Are you a qualified Dietitian looking to joina great team making a difference to community health?
Trowbridge Primary Care Network (PCN) islooking for a dedicated, proactive and skilled dietitian to join ourexperienced, supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team. In this rewardingrole, you will provide expert nutrition and dietetic advice to patients of allages and from diverse backgrounds and settings.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a keyrole in developing and improving local nutrition services, promoting betterhealth and wellbeing throughout the PCN footprint. If you are enthusiasticabout empowering patients to improve their health through nutrition, we wouldlove to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will provide expert nutrition and dietetic advice to patientsacross all age groups, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support andpromote better health and wellbeing in the community. As a Trowbridge PrimaryCare Network clinician, you will deliver tailored dietary assessments andeducation to support patients with a range of diet-related health conditions. Whilstbeing based at our GP practices, your work will include patients from diversesettings, such as care homes, and will involve collaborative care planning toensure continuity across primary, community, and secondary care. You will playa central role in developing and improving local nutrition support services,supporting patient transitions from hospital to home, and advising onnutrition-related medication management. In addition, you will contribute toclinical governance, service evaluation, audit, and training to uphold highstandards of practice and drive continuous improvement.
About us
Since 2019, Trowbridge PCN has steadily grown to become a key partof community heathcare provision in Trowbridge, with a dedicated team ofaround 30 staff. The multidisciplinary team includes Clinical Pharmacists, CareCoordinators, and First Contact Physiotherapists, all working collaborativelyto improve the health and wellbeing of the Trowbridge population.
Operating across three main sitesTrowbridge Health Centre,Roundstone Surgery, and Wingfield Roadthe PCN has a friendly, supportiveatmosphere and a commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.The team is well-led by two experienced Clinical Directors, supported by thePCN Manager and Practice Managers.
Trowbridge PCN offers a range of benefits for its staff, includingaccess to the NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave, and a welcoming teamenvironment. Above all, the PCN is driven by a strong ethos of safe, diligentpractice and a shared goal of providing the best possible care to its patients.
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
You will provide expert nutrition and dietetic advice to patientsacross all age groups, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support andpromote better health and wellbeing in the community. As a Trowbridge PrimaryCare Network clinician, you will deliver tailored dietary assessments andeducation to support patients with a range of diet-related health conditions. Whilstbeing based at our GP practices, your work will include patients from diversesettings, such as care homes, and will involve collaborative care planning toensure continuity across primary, community, and secondary care. You will playa central role in developing and improving local nutrition support services,supporting patient transitions from hospital to home, and advising onnutrition-related medication management. In addition, you will contribute toclinical governance, service evaluation, audit, and training to uphold highstandards of practice and drive continuous improvement.
Requirements for role
BSc or pre-reg MSc in Dietetics under a training programmeapproved by the British Dietetic Association
Registered member of the Health and Care Professionals Council(HCPC)
Role responsibilities:
Provide specialist nutrition and diet advise to patients, theircarers, and healthcare professionals through treatment, education plans andprescriptions.
Educate patients with diet-related disorders on how they canimprove their health and prevent disease by adopting healthier eating anddrinking habits.
Provide dietary support to patients of all ages (from early-lifeto end-of-life care) in a variety of settings.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to gain patientscooperation and understanding in following recommended dietary treatments.
Develop, implement and evaluate a seamless nutrition supportservice across the PCN, working with community and secondary care whereappropriate, and aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care andwider multi-disciplinary team working.
Work with clinicians, multi-disciplinary team colleagues andexternal agencies to ensure the smooth transition of patients discharged fromhospital back into primary care, so that they an continue their diet plan.
Make recommendations to PCN staff regarding changes to medicationsfor the nutritional management of patients based on interpretation ofbiochemical, physiological and dietary requirements
Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for ownpractice, including undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision andtraining.
Undertake a range of administrative tasks
Ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseloadmanagement, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate PCN and localpopulation objectives.
Your responsibilities
To take ownership ofyour given workload and prioritise accordingly to meet the required deadlines.
To have greatattention to detail and be able to document patient records accurately.
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, orallow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff willrespect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in this JobDescription, the post-holder may have access to confidential informationrelating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcareworkers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as abusiness organisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, otherhealthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged toauthorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
Tomonitor service provision to ensure that services are being delivered in linewith contract.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights ofpatients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights,interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures andpolicies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients,carers and colleagues
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual,is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities andrights.
Personal/Professional Development
The post-holder will participate in any training programmeimplemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training toinclude:
Participation in an annual individual performance review,including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/orprofessional development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning andperformance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who areundertaking similar work.
Quality
Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions,either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on ownand team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance theteams performance
Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meetpatients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the importance ofeffective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communicationand respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
Thepost-holder will
Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standardsand guidelines will affect own work
Participate in audit where appropriate.
Changes to this Job Description
Theduties and responsibilities outlined in this list are neither definitive norrestrictive and may change in detail from time to time as the post develops tomeet the changing needs of the surgery.
Person Specification
Registration
* Registered member of the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
Qualifications
* BSc or pre-reg MSc in Dietetics under a training programme approved by the British Dietetic Association
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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