Specialist Dietitian Home Enteral Feeding

You will be responsible for a caseload of adults at home within Nottinghamshire receiving enteral feeds. You will be required to review patients at their place of residence or at day centres in the community. You will be required to drive and have a vehicle to support home and community visits. You will work closely with the home enteral feeding team, industry partners and care providers within Nottinghamshire. In addition to being responsible for meeting patients nutritional needs you will be required to support the education, training and management of the feeding tubes /devices and stoma. Full training will be provided for this. You should have experience of working as a dietitian and preferably have experience of working with enteral feeds. Your will need excellent communication skills, self-motivation, have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and busy workload within a supportive team. You should also be able to build good working relationships with the wider team within the community in order to provide joined-up care to patients. Nutritional support skills are essential and additional training and support will be provided. As part of this role you will be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached. Job description Job responsibilities You will be responsible for a caseload of adults at home within Nottinghamshire receiving enteral feeds. You will be required to review patients at their place of residence or at day centres in the community. You will be required to drive and have a vehicle to support home and community visits. You will work closely with the home enteral feeding team, industry partners and care providers within Nottinghamshire. In addition to being responsible for meeting patients nutritional needs you will be required to support the education, training and management of the feeding tubes /devices and stoma. Full training will be provided for this. You should have experience of working as a dietitian and preferably have experience of working with enteral feeds. Your will need excellent communication skills, self-motivation, have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and busy workload within a supportive team. You should also be able to build good working relationships with the wider team within the community in order to provide joined-up care to patients. Nutritional support skills are essential and additional training and support will be provided. As part of this role you will be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached.