Specialist Dietitian

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 30.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a friendly and motivated Dietitian to join the Greenwich community team. The role focuses on home visits using the Food First dietetic approach, with occasional clinic cover across the borough and support for Home Enteral Nutrition as needed.

You will work within the Food First and Primary Care dietetic caseloads, delivering GP-based clinics including gastroenterology and malnutrition support, and provide training to carers and staff where required.

Formación

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• Experience in community/home visiting settings is desirable
• Ability to deliver GP-based and primary care dietetic services

Responsabilidades

• Provide home visits within Greenwich community
• Cover GP practice clinics across the borough
• Support Home Enteral Nutrition caseload and malnutrition services
• Deliver presentations and training to healthcare professionals
• Participate in service evaluation and development

Conocimientos

Dietitian

Community health

Autonomous practice

Home visits

Educación

BSc Dietetics

Descripción del empleo

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

We are looking for a friendly and motivated dietitian to join our fast paced Greenwich community team. This role will primarily consist of home visits following the Food First dietetic approach. The post holder will also need to on an ad hoc basis cover clinics across the borough which are on the primary care caseload and also support Home Enteral nutrition team as needed. Training will be provided where necessary.

The Food First dietetic caseload: include assessment and on-going reviews of housebound patients and care home residents at risk of malnutrition. The service will include training programs to up-skill community catering teams and nursing homes on the ‘food first’ approach.

The Primary Care dietetic caseload: GP practice based dietetic service in the London borough of Greenwich. The role will involve delivering GP based clinics including gastroenterology (Low FODMAP diets or inflammatory bowel disease management) and nutrition support services for malnourished patients.

The Home Enteral Nutrition dietetic Caseload: provide aftercare for patients following discharge from hospital to deal with any problems that arise associated with tube feeding and advise accordingly. Patients will also be supported to return to oral feeding if appropriate.

• To provide a high standard of dietetic service to clients referred to the community based dietetic service for those registered with a GP in the London Borough of Greenwich;
• To provide tailored dietary advice underpinned by theory to bring about patient centred lifestyle changes to improve health
• To work as part of a multi and interdisciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner within the Trust, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.
• To prepare and deliver presentations and training programs to clients and healthcare professionals at primary care level, using current evidence- based resources
• Participate in outcome evaluation to direct the service development

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ajanaye Wilson Job title: Team Manager for HEN and Malnutrition Services Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07584641955