JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Community Dietitian Location: Manchester Salary: Up to 26,000 Hours: 40 hours Type of Contract: Permanent Accountable/Responsible to: Specialist Dietitian Team Lead Staff Accountable to Postholder: No direct staff Job Purpose: To provide dietetic support within a new community nutrition support service across Manchester. In line with ABL s holistic approach to health care, we require a dietitian to provide dietetic nutrition support to clients in their homes, care homes and clinics. The post holder will plan and prioritise their own clinical caseload and liaise with other services where required (incl. social services, SALT, Stroke, Physio, Occupational therapists). Duties and Responsibilities To be responsible for planning and prioritising own clinical nutrition support caseload. Patients may be referred for a variety of conditions (e.g. gastroenterology, oncology, cardiology, diabetology, neurology and stroke, terminally ill and palliative care patients). To provide dietetic assessment and treatment using specialist skills and knowledge to manage a nutrition support caseload. To provide high quality, nutritional and dietetic advice contributing to the care of patients, enabling them to make informed choices about their health and related behaviours. This will involve calculation of nutritional requirements, assessment of oral and non-oral intake, lifestyle and barriers to change, interpretation of biochemical and anthropometric measurements, and consideration of social and cultural needs. The outcome of the dietetic consultation will be an agreed individualised patient nutrition action/care plan.
To make clinical decisions, liaising with community and hospital nutrition support dietitians To make clinical decisions concerning necessary changes to patients dietary intake and oral nutritional supplement prescriptions, and communicate these decisions to other healthcare professionals as appropriate. To liaise with other health professionals regarding the transfer of patients from home to hospital requiring dietetic follow-up, including malnourished and clinically ill patients requiring nutrition support. To correspond with clinicians and GP s regarding appropriate nutritional treatment plans, prescriptions and investigations following dietetic assessment. To work with the dietetic service lead and other dietetic team members to produce dietetic resources and contribute to service development. To provide specialist advise to GPs and other prescribers on the appropriate prescribing of nutritional supplements (including energy, protein, vitamin and mineral supplements) and medications to improve enteral feed tolerance, as well as advising on potential drug-nutrient interactions. To be responsible for obtaining informed consent from patients prior to the commencement of dietetic intervention and treatment. To continue the development of training and teaching sessions concerning the identification, treatment and monitoring of malnutrition for health and community care staff. To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales. To establish links with Community Nutrition Support Dietitians in other trusts to promote sharing of good practice and evidence based research. To attend and actively participate in Community Nutrition Support Dietitians Team meetings. To record and submit clinical and professional data according to ABL Health standards. To promote and maintain efficient and safe use of equipment used within the service. To work within the framework of Clinical Governance in order to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency. To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with the ethos of lifelong learning.
Be able to travel across Manchester to deliver a dietetic service to patients in their own homes, care homes, day centres, clinics and other community settings. Standard Information Information Governance Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation. The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 The postholder must comply with ABL s policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABL s records management policies, and data quality processes and standards. Health & Safety Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Safeguarding is Everyone s Business ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABL s employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABL s safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them. Smoke Free ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities. Training The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.
Equality, Diversity & Human Rights It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights. Employee s Name and Signature: Manager s Name and Signature: Date: Date:
PERSON SPECIFICATION Job Title: Community Dietitian Qualifications and experience ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT Teaching certificate health education certificate Dietitian registered with the HCPC Educated to degree level or equivalent IT qualification (ECDL) Application Form/ Interview/ Certificates/Assessme nt Member of British Dietetic Association Undertaking of new patient assessment and treatment Self-directed working Working within a MDT setting Undertaking audits within a health care setting Conducting patient and other health professional group education Previous experience of community work Working knowledge of enteral feeding system Skills & Knowledge Up to date clinical knowledge of nutrition support based on current dietetic best practice guidance. In depth knowledge of prescribable oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other dietetic products. Medications and drug nutrient interactions British Dietetic Association Statement of Conduct Minimum of 2 years experience in dietetics Good presentation skills Teaching / supervisory skills on a one to one and group basis Evidence of involvement with relevant specialist British Dietetic association interest groups Evidence of participation in clinical supervision Application Form/ Interview/ Certificates/Assessme nt Relevant NICE guidelines Provision of supervision to other
Provide verbal and written information accurately, effectively and sensitively staff Communicate effectively with professionals at all levels Relay sensitive and emotional information to patients Excellent active listening skills Motivate others using negotiation and influencing skills To be able to write detailed reports and maintain accurate records Good interpersonal skills To work as part of a team and independently as required Organise and prioritise own day to day workload Good time management Organise and prioritise own clinical caseload Work under own initiative Caring and compassionate nature To cope with unpredictable workload patterns Work under pressure to achieve deadlines Stay calm under pressure To be creative, innovative and develop new ways of working
Job Specific Requirements Identify own development needs Basic literacy in computer use/it To analyse and interpret statistics Experience of using Anthropometrics The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint Application Form/ Interview Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need Date last updated: May 2016