Advanced Practitioner - Dietitian

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties/Responsibilities

To work autonomously; organising and managing a caseload of adult clients diagnosed within the scope of the role. The post holder will be able to effectively manage the shared speciality caseload and be able to prioritise clinical needs of referred clients; providing effective clinical intervention and signposting where needed.

To provide a specialist dietetic service to; adults with a diagnosed learning disability, adults diagnosed with a general mental health condition and older adults within the in-patient wards where clients are unable to access mainstream dietetic services. Close work will be required with multi agencies and the local dietetic team within the integrated Care System (ICS) to support clients on caseload in a holistic person-centred way.

Working with clients, carers and MDT members to identify and address complex psychological and social factors that affect compliance with dietary treatment, to enable long term / permanent lifestyle changes that will aid recovery.

To undertake comprehensive assessments of each clients diet and lifestyle, to formulate individualised management and treatment plans ensuring optimal outcome whilst minimising risk.

To communicate effectively with clients, providing graded and meaningful communication around dietary advice and plans.

Using skills of persuasion, negotiation, motivation, and counselling with clients (and their families / carers) with wide ranging and complex needs to support compliance with dietetic intervention and advice. This may involve translating overly complex information into a format that is appropriate and understandable for clients / carers and, as appropriate, health professionals.

To communicate with referring clinicians and other agents as necessary through personal, written, telephone contact and email contact.

To make recommendations for the Procurement of supplements and to have oversight over food choices and the menu planning for food provided on the wards in keeping with the Hospital Food Standards 2014/ Independent review of hospital foods 2020.

To co-facilitate the running of a group therapy programmes for clients if required

To act as a resource to junior members or unqualified support staff with placements / working within the team

To write, implement and monitor guidelines for management of clients regarding dietetic support

To provide training and supervision to registered nursing and allied health professional staff to enable them to give basic dietetic support to clients with low physical risk and to advise the MDT team on nutritional care of their clients.

To participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of dietetic practice, care pathways, policies, and protocols within the scope of the role.

To take the lead on clinical research and audit of the dietetic interventions within the scope of the role, liaising with the Trusts research and development team where required.

To make effective clinical recordings within the clients EPR (Electronic Patient Records), including completing initial core assessments, client care plans and risk assessments as well as developing and providing timely discharge reports.

Professional Practice - Dietetic Clinical Care

To work autonomously to organise, provide and manage a caseload of adult clients diagnosed within the scope of the role. This will involve:

Comprehensive assessment and provision of individual or group dietary advice / treatment and on-going support to clients and / or carers according to medical history, clinical condition / diagnosis / risk, anthropometry, biochemistry, relevant medication, social circumstances, motivation, and nutritional intake etc.

Providing dietetic expertise at multi-disciplinary team meetings, ward reviews and case conferences.

Providing timely and informative reports to the referrer (and other relevant workers / organisations) about the outcome of dietetic assessment (including nutritional status) and dietary advice / treatment advised.

Working in a variety of locations including in-patient ward, community clinics, clients own homes and other community locations.

Maintaining an integrated and holistic approach to client care that actively involves the person and, where appropriate (and with consent), relatives / carers in the delivery of agreed treatment programmes. This may include leading and facilitating carers groups as well as the development of educational resources for carers.

Being professionally, legally accountable, and responsible for all aspects of own work (including management and organisation of own work area and / or client caseload).

To have a wide and accurate knowledge of prescribed oral nutritional supplements and to be able to communicate this to a wide range of health care professionals, clients, and their carers.

To establish and maintain close working relationships with the wider multi-disciplinary team (including Senior and Consultant Nurses, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Ward Nurses, Therapists, Occupational Therapists etc.), the mental health care teams, primary health care team, various hospital teams (e.g.: Dietitians, Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists) and pharmacist

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree in Nutrition and Dietetic or equivalent oHPC registration or willing to reapply to HCPC through return to practice route oRelevant teaching and / or leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• oDemonstrates a level of expertise using motivational interviewing / behaviour change approaches with groups or in a one-to-one setting (CBT or equivalent) oEvidence of CPD relevant to the clinical speciality of LD MH Neurology and older persons oA wide range of post registration clinical dietetic experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Community LD Team

41 Broom Street

Stoke on Trent

ST1 2EW

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)