Specialist Dietitian

at  Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Plans own workload, managing competing demands (e.g. urgent referrals) to ensure care is delivered according to clinical priority. Delegates work to dietetic staff whose competence has been established, whilst maintaining professional accountability and ensuring their work meets required care standards. Responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive service user records using CITO in accordance with the Trust and professional record keeping standards.
Contributes to MDT reports and writes specialist dietetic reports for referring agents and other healthcare professionals involved in service users care. Undertakes complex dietetic assessments and develops complex dietaryintervention plans e.g. formulating enteral feeding regimes for service users at risk of re-feeding syndrome. Develops and implements specialist interventions for individuals or groups, in collaboration with the service user(s) and MDT to achieve therapeutic goals.
Engages service users in specialist activities and encourages service users/carers in a compassionate manner, to support them in achieving their identified goals. Monitors and evaluates treatment in order to measure progress and modifies the dietary intervention plans to ensure effectiveness of clinical interventions. Provides reports on service user progress at clinical meetings and makesrecommendations to inform the clinical decision-making process regarding service user care programmes as part of the multidisciplinary team. Provides specialist clinical advice to other healthcare professionals including those in the acute hospital sector with limited mental health or learning disability experienc

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