As a senior member of the dietetic department and range of multi-disciplinary teams, the post holder will make high level decisions relating to dietetic conditions, patient care plans, inclusion of other health professionals and seeking peer support only as and when necessary. There will be a frequent requirement to use discretion and professional judgement, concerning the appropriateness of specific individual dietary treatments and safety aspects of care and delivery that can impact on patient, self and other staff. In addition there is a requirement to prioritise own workload including competing demands from clinical and non clinical commitments, decisions regarding progress of patient referrals and the necessity to reinforce appropriate referral mechanisms based on available dietetic resource. Clinical supervision of junior, assistant staff, clerical staff and students will be required on an on-going basis and support for other specialist and community staff will be required through ad hoc support mechanisms and programmed training. 8. COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS The post holder will develop systems and encourage an environment that requires cooperation from individuals, colleagues, support staff and external agencies. Accountability and demonstration of performance and continued professional development will require specific reporting, evidence gathering and self governance skills. Activities which involve engaging with individuals, groups and range of associated personnel are necessary (as below) to agree goals and encourage the cooperation required to implement individual care plans, achieve placement outcomes, service change and knowledge sharing. TYPE PURPOSE RANGE FORMAT/SKILLS Individual Assessment - patients / carers Understandable Negotiation - general public Supportive Goal setting - colleagues/students Sensitive Care delivery - ward and clinic staff Empathic Education - primary care staff Contentious Counselling / Mentoring - catering and support Controversial Team Joint care planning / - multidisciplinary Informative delivery - multiagency Appropriate Case review - unidisciplinary Flexible Skill development - dietetic students Supportive Professional Support - other students Facilitation Placement facilitation Group Formal / informal - patients Understandable education - carers Supportive Motivational - lifestyle change/rehab Sensitive Behavioural change - service development Empathic Redesign - other staff groups Contentious Service Controversial change/improvement Creative Written Treatment Planning - case records Concise Care Delivery - prescription requests Informative Reporting - primary care reports Prescriptive Promotion - individualised Specific Education resources Educational Expert advice - leaflets Readable Patient support - av/interactive Understandable Resources Lifestyle change - training programme Evidence based Behavioural change - placement programme Informative
As a senior member of the dietetic department and range of multi-disciplinary teams, the post holder will make high level decisions relating to dietetic conditions, patient care plans, inclusion of other health professionals and seeking peer support only as and when necessary. There will be a frequent requirement to use discretion and professional judgement, concerning the appropriateness of specific individual dietary treatments and safety aspects of care and delivery that can impact on patient, self and other staff. In addition there is a requirement to prioritise own workload including competing demands from clinical and non clinical commitments, decisions regarding progress of patient referrals and the necessity to reinforce appropriate referral mechanisms based on available dietetic resource. Clinical supervision of junior, assistant staff, clerical staff and students will be required on an on-going basis and support for other specialist and community staff will be required through ad hoc support mechanisms and programmed training. 8. COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS The post holder will develop systems and encourage an environment that requires cooperation from individuals, colleagues, support staff and external agencies. Accountability and demonstration of performance and continued professional development will require specific reporting, evidence gathering and self governance skills. Activities which involve engaging with individuals, groups and range of associated personnel are necessary (as below) to agree goals and encourage the cooperation required to implement individual care plans, achieve placement outcomes, service change and knowledge sharing. TYPE PURPOSE RANGE FORMAT/SKILLS Individual Assessment Negotiation Goal setting Care delivery Education Counselling / Mentoring - patients / carers - general public - colleagues/students - ward and clinic staff - primary care staff - catering and support Understandable Supportive Sensitive Empathic Contentious Controversial Team Joint care planning / delivery Case review Skill development Professional Support Placement facilitation - multidisciplinary - multiagency - unidisciplinary - dietetic students - other students Informative Appropriate Flexible Supportive Facilitation Group Formal / informal education Motivational Behavioural change Redesign Service change/improvement - patients - carers - lifestyle change/rehab - service development - other staff groups Understandable Supportive Sensitive Empathic Contentious Controversial Creative Written Treatment Planning Care Delivery Reporting Promotion Specific Education - case records - prescription requests - primary care reports - individualised resources Concise Informative Prescriptive Educational Resources Expert advice Patient support Lifestyle change Behavioural change - leaflets - av/interactive - training programme - placement programme Readable Understandable Evidence based Informative
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