Band 6 Dietician

Job summary

Job Title: Dietician

Grade: Band 6

Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location: East Oxford Health Centre, OX4 1XD

Ward/Dept: Community Nutrition and Dietetics

Hours: Full time Up to 37.5 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Mon - Fri Start from 8am onwards, finish 5.30pm at the latest

Pay Rates Day: £22.99 per hour

Why might this job interest you?

Oxford Health NHS Trust are currently looking for an experienced Dietician to join their team in Oxford. If you are looking to develop your NHS experience and provide dietary care with the support of working within a multidisciplinary team then please do apply!

Main duties of the job

Provide a dietetic service and give nutritional advice to adult and paediatric patients, with a range of conditions, in the primary care setting. This includes the assessment and treatment of patients and working as an integral member of the MDT to provide a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical need.

Be an integral member of the team sharing the caseload for home enterally fed patients both in the clinic setting and conducting home visits for patients in their own homes/nursing homes.

Set up and lead specific patient caseload groups to facilitate and educate in key aspects of clinical nutrition as required.

Design individual client-centred treatment plans. This will involve nutritional assessment and calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and diet history.

Negotiate on-going dietary adjustments with patients based upon the patients agenda, biochemistry, metabolic status, clinical condition and priorities.

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