Specialist Neurology Dietitian

NHS Jobs; Epsom; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a dietitian to manage a clinical caseload and collaborate with health professionals, patients and carers to provide timely, cost‑effective nutrition support in community settings.

You will undertake comprehensive patient assessments, negotiate dietary goals using motivational interviewing and CBT techniques, ensure timely documentation within 24 hours, and contribute to audits, reports and service development with the team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clinical caseload and collaborate with health professionals, suppliers, patients and carers to provide timely, cost-effective nutrition support for patients on oral nutritional supplements in all community settings.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients' clinical needs using specialised clinical knowledge and a broad range of nutritional assessment techniques.
• Ensure all consultation notes are completed within 24 hours of patient and/or third-party contact in accordance with the code of conduct and Trust policies.
• Negotiate and agree on dietary or nutritional goals with individual patients and/or their carers using motivational interviewing, counselling, and cognitive behaviour therapy tools.
• Actively participate in the department's annual audit program.
• Provide regular reports on service provision and discuss future service development initiatives with line manager.
• Contribute to dietetic staff meetings, clinical effectiveness activities, peer reviews and team meetings.
• Ensure flexible service delivery including cover for other clinical areas or colleagues as needed.
• Stay abreast of current literature and share learning with colleagues.
• Ensure appropriate risk and other assessments are completed and documented in a timely manner in accordance with Trust policies.

Job description

Clinical Caseload Maintenance: Maintain a clinical caseload and collaborate with other health professionals, suppliers, patients, and carers to provide timely, appropriate, and cost-effective nutrition support for patients on oral nutritional supplements in all community settings. Comprehensive Patient Assessment: Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients' clinical needs using specialised clinical knowledge, skills, and a broad range of nutritional assessment techniques. Timely Documentation: Ensure all consultation notes are completed within 24 hours of patient and/or third-party contact in accordance with the code of conduct and Trust policies. Dietary Goal Negotiation: Negotiate and agree on dietary or nutritional goals with individual patients and/or their carers using motivational interviewing, counselling, and cognitive behaviour therapy tools. Identify individual barriers to change and help patients manage them. Annual Audit Participation: Actively participate in the department's annual audit program. Service Provision Reporting: Provide regular reports on service provision and proactively discuss future service development initiatives with your line manager. Professional Contribution: Contribute to dietetic staff meetings, clinical effectiveness activities, journal reviews, peer reviews, team meetings, supervision, and working groups. Flexible Service Delivery: Ensure flexible service delivery, including providing cover for other clinical areas or colleagues within the department as needed. Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of current literature and share learning with colleagues. Risk and Assessment Management: Ensure appropriate risk and other assessments are completed and documented by yourself and team members in a timely manner, in accordance with Trust policies.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust