Specialist Stroke Dietitian

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accredited Living Wage employer

Support for financial wellbeing

Job summary

The Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is seeking a dietitian to cover the stroke unit at NGH. You will assess patients referred by the stroke team in inpatient wards and outpatient settings, planning treatment and discharge plans that include ACBS-prescribable enteral feeds and supplements.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated care, evaluate progress, contribute to service improvement, and train dietetic learners while managing clinical risk and ensuring

Qualifications

• Wide range of clinical dietetic experience, especially managing malnutrition in inpatients.
• Knowledge of UK healthcare systems.
• Good communication skills and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients with complex conditions referred by the stroke team.
• Plan management and discharge plans including ACBS-prescribable enteral feeds and supplements.
• Work with the MDT to deliver coordinated care and attend case conferences.
• Evaluate patient progress and contribute to service improvements and risk management.
• Communicate with patients to deliver treatment respectfully and inclusively.
• Advise and train patients, carers, and colleagues in dietetic care.
• Organise workload and manage clinical risk within caseload.
• Support dietetic learners and provide practice education.

Skills

Clinical dietetics

UK healthcare knowledge

Communication skills

Patient-centred care

Job description

This post covers the stroke unit at NGH, both inpatient wards (52 beds), for Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. Work centres on assessing patients referred by the stroke team and planning treatment and discharge, including enteral feeds and supplements, plus training for patients, carers and staff. Another dietitian also works in stroke care, and the post includes supporting dietetic learners. Fit depends on wide clinical experience, especially managing inpatient malnutrition and knowledge of UK healthcare systems.

What the job involves

• Assess patients with complex, multiple pathologies in inpatient and outpatient settings, referred by the stroke team
• Plan individual management and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning, and write discharge plans including advice on ACBS prescribable enteral feeds and supplements
• Work with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated care, giving specialist advice and attending case conferences and network meetings
• Evaluate patient progress and outcomes, and contribute to and implement service improvement to keep care safe and manage risk
• Communicate with patients, using listening and behaviour change skills, to complete assessments and deliver treatment in a way that meets inclusion and diversity needs
• Advise and train patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals so that dietetic treatment is applied consistently
• Organise and prioritise own workload and manage clinical risk within caseload
• Support training for dietetic learners and provide practice education

Experience

• Wide range of clinical dietetic experience, especially managing malnutrition in inpatients

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of UK healthcare systems
• Range of communication skills and ability to provide patient-centred care
• Wide range of professional skills of working in healthcare

What’s offered

• Accredited Living Wage employer
• Support for financial wellbeing