Dietitian

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
Job Title: Dietitian

**Responsible to**:WREN PCN Director of Operations

**Accountable to**:WREN PCN Clinical Director and Health Inequalities Clinical Lead

**Hours of work**: 37.5 Hours

**Salary**:Band 7, £41,659 - £47,672 (Based on experience)
Job Summary

The dietitian will be a highly skilled, senior practitioner, with expert knowledge in the management of patients’ dietary issues and conditions. They will work as an integral part of the MDT within the PCN.

WREN PCN is looking to employ a dietitian who will provide interventions for the patients primarily focusing on obesity, weight management, type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes from initial clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care within set patient groups. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. The postholder will work closely with the PCN multi-disciplinary team, giving expert knowledge in the management of patient’s dietary issues and conditions. They will work closely with MDT to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, providing dietetic leadership as required.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Provide specialist nutrition and diet advice to patients, their carers, and healthcare professionals through treatment, education plans, and prescriptions
- Independently manage a caseload of complex patients with a broad range of conditions, focusing on Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Pre-Diabetic Clinics, Learning Disability and Lifestyle Guidance using evidence-based interventions to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
- 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 patients of all ages (from early-life to end-of-life care) in a variety of settings including patient homes and care homes
- Ensure safe practice at all times through the recognition and appreciation of clinical governance
- Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision, and training
- Use behaviour change techniques including active listening, motivational and negotiating skills to support clients /patients with difficult dietary and lifestyle changes as well as helping them to recognise and overcome any barriers to these changes
- Ensure the prescribing of dietetic
- related products is clinically and cost effective
- Make judgements and decisions based on several components including consideration of clinical justification, prescribing decision, family and carer beliefs and financial / budgetary constraints where a range of options may be appropriate
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects relating to dietetic and nutritional issues
- Work with practices and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to review patients who may be prescribed medications and if appropriately trained, authorise prescriptions as a Supplementary Prescriber for patients to support achieving dietetic management goals
- Be involved in the development and implementation of relevant policies, formulary updates and clinical management plans
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on dietary modification, nutritional supplements, and their use

Functional Responsibilities
- Undertake detailed information analysis of both practice and patient level reports including biochemistry, medication, clinical condition and nutritional supplement records requiring high levels of concentration
- Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice
- Monitor and tracking risks and issues allowing proactive resolution and escalation as appropriate
- Accurately maintain records with patient identifiable and sensitive data including clinical observations, anthropometric and biochemistry results and financial data as required
- Ensure equipment is kept in good working order
- Ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate PCN and local population objectives

Supervision

The postholder will have access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the PCN to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**
- BSc in Dietetics under a training programme approved by the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Able to operate at an advanced level of clinical practice
- Pre-reg MSc in Dietetics under a training programme approved by the British Dietetic Association(BDA)
- Completed or working towards a Supplementary Prescribing qualification
- Non-medical presc