Specialist Dietitian

3 weeks ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 6 Dietitians - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT)

3 Full time - Permanent posts (37.5 hours per week) - Diabetes, Gastroenterology and Acute Medicine/Respiratory.

We have a brand-new state-of-the-art hospital and are looking for staff to work in exciting MDT teams. If you are interested in diabetes, gastroenterology or acute medicine/respiratory, we are looking for band 6 dietitians in all these areas. You will be supported by a team lead and will be part of a team in each specialist area. Dietetics is provided to inpatients and outpatients, and you may also be required to work on any of the LUHFT sites, if needed, which includes Aintree Hospital and other out of hospital locations/satellite units.

While these posts are currently being offered for each area, there may be the opportunity to rotate as posts become vacant in the future.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills, a practical, forward thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work as part of a large team.

This post requires a proactive approach where you contribute to innovation, service development and audit. You will be supported with your personal development goals and have regular clinical supervision and peer support. You will work closely day to day with a range of Medical and Surgical Multi-disciplinary Teams.

Good communication skills are essential and clinically, you will provide dietetic service to inpatients and outpatients

Collect medical, social, biochemical and pharmacological information

Undertake nutritional and dietary assessments

Devise and agree nutritional care plan through good communication skills, focussing on being patient centred at all times

Work alongside other health care professionals on care plans

Monitor progress

Effective communication skills to provide nutrition and dietetic advice to individuals and groups; ensuring technical information is given in a way they can understand

Maintain good clinical standards in record keeping and in written communication

Use counselling skills to assess motivation and overcome barriers to change

Liaise with caterers and other staff to ensure provision of suitable meals and snacks for patients

Attend ward rounds/case conferences and ward meetings

Undertake supervision of student dietitians

Plan and prioritise own caseload

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Please refer to the detailed Job description attached

Clinical

Provide dietetic service to in-patients and outpatients treated in the specialism.

For each patient, collect all relevant medical, social, biochemical and pharmacological information required to inform practice.

Undertake nutritional assessment using weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference and skin-fold measurements as required.

Undertake dietary assessment, estimating intake of macro and micronutrients as appropriate.

Using all information gathered devise and agree with patient and or carer a nutritional care plan.

Inform all relevant health care professionals of main aims and objectives of nutritional care plan by completing relevant documents or writing in patients case sheets.

Monitor progress on the nutritional care plan according to local standards, amending as necessary to ensure improvement in health is achieved.

Establish and maintain effective communication when giving nutrition and dietetic advice to individuals and in groups; to ensure technical information is given in a way they can understand.

Keep patient records according to national and local standards.

Where appropriate use counselling skills to assess motivation and overcome barriers to change.

Liaise with contract caterers and other relevant staff to ensure provision of suitable meals and snacks for patients.

Attend ward rounds, case conferences and ward meetings to reinforce role of nutrition in patient care and of dietitian in the M.D. team.

Undertake as required supervision of student dietitians.

Liaise with colleagues in primary care, referring patients as necessary, to ensure continuity of care.

Assist wards in maintaining stock of nutriti

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