Advanced Dietitian
| Posting date: | 08 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,742.00 to £50,056.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43742.00 - £50056.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Location: | Upton, CH49 5PE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9408-24-0427 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities To be the key lead for providing and developing high quality of care within own speciality; to constantly strive to improve and develop AHP services (within the clinical governance framework), and to create an environment in which excellence in clinical care flourishes. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including patient treatment, equipment uses, resources and documentation (within clinical governance framework). To ensure effective management of own specialist caseload and to maintain high standards of clinical practice. To be responsible for the training of own profession staff (postgraduate and undergraduate) in core and specialist area of work, and other AHP staff groups, by identifying learning needs and leading on actions to meet these needs to be responsible for own CPD. To be an autonomous practitioner, requiring highly developed specialist knowledge to assess patients with complex needs, identifying problems and formulating individualised treatment plans; making treatment decisions and evaluating effectiveness of treatment using well developed clinical reasoning skills. To ensure full and accurate documentation records are kept of own patient interventions and to be responsible for ensuring that other team members maintain documentation standards in line with legal, local, national, and professional guidelines. To ensure that accurate information (including national and local statistics) is entered on computerised records. To be responsible for clinical audit activity to evaluate specialist services, working in conjunction with the clinical team leaders, leading to identifying appropriate service development or improvements /maintenance of standards of care. To effectively manage change. To ensure that new and existing protocols/ guidelines are implemented, and to develop guidelines when appropriate founded on evidence-based practice and in accordance with professional, local, and national guidelines. To ensure effective communication (verbal and written) with professionals, non-professionals, and patients regarding patient treatment & advice. To ensure appropriate use of risk assessment and to take appropriate action when risk is identified. To monitor the safety and safe use of all equipment used. To have the Freedom to Act guided by broad occupational, hospital and national guidelines. Guidance may be provided by peers, managers, or external reference points