North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare are looking to recruit a Band 6 Dietitian to work in the Specialist Adult Eating Disorder Service.
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum, 37.5 hours per week - full time.
You will provide a specialist dietetic assessment of patients with diverse clinical presentation and pathology to determine a clinical diagnosis and provide treatment via therapeutic interventions as indicated and develop effective treatment plans.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform a specialist dietetic assessment of patients with diverse presentations.
2. To use clinical reasoning to provide a diagnosis and develop, deliver and adapt individualised dietetic treatment programmes.
3. To be responsible for organising and planning own and junior member of staff's caseloads and to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations or changes arise and to provide specialist dietetic reports as requested.
About us
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.
Job responsibilities
1. To identify and carry out Clinic reviews and Home Visits in accordance with Trust and Professional standards and to assess patient condition and suitability for discharge and where appropriate supervise dietitians and dietetic assistants in this task.
2. To implement monitoring and evaluation of treatment in order to measure progress and outcomes to ensure effectiveness of interventions and service delivery.
3. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work and that of supervised dietitians and assistants, and hold responsibility for own caseload for a specialist area of the service, working without direct supervision.
4. To develop robust effective communication with all CWP staff and other relevant agencies i.e. GPs and other medical staff, nursing staff, social care staff, carers and users etc. and support junior and assistant staff to communicate effectively.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
* Membership of professional body
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrable post graduate experience
Knowledge
Essential
* Evidence of post-graduate learning Knowledge of recommended current practice
Employer details
Employer name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Address
The Willows
Stoke-on-Trent
ST1 4EQ
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