Are you a therapy support worker with an interest in nutrition and dietetics? Or a Dietetic Assistant looking for a different experience in the community? We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and self-driven individual to join our Nutrition and Dietetic Inpatient team to support our Community Hospitals.
This post will involve delivering dietetic care independently and tasks as delegated by the community dietitians to assist in providing a quality dietetic service to inpatients at two community hospitals.
The post would also involve carrying out staff training around the use of MUST, audit work and assisting in service development.
You will work alongside our team of Dietitians and specialist Nutrition Nurse, covering Mosely Hall Hospital and West Health Hospital, where we support patients with their nutrition to ensure they are well nourished whilst recovering and undergoing rehabilitation.
The wider Dietetic team provides a comprehensive community citywide service for the Birmingham population and employs over 50 staff. We also support the training of dietetic students (A, B & C placements), from both Coventry & Birmingham Universities.
Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust, making this a great place to work.
The department has a comprehensive structure to support Clinical Governance and your personal development via annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To work under the dietetic team to improve the nutritional intakes of patients identified by the dietitian both within the community hospital setting, care homes and patients in their own homes.
2. To liaise with dietitians, nursing, catering and housekeeping to improve nutritional screening, basic nutritional care planning, feeding practice and food service delivery at ward level.
3. To deliver training and education on nutritional screening, good feeding practice and in raising the importance of nutrition amongst ward staff and other care staff external to Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
4. To deliver patient group talks following an agreed session plan.
5. To use knowledge and behaviour change skills to help patients cope with their condition, by overcoming practical and emotional barriers to improve their nutritional intake.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Lucy Davis
Job title: Dietitian Team Leader for Inpatients
Email address: lucy.davis23@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07562914056
Whatever your skills or experience in dietetics we encourage you to contact us for an informal discussion about the role.
Lucy Davis
Dietitian Team Leader for Inpatients (07562914056)
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