Pcn Dietician

**About Us**:
The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with general practice and other healthcare providers in Hillingdon to deliver high quality clinical services to patients. Our aim is to improve care for patients by working collaboratively across primary care and our partners as part of the Integrated Care Partnership. The Confederation team also work to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.
General capacity across primary care is being expanded rapidly. The Confederation is determined to develop as an attractive place to work that provides rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn provides the highest quality care.
**Our Values**:
**Job Summary**:
As a Primary Care Network Dietitian, the post holder will join a multi-disciplinary primary care team already in place within a Primary Care Network (PCN). Primary Care networks are groups of GP practices working collaboratively to provide enhanced and diverse services to patients.
In Hillingdon we have six primary care networks with some having already recruited a PCN Dietitian; therefore the post holder will join an established team and developing programme of PCN Dietetic services.
The dietitian will help with long term conditions, Diabetes, weight management, Gastro intestinal conditions and health promotion.
PCN Dietitians will join the current team of recruited dietitians and also receive support from a Dietitian Clinical Lead, Operations manager and GPs within the PCN. We have also established links with the local secondary and community provider to continue peer learning with other Dietitians across the Borough.
**Primary Responsibilities**
- Provide specialist nutrition and diet advice to patients, their carers, and healthcare professionals through treatment, education plans, and prescriptions.
- Educate patients with diet-related disorders on how they can improve their health and prevent disease by adopting healthier eating and drinking habits.
- Provide dietary support to adult patients (over 16) in a variety of settings including in GP practices and hub clinics.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to gain patients cooperation and understanding in following recommended dietary treatments.
- Develop, implement and evaluate a seamless nutrition support service across the PCN, working with community and secondary care where appropriate, and aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and wider multi-disciplinary team working.
- Make recommendations to PCN staff regarding changes to medications for the nutritional management of patients, based on interpretation of biochemical, physiological, and dietary requirements.
- Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision and training.
- To communicate effectively with secondary care providers ensuring that patients are signposted appropriately, building close links between the services.
- To liaise with on-site staff as appropriate for ongoing care including reception staff, practice nurse, health care assistant and GPs.
- To use GP computer systems such as EMIS to ensure that appropriate and accurate documentation of all episodes of patient assessment, including any adverse events.
- To encourage and provide relevant feedback into the service from users and other relevant staff. This includes using case studies to improve service design and strategic care management.
- To meet the HCPC Standards of proficiency and work within the Values and Behaviours.

**Service Development**:

- Contribute to the development of a primary care-based dietitian service that can integrate with the community and secondary care dietitian services.

**Education and Training**:

- Provide education, training and awareness advice to the primary healthcare team on dietetics.

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Care Quality Commission:*
- Work with the general practice team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards.

**Collaborative Working Relationships**:

- Participates in the Primary Care Network Multidisciplinary Team.
- Liaises with CCG colleagues including CCG commissioners, to ensure consistency of patient care and benefit to GP practices.
- Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks.
- Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.
- Recognises the roles of other colleagues within the organisation and their role to patient care.
- Can recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
- Demonstrates ability to integrate general practice with community and hospital dietitian teams.

Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients including but not limited to:

- Patients