Senior Dietician

Position: Senior Dietitian

Contract: Specified Purpose

Hours: Part Time (17.5hrs) opportunities

Salary range: HSE Consolidated pay-scale 1st October 2024

Reporting to: The Dietitian Manager

Closing Date: 11/10/2024

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Details of Clontarf Hospital

Clontarf Hospital provides post-acute rehabilitation services to patients transferred from acute hospitals with a variety of conditions and rehabilitation needs including: post Covid, post elective and trauma orthopaedic surgery, frail older adults, post-acute medical conditions, multiple co-morbidities, post amputee, post neuro surgery and neurological conditions

Purpose of the Post

To work and function as an efficient and effective member of the Nutrition & Dietetic team and the relevant multidisciplinary teams, and to provide optimum clinical dietetic services to patients under the care of the dietitian.

Flexibility is essential for this role. Areas of work will be discussed and then allocated in a range of areas including:

• Age Related Rehabilitation
• General Rehabilitation
• Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (trauma and elective)
• Neurological & Neurosurgery Rehabilitation

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

JOB OVERVIEW

Professional/Clinical

The Senior Dietitian will:

· Actively participate in and promote the development and implementation of Nutrition & Dietetic Services in liaison with hospital management

· Provide a dietetic service that is evidence based and meets recognized standards

· Prioritise and manage a clinical and non-clinical caseload according to the needs of the department or service, including provision of cover for colleagues during periods of leave

· Work in accordance with relevant HSE, CORU and professional practice clinical governance policies, guidelines, legislation and standards to ensure a high standard of service delivery, which respects the role of other health professionals.

· Maintain a high level of professional conduct, competence and standards and comply with Statutory Regulation of the profession in the Republic of Ireland.

· Work within own scope of professional competence in line with principles of best practice, professional conduct and clinical governance.

· Recognise the need for effective self-management of workload, available time and resources.

· Identify nutritional problems through individual assessment of nutritional status and calculation of requirements and devise and implement appropriate nutritional care plans using Nutrition Care process Model (NCPM)

· Monitor and evaluate intervention outcomes.

· Contribute to the development and implementation of planning, audit and evaluation, production of policies, guidelines and standards, quality improvement initiatives, continuing education, and in developing resources and databases for relevant service user groups

· Seek the advice of relevant personnel when appropriate/as required.

· Liaise with catering staff in development of menus and specialised therapeutic diets in accordance with National Standards for Food, Nutrition & Hydration

· Provide leadership to Staff Grade Dietitians through the process of clinical supervision, mentoring and tutoring with a view to enabling the dietitian to identify areas for skill development

· Represent the nutrition & dietetic service at meetings, committees and project work

· Initiate, support and participate in health promotion activities

· Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, journal club, case conferences, tutorials, multidisciplinary ward rounds and/or educational meetings as required