Senior Dietitian

One to one dietetic counselling, group education to patients as well as group education to staff will be including in this post to ensure patients are provided with a variety of methods of nutritional therapy delivery to best meet their needs and optimise clinical outcomes. To attend and participate in regular dietetic team meetings to ensure engagement and interactive role within the team and services in line with professional standards. To support senior staff with supervision and development of junior staff including support workers, dietetic students, and newly qualified dietitians within the team in accordance with organisational policies and professional standards to ensure that all are motivated, focused and able to deliver their individual responsibilities to the best of their abilities. To support senior staff by contributing to clinical audits within own specialist service area, critically appraising quality, safety, efficiency, and evidence base.

Uses relevant clinical outcome measures and associated evidence base. Contributes to the nutrition & dietetic department governance and quality improvement agenda. Support changes and where appropriate supports implementation by the wider team, taking into consideration the impact on other professions and departments. To Maintain appropriate, accurate and timely clinical and statistical data in accordance with professional standards, providing written clinical reports to external agencies to optimise multidisciplinary and holistic patient care in line with Nutrition & Dietetic service policy, GDPR, HCPC, BDA and Jersey Data Protection Law.

Responsible for following HCS safeguarding policy to ensure that all vulnerable adults are protected.