Overview
This role, based at Bedford Hospital, is an exciting opportunity to specialise in gastroenterology and nutrition support within the community. The post holder will provide specialist dietetic input for patients within North and Mid Bedfordshire and will cover specialist gastroenterology clinics, home enteral feeding, community clinics and home visits. The post holder will also provide support for less experienced dietitians and non-qualified staff, within the community team. This is a specialist role and requires excellent time management skills.
The community team have full access to remote working, with all patient notes on SystemOne. You will receive a laptop and mobile phone to support this. The post holder will form strong links with the hospital gastroenterology dietetic team, who will provide clinical supervision and support in gastroenterology. The community team work closely together with regular meetings, CPD sessions and networking opportunities with the wider dietetic team.
The community dietetic team are based at Bedford Hospital, enabling liaison with the acute dietitians and other specialist dietetic teams to provide seamless patient care. Other specialist dietetic teams include gastroenterology, oncology, obesity, diabetes and paediatrics. Ad hoc support and clinical supervision is available across the teams. Internal and external CPD is encouraged, including a structured feedback programme within the department. The department supports training and assessing student dietitians from the University of Hertfordshire. Audit and service improvement are key to meeting rising service demands. The department has good IT support and operates a flexi time system.
Responsibilities
1. Manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology patients who require home enteral nutrition, providing advice on tube care and administration of feeds; coordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead.
2. Manage a complex caseload of patients in their own homes and in outpatient clinics who require specialist nutrition support; coordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead.
3. Manage a complex caseload of gastroenterology outpatients, working in close liaison with the gastroenterology dietetics team; coordinate service improvement projects in conjunction with the clinical lead.
4. Manage a caseload of patients with coeliac disease residing in care homes; provide specialist dietetic support to care home patients and coordinate service improvement projects; facilitate annual reviews and deliver training to care home staff.
5. Have a good understanding of and contribute to the effective running of the community dietetics service.
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
* Current registration with HCPC as a registered Dietitian
Desirable
* Post graduate training in Low FODMAP diet
Experience
Essential
* Experience in dietetics in gastroenterology
* Experience in enteral feeding
* Experience working as part of a team and within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
* Experience supervising dietitians/dietetic assistant practitioners
Knowledge
* Communication skills and ability to adapt communication style for a wide range of people
* Ability to verbally provide specialised nutritional information to medical staff or groups of health or other professionals (e.g., presentation at multidisciplinary meetings)
* Good organisation skills of staff and others
Other
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check applies. UK registration is required for this post. Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Ethical and legal requirements related to recruitment apply as per NHS guidance.
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