Job responsibilities
To provide a critical role
as Nutritionist, working as a key member of Southwarks community based
Service. This integrated service includes weight management services for
adults, families and children. The post
holder will:
In line with NICE guidance, be responsible and
accountable for the delivery of high quality, evidence-based nutrition advice
for children and adults, including those seeking weight loss interventions in
one to one and group settings, within the Weight Management Service.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT),
provide expert advice and support, to ensure excellent patient healthcare and
contractual outcomes.
Play a pivotal
role within an innovative, forward thinking and collaborative
multi-disciplinary team and integrated service in Southwark.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Provide comprehensive assessment of nutritional
needs and patient lifestyle in order to develop care plans to address
nutritional needs.
Evaluate nutritional needs and on-going support
to patients in line with NICE guidance across Tier 2 to children, young people, adults and families in a group and 1-2-1
settings, implementing skills and knowledge of behaviour change theories.
Support the nutritional development, delivery,
evaluation and quality assurance of the integrated service and provide key nutritional
expertise to the multidisciplinary team and other colleagues within the
service, ensuring excellent service delivery.
Facilitate and empower patients to change
behaviour and adopt positive lifestyle changes by providing health education
and high quality nutritional counselling regarding healthy eating, helping
patients to address barriers to change.
To attend multi professional meetings to provide
nutrition input regarding management for patients/clients including discharge
planning and on-going management whilst respecting professional roles to ensure a supportive and
proactive multi-disciplinary team.
Support community engagement: build a network of
key contacts and undertake networking publicity and promotional activity to
raise the profile of the service and to identify and engage with target
populations.
Accountable for ensuring programme delivery is
monitored using validated tools to collect and analyse patient performance
outcome measures and evaluation, to ensure that the contractual KPIs are
achieved and an excellent service is demonstrated; critical and
rigorous implementation of all validated anthropometric measures at key
milestones across the services, in line with the Standard Evaluation Framework,
ensuring excellent recording, monitoring and reporting on patient outcomes.
Utilising SystmOne (and other relevant systems) and
internal reporting procedures to ensure rigorous data collection processes are
robust, to evidence service efficacy through generation of excellent health
outcome data, contributing to an internal qualitative and quantitative evidence
base, and demonstrate best practice and value for money.
Keep accurate records and written reports,
ensuring patient personal information is recorded in accordance with Everyone
Healths and Local Authority policies; Caldicott Guardian, Information
Governance, Data Protection and Data Sharing compliance.
Assist the development of continual service
improvement and client/patient-centred services in accordance with participant
feedback, NICE guidance, national and local recommendations, professional
competences and SLM policies and procedures, ensuring the service is delivered
in line with CQC and HSCICs regulations.
Be compliant with all relevant policies,
procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code(s) of conduct
associated with this post; maintain awareness of safeguarding issues, report
and acting on concerns in accordance with Everyone Health and Local Authority
policies and procedures.
Ensure the safety of all patients by
undertaking: risk assessments, health and safety checks, equipment checks etc.,
as directed by the Contract Manger and Clinical Lead. Respond to any relevant clinical / colleague
issues / incidences to manage a mitigate risk, and maintain best practice.
To be responsible and accountable for achievement of
relevant contractual targets including referrals, uptake, completion percentage
targets and effective outcome measures, through delivery of high standard
nutritional care.
Actively
participate in community engagement to ensure services are delivered
efficiently and effectively, targeting priority groups to ensure the
successful recruitment and retention of patients within the service.
Take responsibility for own CPD and synthesise
new knowledge into the development of your own practice, participate in
training and continual professional development as required; recognise and work
within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by
professional body.
To work within the requirements of the 6 Cs:
care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
Ensure that commitment to equality and diversity
is reflected at all stages of project planning, delivery and evaluation, in
line with agreed service standards.
Support in administrative duties related to the
patients where necessary, for example letters to referrers, follow up phone
calls, motivational text messages as required.
Be an ambassador for Everyone Health, promoting
the Weight Management Service to members of the public and other stakeholders/
partners, where appropriate.
Contribute to the growth of Everyone Health by working collaboratively
with Managers / colleagues to develop and have some responsibility for an
expanding portfolio of services and products.
PERSON
SPECIFICATION
1. SKILLS & ABILITIES
Ability to direct
and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively.
Ability to
produce detailed, accurate, patient nutrition care plans.
Ability to translate complex nutritional
information into a format that is appropriate and understandable for patients
to support compliance with healthy eating intervention and advice.
A commitment to
continuous service improvement with expert insight into patients needs, so
that all patients receive high quality care.
Passionate about
putting patients first and delivering a high quality service.
Proven ability to
relate, motivate and confidently engage individuals in activities and
discussion as part of a group and in a 1:1 situations.
Ability to work
independently and manage own work load; able to work effectively and
supportively as a multi-disciplinary team member.
Sound interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively
with all levels of colleagues, including effective partnerships with other
agencies and service providers.
Evidence of
experience in embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health
outcomes.
Good presentation
of self: enthusiastic, innovative and flexible.
Excellent verbal
and written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with a
wide range of individuals including participants, colleagues and external
partners.
Proven planning,
organisational and evaluation skills.
Ability to
organise, monitor and check work to ensure no element of a task is left
unfinished.
Ability to use generic software packages
