Clinical Dietician - Part Time

at  Spectrum Health

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

For us at Spectrum it’s all about building the best team to help people to achieve their health goals. This makes for happy patients and happy team members! We’re currently looking for a Dietician to work as part of our digital team, delivering quality Dietetics services. The role is a part time (20 hours per week), work from home position, with some travel expected to corporate client sites. This is a 9 month fixed term contract. The ideal candidate will have paediatric dietetics experience also.
At Spectrum we want to offer you a career, not just a job. We provide clear career progression alongside a transparent salary scale to help our team develop clinically or into leadership roles. We look to cater for those who want to build their clinical skills and those who want to upskill to become a Clinical Lead, Manager or Director.

WHAT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS DO I NEED?

• BSc or MSc in Dietetics (essential)
• Paediatrics experience (essential)
• CORU registration (essential)
• Membership of Irish Nutrition + Dietetic Institute (INDI) (essential)
• Professional Indemnity Insurance (essential)
• Relevant private practice clinical experience (preferred)
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• Engaging with patients and assessing their needs.
• Developing diets that patients are able to adopt into their daily lives.
• Determining appropriate dietary modifications needed to promote health or treat disease and formulate an appropriate treatment plan.
• Treating patients whose symptoms are triggered or increased by eating particular foods.
• Supporting people who are unable to eat after major surgery or serious injury to ensure they continue to receive the nutrition they need.
• Helping athletes achieve their sporting goals through good nutritional practices.
• Maintaining and advancing professional knowledge and keeping up with technical and clinical progress in order to offer clients the best treatment available.
• Liaise with other healthcare professionals, such as GPs, Physiotherapists, other members of multi-disciplinary teams, to exchange information about the background and progress of patients, as well as to refer patients who require other medical attention;
• Formulating practical dietetics advice and resources by interpreting, translating and evaluating relevant information from a variety of sources.
• Conduct digital consultations
• Write patient case notes and reports and collect statistics; as well as managing their payments, and issue receipts.
• Meet continuous education requirements and maintain an up to date CPD folder.
• Be caring, compassionate and professional and always have the patient at the core of everything you do.
• You may be required to work with the marketing team from time to time and provide them with on the ground feedback
• New graduates will have supervision with a senior team member and clinical lead in order to set goals, complete case studies and work through reflective practice.