Lead for Nutrition
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 1 day ago
City: Swindon
Contract type: Full time
Job Summary
The nutrition lead is a 2 PA post or 2x 1PA roles which is a new consultant /senior doctor role to support nutrition services within Great Western Hospital and within the gastroenterology department working with thedietetics. SALT, gastroenterology, surgery and in the community team.
Main duties of the job
Oversight of care for outpatients and inpatients with complex nutritional needs including parenteral and enteral nutrition.Provision of a nutrition consultation service with support to the dietetics team and SLT.Provide expert technical advice/ skills in relation to both central venous access devices and insertion of endoscopically delivered nutrition access devices.Lead for the PEG service.Participate in the ongoing development of a comprehensive Nutrition Service at GWH through maintaining key working relationships with key stakeholders to support innovative service development and expansion.Support for the neuromuscular services.Participation at multi-disciplinary team meetings as part of the care provided to nutrition patents.
About Us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Oversight of diagnostic and basic therapeutic endoscopy for nutritional disorders.Support for physical aspects of eating disorders for in-patients in conjunction with mentalhealth services.Oversight of patients with functional nutritional issues.Support to dieticians with escalation of issues in relation to MUST.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
The nutrition lead is a 2 PA post or 2x 1PA roles which is a new consultant /senior doctor role to support nutrition services within Great Western Hospital and within the gastroenterology department working with thedietetics. SALT, gastroenterology, surgery and in the community team.
Main duties of the job
Oversight of care for outpatients and inpatients with complex nutritional needs including parenteral and enteral nutrition.Provision of a nutrition consultation service with support to the dietetics team and SLT.Provide expert technical advice/ skills in relation to both central venous access devices and insertion of endoscopically delivered nutrition access devices.Lead for the PEG service.Participate in the ongoing development of a comprehensive Nutrition Service at GWH through maintaining key working relationships with key stakeholders to support innovative service development and expansion.Support for the neuromuscular services.Participation at multi-disciplinary team meetings as part of the care provided to nutrition patents.
About Us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Oversight of diagnostic and basic therapeutic endoscopy for nutritional disorders.Support for physical aspects of eating disorders for in-patients in conjunction with mentalhealth services.Oversight of patients with functional nutritional issues.Support to dieticians with escalation of issues in relation to MUST.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
- MRCP, FRCS or equivalent
- Completion of specialist training in a relevant specialty
- Knowledge of central venous access
- Knowledge of eating disorders and re-feeding syndrome
- Full understanding of the consent process and MCA
- Experience of neuromuscular patients and unsafe swallow
- Experience of PEG insertion, consent process through to post insertion management
- Experience of managing patients on TPN
- Experience of malabsorption and its management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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