Job responsibilities
JOB
PURPOSE
To
provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within a
Specialist
area. This includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff
and participation in the training of student dietitians. Shows initiative in
assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the Clinical
Dietetic Manager in the day-to-day management of the department.
3. JOB DIMENSIONS
The
post holder will:
3.1 Manage own case load to a level agreed
with supervisor/line manager.
3.2 Be involved in the provision of education
and training to healthcare staff,
patients, care providers and students.
3.3 Be a key member of the
multidisciplinary care team to provide integrated dietetic care.
3.4 Shows initiative in assisting and
supporting the senior specialist
dietitians and the chief dietitian in the day-to-day management of the
department.
3.5
Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians, and students.
3.6 Be an active member of the out of hours
service.
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
5.1 BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or
equivalent.
5.2 HCPC Registration as a dietitian.
5.3 Experience of working within a Dietetic
role within a healthcare setting
5.4 Willing to undergo any training as
required to enable performance in the job.
5.5 Awareness of current issues in
specialised areas of dietetics.
5.6 Able to work within a team, demonstrate
initiative, confidence and excellent time management and organisational
skills.
5.7 Good written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills.
5.8 Good presentation skills in delivering
training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public
(this may involve groups of more than 50 people).
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
6.1 Comply with professional codes of
practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies and procedures.
6.2 Maintain strict confidentiality in
accordance with Trust policies and HCPC standards.
6.3 Be compassionate and ethical in the
provision of dietetic care.
6.4 Demonstrate a commitment to personal
and professional development.
7. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
7.1 Demonstrate good office practice in
accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
7.2 Be a pro-active team member of the
Dietetics department at LTHT by participating in departmental development
projects, attending, and participating in departmental meetings and clinical
updates.
7.3 Demonstrate the ability to communicate
highly complex, specialised, and sensitive information with empathy and
understanding.
7.4 Demonstrate the ability to provide
highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive
behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance, motivational and
negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change.
7.5
Demonstrate the ability to analyse
clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans
in specialised areas.
7.6 Demonstrate analytical skills in
prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly
complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other
on-going physical, emotional, psychological and medical problems.
7.7 Ability to use stadiometers,
anthropometric skin-fold callipers with precision and accuracy in the
nutritional assessment of patients.
8. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
8.1 Ability to perform specialised
nutritional assessments, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes
for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical
conditions.
8.2 Advanced knowledge of biochemistry,
physiology and pharmacology.
8.3 Understanding of the calculations
required in dietetic assessment.
8.4 Ability to correctly interpret complex
nutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This will
involve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry,
anthropometrics, clinical condition, social factors and diet histories in
patients with specialised and complex nutritional needs.
8.5 Demonstrate advanced knowledge in
interpretation of complex clinical information to develop, monitor and
complete nutritional care plans in specialised dietetic areas. This may
include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional
products and enteral nutrition.
8.6 Responsible for safe discharge planning
including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition.
8.7 Demonstrate the ability to evaluate
practice using evidence-based practice and critical appraisal.
8.8 Ability to advise and suggest nutrition
related medications.
8.9 Knowledge of clinical governance,
quality of care and evidence-based practice in specialist areas.
8.10 Awareness of national guidance and
driving factors in specialist areas.
9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
9.1 Clinical and professional
9.1.1 Be an autonomous practitioner,
clinically, legally, and professionally responsible for own caseload.
9.1.2 Responsible as a clinical practitioner in
a specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic
care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional
guidelines, broad occupational policies, and procedures.
9.1.3 Collect, analyse, and record relevant
patient information from clinical and patient sources to develop effective
nutritional plans.
9.1.4 Responsible for providing highly
specialised dietary advice within an in-patient and out-patient setting, to
patients in a distinct specialist area e.g., advice to renal dialysis
patients on calcium and phosphate management, oncology patients on enteral
feeding.
9.1.5 Communicate the nutrition and dietary
treatment of patients to healthcare staff, other professionals, and patient
carers. This may involve co-ordinating nutritional care with other trusts and
centres outside the Trust.
9.1.6 Undertake comprehensive assessments of
patients with diverse and complex nutritional issues where investigative and
analytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans.
9.1.7 Responsible for providing relevant
dietary advice within an in-patient an out-patient setting in verbal and
written forms in a format which is understood by patients and carers.
9.1.8 Responsible for developing and
maintaining an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical
knowledge and skills through attendance at post-graduate courses, clinical
updates, and in-service training.
9.1.9 Participate in the appraisal process as
an appraisee and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional
development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national
legislation.
9.1.10 Participate in audit within specialist
areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure
clinical effectiveness and promote evidence-based practice.
9.1.11 Undertake any other duties appropriate to
the grade as requested/ agreed with the line manager.
9.2 Education and training
9.2.1 Devise and implement specialised
nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients according to current
national guidelines and standards, including NSFs. This will involve advising
patients, relatives, or carers, individually or in a group setting.
9.2.2 Contribute to developing and maintaining
agreed levels of expertise of dietetic team members.
9.2.3 Provide effective oral and written
specialised dietetic advice and information to patients and their carers to
enable achievement of dietary aims.
9.2.4 Develop resources used in the education
and training of patients, health professionals and the public.
9.2.5 Deliver formal and informal talks on
nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required.
9.2.6 Plan and deliver student training as assigned
after an appropriate induction period/ supervisory training course.
9.2.7 Train ward staff to use dietetic
resources appropriately.
9.2.8 Participate in providing specialised
advice, teaching, and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team
regarding the nutritional managements of a specialist group of patients.
9.2.9 Be an active member of the in-service
training programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials at
staff meetings and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflective
practice.
9.3 Managerial
9.3.1 Disseminate clinical information to other
members of the multidisciplinary team
by attendance and participation in ward rounds and case conferences as
required.
