitment and retention. Clinical To have an excellent knowledge of clinical dietetics and models To provide high quality and comprehensive dietetic assessments for people who access the service, adapting the approach as and when needed. To provide evidence based and outcome measured dietetic interventions (individual and group) To attend appropriate MDT meetings to provide expert advice to clinicians regarding the progression of nutrition support which is evidence based. This will involve nutritional assessment to include calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters. To communicate effectively complex nutritional information so as to ensure collaborative working with members of the health care team, patients and careers, using strategies such as motivational interviewing, behavioural change modification and counselling. This may involve in dealing with distressed service users and carers. To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust. Develop and maintain good communication with all levels of management within the service and build partnerships internal service and external agencies such as GPs. To use highly effective clinical reasoning and formulation skills to devise person-centred dietetic care plans, alongside people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members (where appropriate). To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve dietetic outcomes. Participate in the review and dietetic development of clinical policies and identify improvements to service provision. To act as mentor to students, providing effective education, facilitating their development and promoting high standards of dietetic care and coordinating placement timetables and support supervision. To ensure continuation of care within the dietetic service including discharge planning and follow up in line with service standards. To manage a caseload of patients requiring enteral feeding and supporting with oral nutritional support and obesity caseloads as required. To provide expert nutrition support care to people on Enteral Feeding or identified at risk of malnutrition, including those prescribed oral nutritional supplements, to enable their dietary and nutritional rehabilitation. To make recommendations to GPs on the appropriate prescribing of enteral feeds and oral nutritional supplements. Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge as necessary. To lead in the planning, organisation and delivery of a seamless service for patients on Enteral Feeding transferring between Inpatient services and the Community. To lead on developing nutrition resources and deliver training sessions in clinical area, for both staff and people who use our services. To complete comprehensive risk assessment and management plans, raising safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policy. To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area, sharing this knowledge with the wider dietetic service. To communicate complex and challenging issues in a highly effective and compassionate way with people who access services, carers/family members/supporters, other clinicians and agencies/services. To effectively manage a caseload with people who have highly complex mental health needs. To provide services which are compassionate, inclusive and understanding of the needs of people who access services, carers/supporter/family members. To actively forge effective working relationships with partner organisations, stakeholders and other community resources. To collate clinical impact and outcome data and share with the relevant stakeholders and Trust Wide Professional Lead.