Specialist Adult Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian

The role involves

o Undertaking comprehensive assessment of patients requiring home enteral feeding with complex presentations and multiple medical conditions

o Formulating and reviewing individual management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning

o Working collaboratively with the wider multi- disciplinary health care team to ensure delivery of coordinated care and to provide specialist advice and attend case conferences, network meetings as appropriate

o Working collaboratively with company nursing team, including participating in joint patient reviews and providing specialist support to patients receiving home enteral feeding.

o Using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to implement treatment plans, evaluating patients' progress and measuring outcomes. This will include patients who have difficulty with understanding and/or communicating

o Providing advice and training to patients, carers, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals to promote an understanding of the dietetic treatment, to ensure a consistent approach to patient care

o Managing clinical risk within own caseload

o Contributing to and implementing service improvement work

o Managing enteral feeding equipment and ancillaries within the caseload, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective provision of these resources.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Knowledge and expereince

Communication skills

Professional skills