Band 5 Community Dietitian - Bexley
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £35,763.00 to £43,466.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35763.00 - £43466.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Location: | Orpington, BR5 2RJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B9848-25-0177 |
Summary
To advise on the safe and appropriate use of different products available over the counter e.g. vitamins, minerals, specialist dietary products To advise on the prescribing of nutritional supplements listed as ACBS (Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances), vitamins and minerals. To work in partnership with Local Medicines Management Team and Prescribing Support Dietitians to support local policy on appropriate prescribing. To make recommendations to medical practitioners regarding the need for diagnostic tests i.e. blood tests. To communicate sensitively and effectively with patients/residents, including those without capacity, and care staff to ensure the nutritional goals are met. To provide clinical advice and support to dietetic assistant practitioners and contribute to the identification of any future training/development needs. To be flexible and cover part of the workload of other dietitians during leave of absence if required. To utilize developed communication and teaching skills to initiate, develop, deliver and evaluate group education, training and support for patients, families and carers in groups of various sizes. This includes a wide range of nutrition and dietetic issues including new guidelines and nutritional information. To ensure that all assessments, communication techniques and advice and treatments are appropriate to the patients level of knowledge, including social, cultural and religion needs. To initiate, develop, monitor and evaluate evidence-based, written information and resources to support nutritional interventions and teaching. To provide a broad range of nutrition and dietetic advice for a wide range of medical conditions to adults and their carers to meet varying needs. Advice on treatments may need to be given where there is no national or professional consensus to assessment and treatment. To undertake comprehensive dietetic patient assessments, including patients who have barriers to communication, using a range of methods, including interview skills, interpretation of blood biochemistry, calculation of nutrition requirements and anthropometrical measurements. To make independent clinical judgements and diagnoses (such as lipid modification, nutrient deficiencies) based on these assessments, in settings where access to other health professionals for professional support is not immediately available. To evaluate outcomes of dietetic interventions through the monitoring and review of nutritional care plans, and adjusting care plans to facilitate achievement of goals.