Dietician Primary care

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: PCN Dietician

REPORTS TO: Operations Manager

HOURS: Full time

JOB DESCRIPTION:You will provide a dietetic service to Brunel 4 Primary Care Network including acting as First Contact Practitioner Dietitian with expert knowledge in diabetes and weight management.

You will provide specialist diabetes dietetic led clinics for people with diabetes where appropriate.

You will work as a highly autonomous practitioner, within a primary care multi-professional team demonstrating a broad knowledge across all areas of dietetics.

You will work to develop, through co-production, new pathways of care, referral criteria, local guidelines and protocols.

You will establish means of evaluating pathways of care and patient outcomes.

Leads on supporting referrals to local and national structured education programs that are commissioned within the locality.

Lead on the development of diabetes nutrition education for other members of the MDT in Primary Care.

Education and training of students and practice staff.

Continue to develop and expand upon own personal clinical expertise

To participate in training and development opportunities that accompany the role

To abide by the professional standards of practice as set out by HCPC

To ensure safe practice at all times through the recognition and appreciation of clinical governance

Liaison

Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.

Professional development.

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.

Any other delegated duties considered appropriate to the post.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Reporting potential risks identified

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services:

The post-holder will:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The appropriate individual will be a qualified Dietician with BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics (or equivalent) with a registration with the British Dietetic Association.

Experience

Essential

• You will have strong experience of working in Nutrition & Dietetics within a healthcare setting.
• The successful candidate will be able to advise patients on special dietary requirements (i.e. food allergies, coeliac disease, diabetes etc.) as well as educating health professionals and the public about nutrition.
• You will have strong experience and knowledge of working with different patient groups and needs across a diverse population. You will have excellent communication skills in addressing and providing health advice to patients to learn about their health goals and dietary needs, preferences, and restrictions.
• You will be used to working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Westrop medical practice

Address

Newburgh Place

Highworth

Swindon

SN6 7DN

Employer's website

https://www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)