Senior Dietitian
Senior Dietitian – Community Nursing Unit
The Community Dietitian will provide high-quality, evidence-based nutritional assessment, intervention, education, and support for older adults residing in a Community Nursing Unit and those receiving care in the community. The postholder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to optimise nutritional status, prevent and manage malnutrition, support healthy ageing, and improve quality of life for older people with complex medical, functional, and social needs. I will discuss this role with a Senior or Staff Grade
Responsibilities of Senior Dietitian
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate individualised nutrition care plans.
- Manage patients at risk of or experiencing malnutrition, frailty, sarcopenia, pressure ulcers, dysphagia (in collaboration with Speech and Language Therapy), diabetes, renal disease, dementia and other chronic conditions.
- Prescribe and monitor oral nutritional supplements in accordance with local guidelines.
- Provide dietary advice for therapeutic diets appropriate to older adults.
- Review nutritional interventions and adjust care plans according to clinical outcomes.
- Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant clinical documentation.
- Work collaboratively with nurses, GPs, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare assistants.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences.
- Support discharge planning and continuity of nutritional care between acute and community services.
- Contribute to care planning for residents requiring palliative or end-of-life nutritional support.
- Deliver education sessions to residents, families, carers and healthcare staff.
- Develop educational resources promoting healthy ageing and good nutrition.
- Provide training on nutritional screening, food fortification and hydration.
- Promote best practice in nutrition and hydration within the Community Nursing Unit.
Responsibilities of Dietitian
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in Dietetics recognised by the appropriate regulatory authority.
- 3+ Years post qualification experience
- Experience in clinical dietetics.
- Experience managing older adults with complex nutritional needs.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
- Knowledge of nutritional screening and management of malnutrition.
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