Post: Staff Grade Dietitian

Contract: Permanent Full Time

Hours: 35hrs per week

Salary: Healthcare October 2021 pay-scales will apply to this post

Closing Date: Monday 17th October 2022 @3pm

Duties (full detail available in attached job description)

• Provide a dietetic service that is evidence based and prioritized.
• 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.
• Monitor and evaluate intervention outcomes.
• Actively participate in the development of nutrition and dietetic services.
• Review existing resources and compile, develop and evaluate new resources to support and meet the needs of the target patients.
• Work within own scope of professional competence in line with principles of best practice, professional conduct and clinical governance.
• 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 Hospitals.
• Liaise and contribute effectively with multidisciplinary teams, staff colleagues as per all relevant issues.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences when requested to do so.
• Promote a culture that values equality, diversity and respect in the workplace.

Essential Criteria for consideration:

I. Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietitian by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU

II. Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office

III. Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued

Informal enquiries can be submitted to Sinead Shanley, Senior Dietitian - SShanley@ioh.ie