Specialist Neurology Dietitian


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£41,957 to £50,387 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Epsom, KT18 7EG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Oct 2026
Closing date:	3 Nov 2026

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Summary

Clinical Caseload Maintenance: Maintain a clinical caseload and collaborate with other health professionals, suppliers, patients, and carers to provide timely, appropriate, and cost-effective nutrition support for patients on oral nutritional supplements in all community settings. Comprehensive Patient Assessment: Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients' clinical needs using specialised clinical knowledge, skills, and a broad range of nutritional assessment techniques. Timely Documentation: Ensure all consultation notes are completed within 24 hours of patient and/or third-party contact in accordance with the code of conduct and Trust policies. Dietary Goal Negotiation: Negotiate and agree on dietary or nutritional goals with individual patients and/or their carers using motivational interviewing, counselling, and cognitive behaviour therapy tools. Identify individual barriers to change and help patients manage them. Annual Audit Participation: Actively participate in the department's annual audit program. Service Provision Reporting: Provide regular reports on service provision and proactively discuss future service development initiatives with your line manager. Professional Contribution: Contribute to dietetic staff meetings, clinical effectiveness activities, journal reviews, peer reviews, team meetings, supervision, and working groups. Flexible Service Delivery: Ensure flexible service delivery, including providing cover for other clinical areas or colleagues within the department as needed. Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of current literature and share learning with colleagues. Risk and Assessment Management: Ensure appropriate risk and other assessments are completed and documented by yourself and team members in a timely manner, in accordance with Trust policies.

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