Nutritionist

Full Job Description

Nutritionist For Tier 2 Adult Weight Management

Location: West Norfolk

Hours: Freelance or Part-time

Job Role

Nutritionists to deliver community-based Tier 2 patient education on healthy eating and assistance in modifying long-term lifestyles by addressing barriers to change, within a high-quality nutritional group-setting.

Job Description

Nutritionists to deliver community-based Tier 2 Adult Weight Management educational course to service users across West Norfolk.

Working within a multidisciplinary specialist weight management team, you'll play a key role in providing patient-centred support to service users.

Educate patients regarding healthy eating, provide high-quality nutritional groups, and assist them in changing their long-term lifestyle by addressing barriers to change.

Key Responsibilities

• Educate and advise patients regarding healthy eating in order to encourage them to take positive steps towards achieving their goals and adopt a long-term healthy lifestyle.
• Provide patients with nutritional information in a format that is understandable and appropriate to support compliance with healthy eating instructions.
• Performing anthropometrics as part of the patient assessment and monitoring process.
• Ensure patient confidentiality and data integrity is always maintained.
• Take appropriate action to manage and prevent clinical issues / incidents, as well as ensure best practices are maintained.
• Maintain a positive attitude to health and safety while carrying out the duties of the post with special emphasis on the environment and safety of the individuals in your care.
• Have a full UK licence and access to a car for work. Have the ability to travel independently across Norfolk as required.

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

• Relevant degree/postgraduate degree in nutrition and be a member of the Association for Nutrition (AfN) or BDA.
• Membership in a relevant professional organisation or postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field (BPS, AfN, etc.).

Experience

• Community-based experience delivering health promotion and public health interventions.
• Have an understanding of health inequalities and the difficulties associated with hard-to-reach groups.
• Evidence of delivering behaviour change education to a group basis as well as the encouragement of health promotion and public health interventions in the community.
• Experience working to deadlines.

Key Capabilities

• Have a solid understanding of the common co-morbidities associated with obesity, as well as the ability to work closely with your primary care physician and other health professionals.
• Comprehensive knowledge of environmental and social factors effecting obesity.
• The ability to build rapport with individuals and groups quickly and communicate effectively in writing, verbally, and non-verbally.
• IT literate, efficient using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Must have a high attention to detail.
• Work well under pressure and ability to adapt to unpredictable work patterns.
• Work both independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to learn and innovate.
• Possess self-motivation and a proactive attitude.

Mandatory Training

The successful applicant will be required to undertake the necessary mandatory training as identified by Your Health Norfolk.

The candidate must be willing to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.

To Apply:

Please email your CV and supporting statement: info@yourhealthnorfolk.co.uk

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Job Types: Part-time, Freelance
Part-time hours: 12 per week

Salary: £15.00-£25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• King's Lynn: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Where in Norfolk do you live?

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 100% (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Nutritionist