Job summary

The work will involve supporting the dietitians who work on the adult wards at Northampton General Hospital. You will support referral management and triage, complete nutritional assessment of patients and review care plans put in place by the dietitian. You will work closely with the dietitians and there will be an opportunity for you to support student and staff training in the MDT and become involved and dietetic promotions and campaigns.

Main duties of the job

Leading on the management of the referral for patients requiring dietetic intervention using the established referral process:

Clinical decision making without direct supervision is required but you will have access to advice and support from more senior staff.

Providing direct patient consultations under the supervision of the Dietitian:

-screen new referrals and gather information for the Dietitian

-review an established plan of care and discussing the effectiveness of the plan and any changes with the individual's treatment plan and their related condition/illness with the care team.

-support the dietitian in the discharge process, e.g. patients transitioning to the home enteral team

You will identify specific precautions or contraindications to the proposed interventions / treatments and take the appropriate action.

Supporting the department by ensuring stocks of oral nutritional supplements are available and within expiry date.

Inputting patient diet history records for computer dietary analysis, using knowledge of food portion sizes and calorific values of foods to ensure accurate results are achieved on a daily basis. Store new foods into dietary analysis program for further use.

Attending departmental meetings, participate in service improvement work and resource development. You will support the department with raising awareness of nutrition and nutrition related topics such as Nutrition and Hydration week, Dietitians week.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.