Community Dietician

Overview

JP Medicals Recruitment, a leading NHS healthcare recruitment agency is currently recruiting a dedicated Community Dietician HCPC registration to work in regular and flexible shifts at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Enjoy working with a leading recruitment agency with exclusive benefits, competitive pay, and top-class customer service.

Job Description

• undertake nutritional assessments of patients with a range of complex medical conditions
  
• educate and advise patients with diet-related disorders on the practical ways in which they can improve their health by supporting them to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices
  
• devise, monitor, review, and improve nutritional care plans
  
• deliver group sessions to other healthcare professionals or patient groups
  
• work with the patient and multidisciplinary team (including other healthcare professionals) to ensure patient-centered care is provided
  
• liaise with hospital staff and external agencies to ensure the smooth transition of patients discharged from the hospital back into the community so that they can continue to receive the dietary support needed
  
• promote health and wellbeing by informing the public about the importance of diet and nutrition
  
• educate other healthcare professionals about food and nutrition issues
  
• advise hospital catering departments about any specific patient dietary requirements
  
• support schools in the provision of healthy school meals
  
• run clinics in hospital outpatient departments or GP surgeries
  
• record all assessments and interventions, write reports and case notes, and maintain accurate records
  
• prepare information packs, flyers, and other promotional materials.
  

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