Specialist Dietitian – Home Enteral Nutrition

Job overview

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic multidisciplinary team .

The post will be ideal for a dietitian with experience in nutritional support who wants to develop clinical skills working with adults living in the community with a feeding tube .

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team of Dietitians, Nutrition Nurse Specialists and Speech and Language Therapists and be involved in the training and development of the team.

You will be actively encouraged and supported in your personal development, which will include involvement in multi-disciplinary CPD activities, research and audit.

Post is based in the Community at Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale. It will involve travel to see people in their own homes and care homes across Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

PLEASE NOTE: We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

• Member of the multidisciplinary Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Team
• To assist in the provision of the dietetic service provided by the HEN team across Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark, including the assessment and dietetic management of a specialist dietetic caseload receiving HEN
• To work closely with HEN Team members and carry out activities that are an extension to the traditional dietetics role to ensure that patients, their families and carers receive care and advice on all aspects of tube feeding at home
• To support the development of the dietetic service provided by the HEN Team in accordance with the Trust’s and HEN team strategy

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide expert, evidence based dietetic assessment and advice for people receiving home enteral nutrition
• To assist in the management of the dietetic caseload ensuring high quality dietetic care is delivered. This will include the review of patients at appropriate intervals according to prioritising criteria and clinical judgement
• To undertake multidisciplinary assessment and review of patients
• To collaborate with HEN team members and carry out extended roles to ensure that patients receive care and advice on all aspects of tube feeding at home
• To agree care plans with patients and/ or carers to help meet their nutrition-related goals
• To work in a variety of community settings, advising patients, carers and health and social care professionals by telephone as well as face to face. This could be in a patient’s own home, day centre, nursing home or rehabilitation centre
• To provide practical and safe tube feeding plans to patients and/ or their carers for use in the community
• To work autonomously when assessing patients, making clinical decisions, and evaluating outcomes of dietetic interventions asking for advice and support when required
• To advise on and order specialist Nutritional and enteral feeding products  as required, including enteral feeds and tube feeding ancillaries/pumps

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