Community Hospital Dietitian

Nhft; Northampton; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Nhft is seeking a dietitian to provide evidence-based nutritional care for inpatients across Northampton-based community hospitals and trust sites. You will work with the MDT to support rehabilitation and safe discharge, with support from other dietitians in the community, acute hospitals and the home enteral feeding team.

You will assess patients with complex presentations, develop management and discharge plans, and collaborate with the wider health care team to ensure safe, guideline-driven

Qualifications

• Registered dietitian with inpatient experience.
• Experience working in the UK healthcare system.
• Ability to work in inpatient and community settings.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of inpatients in hospital and community hospitals.
• Develop and implement individual management and discharge plans including enteral feeds where appropriate.
• Collaborate with MDT to deliver coordinated care and attend case conferences.
• Monitor progress, measure outcomes and contribute to service improvement and risk management.
• Provide training and support to staff and learners; lead on service improvements.

Skills

Dietetic experience

Inpatient care

UK work experience

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

The post involves providing a service to inpatients in community hospitals and you will work with the MDT team based there to provide evidence based nutritional care and support onward rehabilitation /safe discharge. You will have support from the other dietitians working in the community, the acute hospitals and the home enteral feeding team.

You will work with patients and staff in the following community hospitals: Brackley, Corby, Danetre (Daventry), Isebrook (Wellingborough) and Spinneyfields (Rushen). You will work jointly with the food service dietitian to help meet national standards for food provisions and improve patient care. There will be a small outpatient caseload to review discharged patients.

Main duties of the job

You will be accountable to the professional lead for Nutrition and Dietetics and you will be based at Northampton General Hospital or Kettering General Hospital site within the dietetic teams based there. The post involves providing a service to inpatients in community hospitals and you will work with the MDT team based there to provide evidence based nutritional care and support onward rehabilitation /safe discharge. You will have support from the other dietitians working in the community, the acute hospitals and the home enteral feeding team.

You will work with patients and staff in the following community hospitals: Brackley, Corby, Danetre (Daventry), Isebrook (Wellingborough) and Spinneyfields (Rushen). You will work jointly with the food service dietitian to help meet national standards for food provisions and improve patient care. There will be a small outpatient caseload to review discharged patients.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertaking comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations within inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Formulating individual management and treatment plans using advanced clinical reasoning and developing comprehensive discharge plans including advice on appropriate ACBS prescribable enteral feeds and supplements to be used.
• Working collaboratively with the wider multi- disciplinary health care team to ensure delivery of coordinated care and to provide specialist advice and attend case conferences, network meetings as appropriate.
• Evaluating patients’ progress, measuring outcomes and contribute to and implement service improvement work to provide safe patient care and manage risk
• Using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to complete dietetic assessments and implement treatment plans. This will include using listening skills and behaviour change skills to motivate patients and families/carers to change their lifestyle behaviours and communication in a way to meet inclusion and diversity needs
• Providing advice and training to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals to promote an understanding of the aims of dietetic treatment to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
• To lead on service improvement work that can benefit patient care and the wider MDT
• Organising and prioritisation of own workload and managing clinical risk within caseload
• Supporting training for dietetic learners and providing practice education experience

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required commensurate with the grade and/or hours of work at the post holders initial place of work or at any other of the Trust’s establishments.

Person specification

knowledge

• wide range of dietetic experiences, evidence of inpatient and UK working preferred

communication

• demonstrate competency in a wide range of communication skills

professionalism

• demonstrates competency in a variety of professional skills

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.