Dietitian Mission Walk

About Mission Walk

Job Description

The job involves undertaking nutritional assessments of patients with a range of complex medical conditions. You will educate and advise patients with diet-related disorders on practical ways to improve their health by supporting them in making appropriate lifestyle and food choices. Additionally, you will devise, monitor, review, and improve nutritional care plans, as well as deliver group sessions to patient groups. Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, hospital consultants, psychologists, and speech and language therapists, is essential to ensure patient-centered care. You will liaise with hospital staff and external agencies to facilitate the smooth transition of patients discharged from the hospital back into the community, ensuring they receive the necessary dietary support. Promoting health and wellbeing through public education on the importance of diet and nutrition is a key aspect of the role. You will also educate other healthcare professionals on food and nutrition issues, advise hospital catering departments on specific patient dietary requirements, and support schools in providing healthy school meals. Running clinics in hospital outpatients departments or GP surgeries, recording assessments and interventions, writing reports and case notes, and maintaining accurate records are part of your responsibilities. Furthermore, preparing information packs, flyers, and other promotional materials, as well as undertaking research in nutrition to enhance understanding of its effects on health and disease, are integral to the role. This is a part-time, permanent position with a flexible schedule. The work location is in person, and the job requires a minimum of 1 year of total work experience. The application deadline is 10/10/2024.,