Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a full time Community Dietician to join the team on a fixed term 12 months bases at Lincoln County Hospital, providing dietetic support in the surrounding area principally in the Louth/Mablethorpe area. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing a specialist, cost efficient and high quality nutrition and dietetic service to support patients requiring nutritional advice and support in community settings.
Main duties of the job
- To provide this service to clients and carers in community hospitals, community clinics, nursing/care homes and patients' own homes via face to face clinics, telephone, video consultation and home visits as required.
- To deliver out-patient clinics covering a range of medical and nutritional conditions, including but not only, nutritional support and diabetes
- To contribute to evidence-based policy, guidelines and procedures in managing this client group.
- To reduce the risk of malnutrition in this client group, both by individual consultation and education to carers and staff in community settings.
- To support appropriate and cost effective use of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) in the community.
- To see patients with enteral feeding tubes in community settings, under the support and guidance of the Home Enteral Nutrition Team
- To work with the community diabetes teams to deliver the dietetic input into diabetes clinics and patient education groups in a range of settings.
- To provide education and support to other health care professionals on diet and diabetes care.
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group is known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for patient/client care
- Responsible for own caseload, including nutritional diagnosis, formulation of treatment plans, giving specialised dietetic advice for patients in the Lincolnshire community and community hospitals
Responsibility for policy/service development
- Follows local and national policies
- Develops local standards and policies on relevant areas e.g. nutritional support and diabetes
Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources
- Ensure efficient use of resources whilst maintaining safe practice
- Ensure cost effectiveness when requesting prescriptions
Responsibility for information resources
- Records personally generated clinical observations in medical notes, dietetic record cards and nursing care plans
- To develop information resources, contribute to development of nutritional care pathways and nutritional strategies
- Contribute to planning, organisation and co-ordination of Trust wide evidence based patient information.
Responsibility for research and development
- To identify and undertake appropriate clinical audit, in addition to that requested by the Team leader and/or Trust Lead Dietitian.
- Participate in multidisciplinary audit
For full details please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibility for patient/client care
- Responsible for own caseload, including nutritional diagnosis, formulation of treatment plans, giving specialised dietetic advice for patients in the Lincolnshire community and community hospitals
Responsibility for policy/service development
- Follows local and national policies
- Develops local standards and policies on relevant areas e.g. nutritional support and diabetes
Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources
- Ensure efficient use of resources whilst maintaining safe practice
- Ensure cost effectiveness when requesting prescriptions
Responsibility for information resources
- Records personally generated clinical observations in medical notes, dietetic record cards and nursing care plans
- To develop information resources, contribute to development of nutritional care pathways and nutritional strategies
- Contribute to planning, organisation and co-ordination of Trust wide evidence based patient information.
Responsibility for research and development
- To identify and undertake appropriate clinical audit, in addition to that requested by the Team leader and/or Trust Lead Dietitian.
- Participate in multidisciplinary audit
For full details please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics (this may be nearing completion)
- Eligible for HCPC registration
Desirable
- HCPC registered.
- Facilitation of Learning training
- Membership of the BDA
- Additional training in a relevant area, for example FODMAP, IBS, Coeliac disease
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Specific Requirements Eligible for DBS clearanceApplication FormAbility to travel across county to other sites/clinics/undertake home visitsApplication Form
Desirable
- Ability to travel across county to other sites/clinics/undertake home visits
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing nutrition support (may be under supervision as a student)
- Knowledge of the boundaries of own practice and able to appropriately access relevant sources of support
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Previous experience in working with a team
- Audit experience
Evidence
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills, including timekeeping, note taking and ability to prioritise tasks appropriately
- Presentation skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics (this may be nearing completion)
- Eligible for HCPC registration
Desirable
- HCPC registered.
- Facilitation of Learning training
- Membership of the BDA
- Additional training in a relevant area, for example FODMAP, IBS, Coeliac disease
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Specific Requirements Eligible for DBS clearanceApplication FormAbility to travel across county to other sites/clinics/undertake home visitsApplication Form
Desirable
- Ability to travel across county to other sites/clinics/undertake home visits
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing nutrition support (may be under supervision as a student)
- Knowledge of the boundaries of own practice and able to appropriately access relevant sources of support
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health care setting
- Previous experience in working with a team
- Audit experience
Evidence
Essential
- Excellent organisational skills, including timekeeping, note taking and ability to prioritise tasks appropriately
- Presentation skills
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality at all times
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
