Band 4 Dieticians Assistant | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be able to deliver elements of delegated dietetic care and undertake clinic work under the direction of a dietitian. The role will support and assist the inpatient dietitian in the management of nutritional therapy of working age and older adult patients. The post holder will be involved in supporting nutritional training programs and engagement projects such as malnutrition screening tool education, health promotion events as well as supporting audit projects and the team administration.

• To work independently, using protocols and guidance to support qualified dietitians and ensure the effective implementation of dietetic treatment for patients.
• To show willingness to adopt a flexible approach at work.
• To work autonomously on specific projects agreed with the registered dietitian.
• To deliver clinics within a care framework, under the supervision of a dietitian.
• To check food intake charts and undertake nutritional reviews on the wards
• To monitor patients on nutritional supplements in nursing and residential homes, home visits and telephone reviews.
• To be involved in partnership working with the ward multidisciplinary team, other allied health professionals and community partners.
• Maintain effective communication between multidisciplinary teams.
• To keep electronic records of all patient contacts on Rio information system in accordance with trust and departmental standards for record keeping.
• Develop, organise and maintain effective office systems including departmental resources and database.
• Participate in dietetic service meetings, departmental meetings, MDT meetings, care plan meetings.
• Participate in the collection, collation, analysis, evaluation and administration for data for audit purposes, present results and produce reports.
• To be computer literate and use dietary analysis programs, word processing and database management software packages., To take responsibility for the monitoring and recommending changes to individual nutritional therapy using the process of care framework;
• To manage and prioritise a caseload of patients in a variety of settings as delegated by the dietitian and to regularly feedback regarding patients progress;
• With training, carry out accurate nutritional assessments including taking diet histories, assessing food record charts and analysing dietary intake.
• With training, provide basic dietary advice within a designated care framework.
• To measure and weigh patients using anthropometric equipment.
• To review patients on a caseload with support from a dietitian including over the telephone.
• Under dietetic supervision, to liaise with GP's regarding nutritional prescriptions.
• Develop, organise and deliver presentations/ training and education to patients, carers, healthcare professionals and students.
• To deliver group education sessions such as MUST training to healthcare staff across the borough in a vatiey of settings.
• Develop and design and produce resource such as client info, training programmes, displays, hand-outs and evaluation tools.
• To participate in regular supervision and reflective practice.
  
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Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen