The Highly Specialist Dietitian will be responsible for the integration and provision of a comprehensive and quality dietetic service for Forensic mental health in patient service users.
Responsibilities
* Use expert knowledge and experience to educate and support patients and their carers regarding dietary management and sustaining behavioral change.
* Provide specialist nutritional and dietetic training, support, clinical assessment and education to nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary teams (MDT).
* Contribute to further service development, audit, policy writing and lead on delegated service development projects.
* Provide a comprehensive, effective, evidence-based dietetic service to a range of patients referred to the dietetic services.
* Demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in the area of Dietetics, underpinned by current evidence based practice.
* Work autonomously to provide expert nutritional and dietetic advice to patients referred to the service under the care of MDT, in house GP's and other healthcare professionals.
* Work in a variety of locations including in-patient forensic mental health bedded units such as The Bracton Centre and Memorial Hospital.
* Actively lead on the education and clinical updating of all medical, nursing and support staff (including dietetic staff & students), in the area of speciality.
* Be responsible for the full dietetic care of patients referred to the service including biochemical and anthropometric monitoring and the assessment of nutritional status and requirements based on anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical parameters.
* Make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases by calculating and interpreting nutritional requirements and advising on the most appropriate method of nutrition support.
* Provide and coordinate a highly specialised clinical dietetic caseload within the Forensic directorate.
* Coordinate the management of the caseload and clinical reviews across the community and transition to services in and out of borough.
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