Specialist Dietitian (Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Ashington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular CPD activities

Monthly journal club

Team and departmental meetings

Opportunity to develop specialist home

Enteral feeding expertise

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Adult Clinical Dietetic Team is seeking a dietitian to provide specialist assessment and interventions for patients on home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support across clinics, homes and wards.

You will supervise junior dietitians and students, work in multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to education, audits and service development.”

Qualifications

• Degree in nutrition and dietetics or first level degree with postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics.
• Practice educator status.
• Current HCPC registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for patients on home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support.
• Manage a varied, complex adult caseload across community and acute services by clinic, telephone, home visit and ward.
• Supervise and line manage junior dietitians, dietetic support workers and students.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, patient-centred care.
• Give highly specialised dietetic advice using advanced counselling and motivational interviewing.
• Act as a specialist resource for patients, families and other health professionals.
• Plan and deliver education and training for colleagues, students and outside agencies.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and governance.
• Advise on and help formulate policies for home enteral feeding and nutrition support.
• Take part in audit and research.
• Participate in Regional Home Enteral Tube Feeding Network Group.
• Contribute to standards and policies for the dietetic department and Trust.

Skills

Practice educator status

Home enteral feeding experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in nutrition and dietetics

Postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics

Tools

HCPC registration

Job description

This 12-month post sits in the Adult Clinical Dietetic Team's Home Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support Service at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The core work is specialist assessment and treatment of patients on home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support, delivered across clinics, patients' homes and hospital wards. The role also covers a varied adult caseload alongside supervising and line managing junior dietitians and students. Applicants need HCPC registration and practice educator status.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for patients on home enteral tube feeding and complex nutrition support
• Manage a varied, complex adult caseload across community and acute services, by clinic, telephone, home visit and ward
• Support, supervise and line manage junior dietitians, dietetic support workers and students
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, patient-centred care
• Give highly specialised dietetic advice to patients, families and carers, using advanced counselling and motivational interviewing
• Act as a specialist resource for patients, families and other health professionals
• Plan and deliver education and training for colleagues, students, other health professionals and outside agencies
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and governance
• Advise on and help formulate policies for home enteral feeding and nutrition support
• Take part in audit and research
• Take an active part in the Regional Home Enteral Tube Feeding Network Group
• Contribute to, monitor and comply with standards and policies for the dietetic department and Trust

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in nutrition and dietetics, or a first level degree plus postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
• Practice educator status

Registration & licences

• Current HCPC registration

Experience

• Range of inpatient and outpatient experience
• Experience working within home enteral tube feeding

Checks & eligibility

• Valid driving licence, with a car available for work use or a Trust lease vehicle

Other

• Membership of the British Dietetic Association (BDA)

Nice to have

• PEN Group, DAFNE, DESMOND or other accredited qualification
• Non-medical prescribing
• Experience of supervising students
• Experience in critical appraisal

What’s offered

• Regular CPD activities
• Monthly journal club and regular team and departmental meetings
• Opportunity to develop specialist home enteral feeding expertise
• Supportive, experienced dietetic team