Job responsibilities
As a
nutritionist in our service, you
will teach and inform our service users about diet and nutrition, aiming to
promote good health and prevent disease in individuals and communities across
Staffordshire. Specifically, you will, in line
with NICE guidance, be responsible and accountable for the delivery of high
quality, evidence-based nutrition advice for adults seeking weight loss interventions in one to one and group settings.
The Nutritionist will:
Provide comprehensive assessment of nutritional
needs and patient lifestyle to develop care plans to address nutritional issues.
Evaluate nutritional needs and on-going support
to patients in line with NICE guidance in
a group and 1-2-1 settings, face to face and/or digitally, and 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, 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.
Be responsible
for ensuring rigorous and regular data inputting to ensure accurate records are
maintained in accordance with EH procedures, to ensure compliance with
Information Governance and Data Protection in relation to patient information.
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 Service Manager and Clinical Lead.
Respond to any relevant clinical / colleague issues / incidences to
manage a mitigate risk and maintain best practice.
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.
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 your
patients, for example letters to referrers, follow up phone calls, motivational
text messages as required.
Be an ambassador for Everyone Health, promoting
the Healthy Communities Lifestyle Service to members of the public and other
stakeholders/ partners, where appropriate.
The post holder
is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 Cs Care, Compassion,
Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.
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, emotionally
sensitive and empathetic to members of the public who wish to improve their
health.
Proven ability to
relate, motivate and confidently engage individuals in activities and
discussion as part of a group and in a 1:1 situation.
Ability to work
independently and manage own workload; 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.
Excellent written, verbal, non-verbal communication,
and presentation skills.
Computer literate ability to maintain and monitor
information systems in line with the national minimum dataset and adapt to
reflect local needs.
Able to take specific deliverables and use
appropriate policies, principles, and guidelines to ensure successful delivery.
Friendly, supportive, and encouraging to people
in difficult (sometimes frustrating) situations.
Organised, flexible and adaptable approach to
working.
Confident and competent at monitoring, managing,
and reporting own screening equipment needs.
Value and respectful of other people
regardless of background or circumstances.
Able to respect confidentiality.
Good empathy skills.
2. KNOWLEDGE
Sound knowledge
of the complex care of the obese and morbidly obese patient.
Knowledge of
specific nutrition requirements for delivering specialist health improvement programmes
for adults over 18 years of age.
Knowledge of
stigma associated with obesity and effects on social and emotional well-being.
Knowledge of
weight management, nutrition and physical activity in relation to health
improvement.
Knowledge of
psychological and behaviour change theoretical techniques in relation to
supporting people to make positive lifestyle changes.
Knowledge of NICE
guidance relating to the treatment of obesity.
Knowledge and
understanding of the Patient Confidentiality Act and the Data Protection Act.
Sound knowledge of clinical
governance.
Sound
knowledge of application of behavioural change theoretical principles, to
facilitate, motivate and empower individuals / local communities to make
substantive and sustainable behaviour change.
3. EXPERIENCE
Minimum
of 1 years experience working with adults within the community across a range of service
settings, including community, primary care and in patient settings.
Experience of working with adults over
18 years of age in a 1-2-1 and group environment, to support positive lifestyle
change.
Experience of delivering high quality patient nutritional support
through 1-2-1 and group settings.
Experience of devising and leading treatment programmes.
Experience of working with patients of different cultures, genders and
ages in targeted communities, in particular older people.
Experience of
working to time schedules.
Evidence of experience in embracing and implementing change to provide
high quality health outcomes.
Experience of working to challenging performance targets and achieving
excellent outcomes.
Delivering health services, health promotion
and/or health awareness within the local community at events and within local
community venues.
Experience supporting clients with referrals to other
support services.
Experience of developing effective relationships
with key stakeholders.
Experience
in working at events.
Experience
in working in community and/or GP settings.
4. QUALIFICATIONS
Relevant degree/postgraduate
degree in nutrition
Member of the Association for Nutrition (AfN) or BDA (Desirable not
essential as there is a development programme to assist gaining AFN
registration.
5. SPECIAL
CONDITIONS
Full UK Driving license with access to a
car with business travel insurance for work.
Working in a variety of settings including the
community, youth, and community centres.
Some evening and weekend
work.
This post involves working with vulnerable
adults and as such the post holder will be required to apply for a disclosure
of criminal records at an enhanced level (DBS).
