Nutrition Practitioner

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Are you ready for the next challenge?
We are looking for a confident, flexible and reliable team player to join our friendly Nutrition & Dietetic Department. You will be working for Ealing Community Services within the Nutrition and Dietetic Team. The team consists of 12 Dietitians and 3 Nutrition Assistant Practitioners.
Under the direction of the Dietitians the post holder will monitor and support patients (adults and children) who need dietary input. (Training and supervision will be provided).
You will responsible for collecting clinical information, providing some basic nutrition advice, administrative duties including dealing with patient and health professional queries, database management, processing referrals and making appointments.
The post holders will need to be IT competent, able to use Word, Excel, and Power Point, be able to communicate with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience of working with the general public or patients.
The post holder will be required to travel across Ealing Borough to nursing homes and patient’s homes. The department is committed to personal development and support each individuals potential for growth.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
To assist in obtaining dietary information from patients and following up care plans as recommended by the clinical dietitian
Observe patients for signs of diet-related complications
Offer support to the Dietitians, nurses, health care assistants in identifying nutrition-related issues
Perform nutrition assessments, including taking anthropometrical measurements
To work alongside the Dietitians in implementing nutrition care plans and teaching/education sessions
You will have opportunities to work within the Ealing community
Our vision
Wellbeing for life: We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing.
Together we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support.
Our values
Compassion: Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.
Respect: We will respect and value the diversity of our patients, service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual.
Empowerment: We will involve, inform and empower our patients, service users, carers and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles. We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.
Partnership: We will work closely with our many partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
To assist in the treatment and management of patients under the supervision of a Dietitian. This will involve assessment and treatment duties and advice
To provide training sessions for health and social care professionals
To assist in the provision of oral nutritional supplements
To provide patient related administrative support for the dietitian

Please refer the Job description for details