Specialist Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian in Redruth

This role has been approved for advertising; however, it is also being assessed as a suitable alternative employment opportunity. As a result, the vacancy may be withdrawn or there may be a delay before shortlisting can begin. This role is open to all applicants. However, in line with Cornwall First recruitment principles, initial shortlisting will prioritise applicants from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and the Integrated Care Board for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

If you are a compassionate and caring individual, with a strong desire to maximise the quality of life for people living in the community with an artificial feeding tube, then this could be the role for you! Our small team is dedicated to providing expert dietetic support & advice to adults with enteral tubes in situ across the beautiful county of Cornwall.

Main duties of the job

The adult HEF dietetic caseload comprises of around 135 patients, including a wide range of clinical conditions. You will be responsible for providing a responsive & competent dietetic service, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams and other HCP's as and where possible, to ensure a holistic, collaborative, and all-encompassing approach. You will be expected to complete face to face, telephone or virtual assessments to gather full nutritional and other relevant information to enable you to create suitable individualised feeding regimens. Monitoring progress and making relevant adjustments depending on clinical presentation, whilst considering practicalities and other influencing factors, is key to ensuring a satisfied service user! We strive to provide a streamlined service that meets peninsula and local HEF dietetic standards, auditing regularly to monitor and further improve where possible. Liaising with the contracted feed company via the online registration system to place and monitor feed/equipment orders as well as linking directly with feed company nurses is an important part of the daily tasks.

Within the role there is the opportunity to develop your skills at a practical level to obtain competencies for care of feeding tubes and stoma sites as we work closely with the gastrostomy specialist dietitian.

Job responsibilities

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics or equivalent
• Health Professions Council (HPC) Registration as a Dietitian
• Current UK Drivers License
• Advanced certificate in counselling skills or counselling experience
• PENG course in clinical nutrition
• Member of the British Dietetic Association
• A teaching qualification or experience teaching groups
• Attendance of the BDA course of Advancing Dietetics in Learning Disabilities

Experience

• Extensive and wide range of post registration dietetic experience in a health care setting.
• Experience of delivering dietetic service to complex enteral tube feed patients.
• Experience of delivering dietetic services in the community
• Experience of providing a dietetic service to clients with learning disabilities

Practical & Intellectual Skills

• Evidence of being able to demonstrate best dietetic practice for a range of conditions
• Evidence of being able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, using differing medias
• Evidence of being able to work effectively within teams & independently where appropriate
• Evidence of being able to evaluate and report on complex data
• Evidence of knowledge of and participation with Clinical Governance
• Evidence of having the ability to assess success and write reports
• Car driver with the ability to travel between sites and to patients' homes in a timely manner and as required by role.
• Advanced skills in creating enteral feeding regimens for complex patients in challenging situations
• Experience and knowledge of a range of feeding tubes
• Experience and knowledge of how to manage different feeding tubes
• Experience and knowledge how to care for gastrostomy stomas
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act and application of it to dietetic practice
• Ability to be flexible as role requires
• Able to prioritise effectively
• Able to work independently, seeking support as required

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract

• Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working