Specialist Dietitian

3 weeks ago


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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self -motivated dietitian to join our Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) dietetic team at Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH), the regional centre for HPB cancer surgery in Cheshire and Merseyside.

The HPB dietetic team sits within the surgical dietetic team, with dietitians providing specialist dietetic support for HPB, critical care, nutrition support and upper GI. The post-holder will support the band 7 specialist HPB dietitian in delivering complex dietetic support to the patient group, supported by a band 4 dietetic assistant practitioner for HPB.

We are looking for a dietitian with excellent communication skills, the ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with experience of working with people with complex nutritional needs.

As part of a newly developed pathway alongside Cancer Alliance for the management of people with HPB cancers, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a regional specialist dietetic service to people with suspected HPB cancers, from initial investigation and throughout their treatment.

The post-holder will attend weekly MDT meetings and work closely with the wider HPB team, including specialist nurses, support workers and surgeons.

As a regional service there will be extensive collaborative work with other trusts to ensure the seamless management of these patients.

Operational responsibilities include monitoring referrals and activity, prioritising caseload, evaluating activity, and responding to service demands.

The HPB specialist dietitian will contribute to service improvement, training, development of protocols, policies, resources, standards, and audit.

We provide regular supervision, appraisals, and team meetings. The HPB dietetic team are part of a larger team with regular meetings and opportunity for Continued Professional Development (CPD).

The RLUH Dietetic Department consists of 30 dietitians and 6 dietetic assistants. This includes Specialists in Upper GI, Nephrology, Diabetes, Nutrition Support, Gastroenterology and Haematology.

The department has a well-established Practice Supervision programme and is committed to training other Health Care Professionals and student dietitians (P2 and P3 students).

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 nutritional supplements and enteral feeds.

Plan and prioritise



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