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Children's Community Dietitian Band 6

Employer
Bromley Healthcare CIC
Location
Beckenham, London (Greater)
Salary
£37,152 - £43,994
Closing date
19 May 2022

Job Details

Job description Job responsibilities  

 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESCLINICAL / PATIENT CARE To manage a complex clinical caseload within the Childrens Dietetic Service, primarily in a clinic setting, and including patients with allergies, faltering growth and obesity. To work as an independent practitioner and be responsible for managing and prioritising a clinic caseload including patients with highly complex needs. To provide a broad range of expert nutrition and dietetic advice to children and their carers for a wide range of multiple medical conditions, to meet varying needs. Advice on treatments may need to be given where there is no national or professional consensus to assessment and treatment. To undertake comprehensive dietetic assessments, including patients who have barriers to communication, using a range of methods, including interview skills, interpretation of blood biochemistry, calculation of nutrition requirements and anthropometrical measurements. To make independent clinical judgements and diagnoses (such as nutrient deficiencies, allergies and food intolerance) based on these assessments, in settings where access to other health professionals for professional support is not immediately available To undertake nutritional counselling in a broad range of specialist clinical areas with children and their families and carers including:o The communication of complex nutritional information and to adapt the presentation of this information to be appropriate for a wide range of learning ability.o The giving of sensitive, unwelcome and difficult to accept information e.g. commencing tube feeding, use of alternative therapies, long term implications of condition.o The use of motivational interviewing and psychological behaviour management techniques for motivation, empowerment, and negotiation of a treatment plan, to attain sustained dietary and lifestyle changes. o Adapting all of the above for children and their families with complex needs and disabilities including mental health problems, complex communication problems, and learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. To plan, deliver and review treatment programmes through:o Providing timely information and advice to referring agencies regarding treatment plans and dietetic recommendations;o Effective communication and liaison with a wide range of other health professionals, within Bromley Healthcare and other agencies (to ensure continuity of care, and/or joint management), contributing to a multidisciplinary approach to care.o Organising, providing information for, and participating in case conferences.o Instructing and advising on the prescribing of nutritional supplements and specialised enteral feeds listed as ACBS (Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances), vitamins and minerals.o Advising on the safe and appropriate use of different products available over the counter e.g. vitamins, minerals, specialist dietary products.o Making recommendations to medical practitioners regarding the need for diagnostic tests, e.g. blood testso Making recommendations to medical practitioners regarding the need for invasive procedures e.g. nasogastric or gastrostomy feeding tube placements. To evaluate outcomes of dietetic interventions through the monitoring and review of nutritional care plans, and adjusting care plans to facilitate achievement of goals. To ensure that all assessments, communication techniques, advice and treatments are appropriate to the patients age, level of knowledge, social, cultural and religious needs. To utilise developed communication and teaching skills to initiate, develop, deliver and evaluate group education, training and support for patients, families and carers in groups of various sizes e.g. milk free weaning To produce, develop, monitor and evaluate evidence-based, written information and resources to support nutritional interventions and teaching. To work with colleagues within Bromley Healthcare and Social Services to protect vulnerable children. To have a full knowledge and understanding of and work within the procedures for Safeguarding Children. To provide cover for the home enteral feeding service including ordering enteral feeding equipment and products and arranging for their delivery to the patients home. Training of patients/families/carers, including other health professionals on various equipment used for home enteral feeding.

Company

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme.

Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and part of the NHS family.

But we are a little different; we like to think that we stand out from typical NHS organisations as Bromley Healthcare CIC is actually a co-owned social enterprise, co-owned by its employees. This means that our staff remain on NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (providing you are eligible), if not we can offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

What difference does this make?

Because our Nurses, therapists and support staff co-own Bromley Healthcare CIC and have a real say in how our services are run, this has created a greater sense of ownership, responsibility & motivation among our staff which in turn creates better quality for our patients & families.

If you are keen to work for a dynamic, forward thinking but different type of NHS employer then Bromley Healthcare could be for you!

From health visiting to district nursing, school nurses to specialist nurses, our nursing services help new parents to care for new born children and older people to continue living at home through care and support. We also have a wide range of therapy services for adults and children, including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy whilst our specialist services focus on preventing diseases and supporting those living with specific conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or diabetes.

 

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