Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian

To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

To provide expert nutrition advice, independently or in collaboration with other Health professionals within and external to the organisation.

To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.

To develop Dietetic care pathways, within that own area to develop practice.

To produce resources pertaining to own area & to participate in the design and evaluation of other material as required.

Critically evaluate existing evidence (local, national and international) in order to provide expert nutrition advice to the development of evidence-based, culturally appropriate patient education and information materials, within financial constraints.

Main duties of the job

Leadership

Attend and contribute to department meetings, CPD meetings, Professional Update and other appropriate meetings.

Prepare for and equally contribute to the appraisal, supervision and CPD processes.

Undertake defined recruitment activities for junior dietetic staff and/or admin staff

To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.

To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews.

Clinical Skills

To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.

To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence based practice, literature and peer review.

Advise healthcare professionals , parents, carers and patients concerning patients' nutrition and dietetic management and attend relevant meetings and case conferences. This will involve nutritional assessment and calculating nutritional requirements.

Provide expert nutrition advice.

To have a good working knowledge of the use of enteral feeding pumps and equipment.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time)., This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).