Community Dietician

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Newport is seeking a Community Dietician to join their team. The successful candidate will deliver dietetic services to patients in both outpatient and community settings, utilizing both face-to-face and virtual methods. This role involves comprehensive dietary management and education for patients and healthcare staff. Ideal candidates will have experience in nutritional support and safeguarding procedures. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering dietetic services to diverse patients.
• Ability to educate patients and healthcare professionals on nutrition.
• Familiarity with safeguarding procedures in dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Provide a complete dietetic service to community referrals.
• Conduct face-to-face and virtual clinics for patients.
• Coordinate the delivery of person-centred dietetic healthcare.

Skills

Nutrition management

Patient education

Clinical decision making

Job description

We are recruiting for a Community Dietician to join our friendly team on the beautiful Isle of Wight.

You will be working as a member of the community and mental health dietetic team carrying out implementation, evaluation and delivery of the community dietetic service.

The successful candidate will work across an outpatient and community setting supporting the team provide a dietetic support to patients referred in for nutritional management.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a complete dietetic service to designated community referrals and patients in outpatient clinics.
• To provide a face-to-face service as well as embracing technology to carry our virtual clinics and patient support.
• Enhance the delivery of dietetic services to patients with diverse, complex and multi-system pathologies.
• Coordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centred dietetic healthcare, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate. Ensure the practice is adapted to meet individual/ client needs/circumstances; considering cultural backgrounds.
• Educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals in the dietary management and prevention of disease.
• Provide training to staff and patients on the importance of nutrition.
• To maintain accurate and comprehensive records of dietary advice given to patients and record clinical decisions in accordance with BDA and Trust/ legal standards, and to communicate treatment outcomes with other professionals as appropriate.
• To be professionally and legally responsible/ accountable for the management of the designated dietetic caseload and to organise this effectively with regards to clinical priority.
• To be responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge of Adult and Children’s Safeguarding procedures and attend professional meetings at the request of the safeguarding Teams /Social services.
• Educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals in the dietary management and prevention of disease.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.