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Salary To provide specialist nutrition and diet advice to patients, their carers, and healthcare professionals through treatment, education plans, and prescriptions Educate patients with diet-related disorders on how they can improve their health and prevent disease by adopting healthier eating and drinking habits Provide dietary support to patients of all ages (from early-life to end-of-life care) in a variety of settings including nurseries, patient homes and care homes To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex nutritional needs. To plan and deliver individualised nutritional care plans based on comprehensive assessment of needs and a knowledge of evidence-based practice, modifying the care plan as required. To negotiate and agree dietary or nutritional goals with individual patients and/or their carers using motivational interviewing, counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy tools as applicable. This will include identifying individual barriers to change and helping patients to manage them.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to gain patients cooperation and understanding in following recommended dietary treatments Develop, implement and evaluate a seamless nutrition support service across the PCN, working with community and secondary care where appropriate, and aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and wider multi-disciplinary team working Work with clinicians, multi-disciplinary team colleagues and external agencies to ensure the smooth transition of patients discharged from hospital back into primary care, so that they can continue their diet plan Make recommendations to PCN staff regarding changes to medications for the nutritional management of patients, based on interpretation of biochemical, physiological, and dietary requirements Implement all aspects of effective clinical governance for own practice, including undertaking regular audit and evaluation, supervision and training. Undertake a range of administrative tasks such as ensuring stock levels are maintained and securely stored, and equipment is kept in good working order Ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate PCN and local population objectives. To facilitate group education courses in specialist area as required. Such as nationally recognised courses (e.g.
Dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE), XPERT).
