Specialist Dietitian

Key Responsibilities Professional

To act within the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act (2005). To be aware of and implement Safeguarding Adult and Child Protection Policies, Procedures and legislation. To provide cover in the absence of the Band 7 lead dietitian in other divisions. To ensure that all service users are treated based on Evidence based practice and nationally agreed standards. To attend all statutory and mandatory training required to undertake the job role.

To provide in house training to health care professionals in line with the Service objectives and needs. To attend professional supervision sessions and engage as per Trusts Supervision and Appraisal Policy. To engage in your own CPD and actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider dietetic service. To attend multidisciplinary team meetings as required and contribute to research in the clinical area.

To document assessments, interventions, evaluations and progress notes in a clear, timely and professional manner, in line with Trust and profession specific policies. To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies. To attend and contribute to Dietetic team meetings across the Trust face to face or virtually as required.

To be willing to undertake duties as may be reasonably required to support the professional delivery of services and ensure clinical safety. These may be based at another Trust managed location.

To plan, support and deliver high-quality and highly complex dietetic assessments and interventions To lead on service development, evaluations and audits relevant to dietetics. To provide high quality supervision and mentoring to dietetic staff, including appraisals and addressing performance issues as required To represent and advocate for dietetics within a range of forums within the Trust, ICs and regionally To deliver effective continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within services and divisions to enable dietetic staff to deliver the identified dietetics pathways To ensure that placements for dietetic students and apprenticeships are offered within the clinical speciality To lead on the development and implementation of appropriate policies, protocols and care pathways To contribute to the strategic planning of the dietetic service within the Trust To be part of the wide MDT leadership team within the locality/sector/division, providing support as part of the seniors team within the service e.g. caseload reviews, MDT discussions, assessment feedback meetings.

To research national best practice and enable services to benchmark practice against nationally recognised standards- in partnership with people who use services. To contribute to appropriate staff recruitment and contribute to the wider strategic plan regarding recruitment and retention.

To have an excellent knowledge of clinical dietetics and models To provide evidence based and outcome measured dietetic interventions (individual and group) To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust. Develop and maintain good communication with all levels of management within the service and build partnerships internal service and external agencies such as GPs.

To use highly effective clinical reasoning and formulation skills to devise person-centred dietetic care plans, alongside people who access services and their carers/supporters/family members (where appropriate). To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve dietetic outcomes. Participate in the review and dietetic development of clinical policies and identify improvements to service provision. To act as mentor to students, providing effective education, facilitating their development and promoting high standards of dietetic care and coordinating placement timetables and support supervision.

To ensure continuation of care within the dietetic service including discharge planning and follow up in line with service standards. To manage a caseload of patients requiring enteral feeding and supporting with oral nutritional support and obesity caseloads as required. To provide expert nutrition support care to people on Enteral Feeding or identified at risk of malnutrition, including those prescribed oral nutritional supplements, to enable their dietary and nutritional rehabilitation.

To make recommendations to GPs on the appropriate prescribing of enteral feeds and oral nutritional supplements. Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge as necessary. To lead in the planning, organisation and delivery of a seamless service for patients on Enteral Feeding transferring between Inpatient services and the Community. To lead on developing nutrition resources and deliver training sessions in clinical area, for both staff and people who use our services.

To complete comprehensive risk assessment…