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Nutritionist band 6 | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £21.88 - £22.92 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW1 5JD |
| Company: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6468764/824-BANK-05287669A |
Summary
1. The post holder will provide Dietetic assessments and treatment programmes to clients in their own homes and in care homes within the borough of Barnet.
2. To be responsible for one’s own caseload of clients who are predominantly at risk of malnutrition, but will include some patients on home enteral tube feeding, while working to service standards under the supervision of a senior dietitian.
3. To provide support to the continued implementation of the Nutrition Support Care Pathway for highlighting and treating malnutrition in the community as well as the appropriate prescribing and monitoring of oral nutrition supplements within CLCH.
4. To make recommendations to GP’s on the appropriate prescribing of oral nutrition supplements and enteral feeds.
1. 1.1 To have responsibility for providing a dietetic service including appropriate dietary assessment and treatment in community settings such as the clients own home, care homes and day centres as well as in clinics and virtually.
2. 1.2 To work autonomously to provide specialist dietary advice on a range of clinical conditions that may require food fortification /oral nutrition supplementation, or home enteral feeding. This will involve nutritional diagnosis and assessment (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) using evidence based guidelines and the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals) using evidence based outcomes.
3. 1.3 To work autonomously to calculate energy requirements and to recommend food fortification to meet requirements or an appropriate prescription for oral nutrition supplements or enteral feed.
4. 1.4 To use professional judgement and clinical expertise to interpret and analyse complex situations and information to formulate treatment plans according to evidence based practice and modify according to changes in clinical condition
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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
2.1 To implement and support a care pathway for appropriate prescribing and monitoring of oral nutrition supplements within Central London Community Healthcare.
2.2 To work in partnership with the clinical nutrition support team, prescribing team and care homes to implement systems to ensure appropriate prescribing of oral nutrition supplements withinCentral London Community Healthcare. 2.3 To work in partnership with other health care professionals and acute trusts within NCL to ensure nutrition support pathways meet nice guidance.
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Jul 2024