DietitianNHS
Job summary
Medicines Optimisation plays a key strategic commissioning role improving the quality, safety, effectiveness and value of medicines, appliances and nutrition products across the ICB. Working collaboratively across the system, we commission to improve population health outcomes and reduce unwarranted variation. Our Team focuses on medicines commissioning, medicines safety, antimicrobial stewardship, population health and data, and targeted support to primary care, helping to deliver local, regional and national healthcare priorities.
We are a friendly, supportive and multidisciplinary team, bringing together pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, dietitians, and support staff. We value collaboration and innovation, and provide opportunities to work across organisational boundaries, and influence system-wide transformation that makes a real difference to patients and communities.
We recognise the importance of flexibility, wellbeing and personal development. Our roles are primarily remote working, but you should have an ability to travel to our offices on occasion. You will be supported through learning and development opportunities to contribute to high-profile work across the health and care system.
If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes, working collaboratively and shaping the future of healthcare, we would love to hear from you. Please see the job description for further information about this role. We welcome informal discussions prior to your application
Main duties of the job
Develop and implement guidelines and policies to support appropriate prescribing of Nutrition Borderline Substances (NBS).
Develop and deliver education to a wide range of healthcare professionals and social care colleagues.
Support primary care colleagues with advice and practical support with prescribing queries.
Collaborate with ICB colleagues, clinicians, and ICS Dietitians to develop prescribing policies and guidance based upon current best practice, evidence-based information and cost effectiveness, and evaluate progress.
Establish key relationships with Norfolk & Suffolk dietetic colleagues to enable implementation of prescribing guidance for adults and paediatrics. This will include acute, community, as well as specialist clinical teams.
Monitor the prescribing of NBS to identify trends and take appropriate actions to improve adherence to local guidance and formularies.
Be involved in the development and implementation of nutrition-related efficiency projects, using innovative and practical thinking to plan new projects.
Establish positive relationships with Norfolk & Suffolk GP practices and PCN staff to upskill clinicians and practice staff to identify and escalate nutrition related prescribing queries to the ICB medicines optimisation dietetic team where they can access high quality, professional, evidence-based advice.
**This is a full time role, however flexible/part-time working will also be considered**
Job description
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
About us
We manage an annual budget of £4.9billion to commission safe, high quality and accessible health services for 1.7million people living in Norfolk and Suffolk.
We work with hospitals, GP practices, dentists, pharmacies, community, mental health and ambulance services, alongside local councils and voluntary organisations, to improve care. We involve local communities in shaping decisions and use their insights to improve services. As a statutory NHS organisation, we are accountable to NHS England and the UK Government.
Our role is to ensure services meet current and future needs by setting local NHS strategy, allocating funding, maintaining quality and safety standards, improving access, reducing health inequalities and enabling joined up care.
Norfolk and Suffolk include rural, coastal and deprived communities, with an older than average population. Around half of residents live in rural or coastal areas, where access can be harder, and about 219,000 people live in the most deprived areas, where early deaths are significantly higher. These factors shape our planning and focus on reducing inequalities.
Our vision is for people to live longer, healthier lives with access to safe, joined up, patient centred care. We prioritise improving healthy life expectancy, reducing inequalities and ensuring consistent access to high quality services.
We work across five local Places and partner with NHS providers, councils, the VCFSE sector and communities to deliver locally responsive care.