This post covers the stroke unit at NGH, both inpatient wards (52 beds), for Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. Work centres on assessing patients referred by the stroke team and planning treatment and discharge, including enteral feeds and supplements, plus training for patients, carers and staff. Another dietitian also works in stroke care, and the post includes supporting dietetic learners. Fit depends on wide clinical experience, especially managing inpatient malnutrition and knowledge of UK healthcare systems.
What the job involves
- Assess patients with complex, multiple pathologies in inpatient and outpatient settings, referred by the stroke team
- Plan individual management and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning, and write discharge plans including advice on ACBS prescribable enteral feeds and supplements
- Work with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated care, giving specialist advice and attending case conferences and network meetings
- Evaluate patient progress and outcomes, and contribute to and implement service improvement to keep care safe and manage risk
- Communicate with patients, using listening and behaviour change skills, to complete assessments and deliver treatment in a way that meets inclusion and diversity needs
- Advise and train patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare professionals so that dietetic treatment is applied consistently
- Organise and prioritise own workload and manage clinical risk within caseload
- Support training for dietetic learners and provide practice education
Experience
- Wide range of clinical dietetic experience, especially managing malnutrition in inpatients
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of UK healthcare systems
- Range of communication skills and ability to provide patient-centred care
- Wide range of professional skills of working in healthcare
What’s offered
- Accredited Living Wage employer
- Support for financial wellbeing
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
