Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Specialist Prescribing Support Dietitian
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An Exciting Opportunity for Dietitians
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 highly motivated individuals to join the South East London (SEL) Dietetic Prescribing Support Service. Role is 0.8 WTE 30h per week.
This opportunity lends itself to individuals looking to widen their skillset, build their CV with more varied and diverse experiences or for those wanting to be actively involved with service development.
Role Overview
The role offers a wide range of benefits including opportunities for flexible working, hybrid working, professional development opportunities and initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance.
The service has been commissioned by SEL ICB and provides dietetic prescribing support services across the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley.
Key Responsibilities
The post includes providing dietetic assessment and treatment of patients, writing and delivering teaching sessions for staff and patients, being involved in audit and research, service development, quality improvement projects and line management responsibilities.
The team is comprised of a Principal Prescribing Support Dietitian (B8), x 2 Senior Specialist PSD (B7), x3 Paediatric PSDs (B7), x3 Specialist PSDs (B6) and x2 Advanced Dietetic Assistants (B4).
Important Information
VACANCIES MAY BE CLOSED SOONER THAN THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE. The Dietetic Department is currently piloting transparent interviews for some job roles, therefore please read any supporting information provided by recruitment.
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Service Aim
The aim of this service is to improve and standardise care pathways and achieve best-value care for patients requiring oral nutrition support in SEL.
As well as reviewing patients who have been prescribed nutrition supplements, the team work collaboratively alongside Primary Care Networks, acute care dietetic teams and community care homes to ensure that patients are receiving optimal nutritional care along their treatment pathways.
The service provides training and guidance to GPs, pharmacists and other community healthcare teams on the identification and treatment of malnutrition in the community and appropriate use of oral nutrition support prescription products.
The service will improve the quality of nutritional care that patients at risk from malnutrition receive whilst at the same time ensuring local healthcare resources are used effectively and efficiently.
Required Skills and Experience
You will need to be a motivated self-starter who can engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders. You will need to be good at analysing data and will be expected to complete reports to regular deadlines as well as having excellent clinical dietetics skills
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As a senior member of the team, responsibilities will also include clinical support and supervision of junior team members, induction and student training responsibilities. The role will also require leadership of SEL-wide working groups such as care home and secondary care working groups and associated workstreams.
You will be joining a dietetics department of well over 120 staff working across Guy's, St Thomas’, Evelina Children Hospital and community services. The department has a strong commitment to staff development and you will enjoy the benefits of being part of one of the biggest Nutrition and Dietetics Departments in Europe who as an organisation are at the forefront of healthcare service development and research.
We are a large Academic Health Sciences Centre with King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced clinicians and leading researchers in the Trust and at King’s College London.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ravneet Phalora
- Job Title: Principal Prescribing Support Dietitian
- Email Address: rphalora@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07821 809 754
For more information or an informal chat please contact Ravneet Phalora (rphalora@nhs.net)
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