Nutritionist Weight Management

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

ABL Health, aims to provide high-quality, evidence-based nutritional care that is clinically and cost-effective. The service works with various health professionals, partner departments and organisations, including GP practices and other community services.

You will join a new team comprising a Head of Service, nutritionists, therapists, exercise specialists and administrators. The post holder will work within the wider MDT of GPs, psychologists, dietitians, nutritionists, exercise specialists and healthy lifestyle advisors to provide dietetic expertise for the Weight Management Service. This will involve providing diet patient care, contributing to MDT, supervising and supporting the nutrition element of the service, leading clinics and supporting group education and intervention sessions. Development of resources and staff training is also included. The interventions can occur via telephone, digital platforms or face-to-face community venues across the footprint. You will be supported by the Obesity lead, service manager, project lead and the wider MDT.

Main duties of the job

Were looking for a passionate and motivated Specialist Weight Management Practitioner to join the ABL Health team, delivering our evidence-based weight management programme across community and digital settings. In this rewarding role, youll support individuals to achieve sustainable lifestyle changes through nutrition education, physical activity, and behavioural supportusing motivational interviewing and positive psychology techniques. Youll lead multi-disciplinary assessments alongside GPs and Psychotherapists to create tailored, person-centred care plans and guide clients toward their health goals. Your work will include both one-to-one and group sessions, progress monitoring, and, where appropriate, supporting referrals for bariatric surgery in line with NICE guidance.

About us

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities and stakeholders.

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

To provide specialist nutrition assessment, personalised interventions, and ongoing support for adults with complex obesity requiring Tier 3 specialist weight management services. The post-holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to support sustainable weight management, optimise metabolic health, and prepare patients for potential Tier 4 referral if required.

The role will require dynamic working that embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for the specialist weight management service to support people to achieve healthy lives.

You will be passionate about working with individuals to begin the life changing processes necessary for permanent and continued weight loss and weight maintenance.

You will understand challenges and barriers that adults face with relation to their health (both physical and mental) and wellbeing. You will engage with, and build a good rapport with adults from varying communities across our services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver ABL Health Specialist Weight Management Programme including nutrition, behaviour change and exercise delivery to groups and though one-to-ones, through face-to-face interventions and digital methods.
• Lead on the delivery of multi-disciplinary assessments working closely with ABLs GP and Psychotherapist to determine an appropriate, person-centred care plan.
• Deliver evidence-based education around nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums.
• Deliver programmes with a client centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing
• Monitor clients progress through regular consultation and with the use of Microsoft excel, identifying specific treatment for those not on track to achieve their goals
• Assess and support eligible clients in your caseload to receive a referral to tier 4 for bariatric surgery, remaining up to date with NICE guidance at all times
• Work with clients and stakeholders to co-produce in session materials
• Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the project lead
• Contribute to training and support new staff and volunteers
• Working with individuals and groups using SMART goal setting
• Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly
• Undertake and complete all mandatory and additional skills training as required
• Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures
• Engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events
• Develop curriculum resources to be signed off by the service professional lead and utilised in projects
• Contribute to ongoing service development needs
• To attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT and clinical supervision
• Maintain regular CPD in line with the AFN regulations, working towards full registration when appropriate
• Be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities.
• To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with ethos of lifelong learning
• To work within the framework of clinical governance in order to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency
• Provide support for Nutritionists working towards full registration with the AFN (RNutr)
• Provide training to and support the induction process for new and existing Nutritionists
• Provide or contribute to companywide nutrition training, where applicable
• Support Project Lead with the writing of performance reports, where required
• To be able to travel flexibly across the project area, where required

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management
• Experience of creating content and contributing to the development of a weight management service and curriculum.
• Experience of delivering health promotion / public health interventions in community settings.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements.
• Experience of delivering groups/one to one specialist weight management intervention to clients on the Bariatric pathway

Qualifications

• Degree in nutrition and registered with Association for Nutrition (AFN), as a Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr).
• Registration with CIMSPA (this can be obtained within 6 months of employment).
• CIMSPA (previously REPS) qualified Level 2 Gym instructor/Group exercise award or equivalent.
• REPS qualified Level 3 award of GP/Exercise Referral or equivalent (willingness to be trained within 4 months of starting).

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.