Clinical Lead Dietitian

An are excited to advertise this excellent opportunity for a part time role (18.5hrs) as Dietitian Clinical Lead to work as job share with existing Dietitian Clinical lead in our North Central Division Nutrition Support team at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. There may be opportunities for hours of work  to increase later. CLCH is one of the largest community trusts serving more than 2 million people across 11 London boroughs and Hertfordshire. Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:

The Nutrition Support team, based in Barnet are looking for someone who is highly motivated, well organised and has experience of working in and /or managing a busy Nutrition Support service.  You will be managing the day to day running of the Barnet service in partnership with the Head of Clinics Services. Experience of managing people and supporting and leading service development will be key to the role. The successful candidate will have a high clinical skills in Dietetics and be actively engaged with evidence based practice. They should be adaptable to the rapidly changing healthcare agenda and have experienced of working with external stakeholders.

You will be responsible for the clinical activity of the team to deliver high quality evidence based care. The role will be supported by our strong management and leadership teams from within Specialist Clinical Services and the wider Divisional Senior Management team that are committed to service innovation, research & development.

1.1       To be responsible for providing highly specialist clinical assessments and treatments including appropriate dietary counseling to patients in a variety settings.

1.2       To work autonomously to provide expert advice to patients, carers and clinicians. This will involve nutritional diagnosis and assessment (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, diet history and social history) using evidence based guidelines and the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirement and client-centered goals) using evidence based outcomes.

1.3       To use professional judgement and clinical expertise to independently interpret and analyse complex situations and information to formulate treatment plans according to evidence based practiced and modify according to changes in clinical condition.

1.4       To be clinically competent to give specialist advice, treatment and dietary counseling to support behavioral change in adults with complex and diverse healthcare needs across health and social care.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.