Senior Dietitian - Hepatobiliary and Nutrition Support

at  North Tees Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

To provide specialist dietary advice to adults with a range of complex conditions. This post will work approximately 40% with patients with Hepatobiliary conditions and 60% with patients requiring complex nutrition support including oral, enteral and parenteral interventions. To be an active member of the Hepatobiliary team, as a clinical specialist in dietetics involved in patient care, educational sessions and team meetings. To establish enteral feeding working in partnership with Home Enteral Feeding Team.
To communicate effectively with patients, and carers to ensure understanding of their condition and gain informed consent for dietetic treatment often requiring management of barriers to communication. To provide informative written reports to referrers and for meetings on treatment plans and progress of individual patients. To work autonomously to effectively time manage and prioritise individual workload, balancing patient caseload and non-patient related work demands. Prepared to work flexibly in clinics and on wards as a member of the Hepatobiliary multidisciplinary team and dietetic team.
To work extended days and as part of a seven day service as and when required. To provide expert advice to patients, carers and health professionals; Involving nutritional diagnosis (noting formal assessment of physical, psychological, emotional and social needs. Interpretation of clinical conditions; biochemistry, pharmacology; anthropometry; and diet history) in developing effective dietetic care plans; patient centred goals, and use of prescribable nutritional formulations. To use interviewing and negotiating skills to communicate advice appropriately and effectively, providing individualised dietary advice to meet the needs of patients, which are both realistic andpractical, taking into other factors such as non-compliance.
To provide expert advice into team discussions regarding nutritional care plans on wards, and in community, also in consultant led clinics

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