Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our friendly, innovative and dynamic multidisciplinary team .



The post will be ideal for a dietitian with experience in nutritional support who wants to develop clinical skills working with adults living in the community with a feeding tube and within a specialist neuro-rehabilitation setting.



You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team of Dietitians, Nutrition Nurse Specialists and Speech and Language Therapists and be involved in the training and development of the team.



You will be actively encouraged and supported in your personal development, which will include involvement in multi-disciplinary CPD activities, research and audit.



Post is based in the Community at Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale. It will involve travel to see people in their own homes and care homes across Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. 15 hours per week are based at the Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre.

PLEASE NOTE:

We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post



Member of the multidisciplinary Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Team

To assist in the provision of the dietetic service provided by the HEN team across Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark, including the assessment and dietetic management of a specialist dietetic caseload receiving HEN.

To work closely with HEN Team members and carry out activities that are an extension to the traditional dietetics role to ensure that patients, their families and carers receive care and advice on all aspects of tube feeding at home

To provide dietetic support to Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre and work closely with the MDT to ensure that patients, their families and carers receive appropriate advice

To support the development of the dietetic service provided by the HEN Team in accordance with the Trust's and HEN team strategy



Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:



Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development



Widening access (anchor institution) and employability



Improving the experience of staff with disability



Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development



Making equalities mainstream



To provide expert, evidence based dietetic assessment and advice for people receiving home enteral nutrition



To provide expert, evidence based dietetic assessment and advice to people with a brain injury at Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre



To assist in the management of the dietetic caseload ensuring high quality dietetic care is delivered. This will include the review of patients at appropriate intervals according to prioritising criteria and clinical judgement



To undertake multidisciplinary assessment and review of patients



To collaborate with HEN team members and carry out extended roles to ensure that patients receive care and advice on all aspects of tube feeding at home



To agree care plans with patients and/ or carers and work with other members of the MDT to help meet their nutrition-related goals



To work with other members of the MDT to provide specific training sessions for patients to help them meet their nutrition related goals



To work in a variety of community settings, advising patients, carers and health and social care professionals by telephone, virtually and face to face. This could be in a patient's own homes, day centre, nursing home or rehabilitation centre



To provide practical and safe tube feeding plans to patients and/ or their carers for use in the community



To work autonomously when assessing patients, making clinical decisions, and evaluating outcomes of dietetic interventions asking for advice and support when required



To advise on and order specialist nutritional and enteral feeding products as required, including enteral feeds and tube feeding ancillaries/pumps



To advise on diabetes, lipid lowering, weight management, oral nutritional support and conditions requiring dietary input eg people with coeliac disease



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