Set evidence-based nutrition assessment and intervention duties across an agreed caseload, with safe referral and product-governance boundaries.
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When to use this contract
Deliver calculated nutrition requirements and priorities, usable food, supplement or enteral-feeding plans, and outcome reviews that explain any adjustment.
Workplace context: Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dietetic registration and specialist supervision. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering caseload complexity and review time. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering products, feeding routes and multidisciplinary access. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clinic, ward and home-visit arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering HCPC standards where applicable.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The dietitian is accountable for nutrition advice within competence. Diagnosis, swallow-safety decisions, tube placement and medicine prescribing outside an individual authorisation stay with the relevant professional. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the patient group and service setting
the clinical scope and supervision level
the caseload and appointment pattern
the prescribing or product authority
the record and outcome-measure systems
the home-visit and lone-working arrangements
Day-to-day operating brief
What Dietitian work looks like in practice
A dietitian converts nutritional assessment into practical food, supplement or feeding recommendations for people whose health, treatment or living circumstances affect intake. A useful contract recognises time for calculation and review, access to prescribing and catering colleagues, specialist caseload allocation and travel between wards, clinics or homes.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Assess nutritional needs using approved information.
Develop and review individual nutrition plans.
Document advice, consent and measurable outcomes.
Coordinate feeding support with clinical teams.
Escalate deterioration or needs outside competence.
Maintain registration and professional development.
A realistic working scenario
A renal patient is losing weight but the suggested supplement conflicts with fluid and electrolyte restrictions. The dietitian reconciles recent results, current intake and the renal plan with the wider team before issuing a revised recommendation.
Outputs to agree
calculated nutrition requirements and priorities
usable food, supplement or enteral-feeding plans
outcome reviews that explain any adjustment
Records and evidence
Weight history, intake and relevant clinical measures.
Requirements calculation and agreed intervention.
Product, route and monitoring communication.
Tolerance, progress and discharge advice.
Clinical notes.
Assessment records.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to Clinical Lead, Therapy Lead, Service Manager or Practice Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The dietitian is accountable for nutrition advice within competence. Diagnosis, swallow-safety decisions, tube placement and medicine prescribing outside an individual authorisation stay with the relevant professional.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Clinical systems.
Patient record systems.
Therapy or diagnostic equipment where authorised.
Secure clinical communication tools.
Incident reporting systems.
Workplace context
Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
Training and certification
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Contract priorities
dietetic registration and specialist supervision
caseload complexity and review time
products, feeding routes and multidisciplinary access
clinic, ward and home-visit arrangements
Information the employer should prepare
the patient group and service setting
the clinical scope and supervision level
the caseload and appointment pattern
the prescribing or product authority
the record and outcome-measure systems
the home-visit and lone-working arrangements
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Work setting
Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
Primary duties
Assess nutritional needs using approved information.
Develop and review individual nutrition plans.
Document advice, consent and measurable outcomes.
Coordinate feeding support with clinical teams.
Tools and training to confirm
Clinical systems.
Patient record systems.
Therapy or diagnostic equipment where authorised.
Secure clinical communication tools.
Governance focus
HCPC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dietetic registration and specialist supervision. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering caseload complexity and review time. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering products, feeding routes and multidisciplinary access.
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Dietitian duties
Deliver calculated nutrition requirements and priorities, usable food, supplement or enteral-feeding plans, and outcome reviews that explain any adjustment.
Assess nutritional needs using approved information. Develop and review individual nutrition plans. Document advice, consent and measurable outcomes. Coordinate feeding support with clinical teams. Escalate deterioration or needs outside competence.
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The dietitian is accountable for nutrition advice within competence. Diagnosis, swallow-safety decisions, tube placement and medicine prescribing outside an individual authorisation stay with the relevant professional.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dietetic registration and specialist supervision.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering caseload complexity and review time.
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Yes, if the employer defines the competence, equipment, community travel, supplier interface and escalation support required.
Can appointment numbers be measured?
They can be monitored, but meaningful workload assessment should allow for calculation, tube-feeding coordination, record keeping and clinically complex reviews.
Can a Dietitian prescribe nutritional products?
Only where the employee holds the required authority and works within the employer's approved formulary and governance.
Who decides whether tube feeding is appropriate?
The dietitian contributes within competence, with the accountable multidisciplinary pathway addressing the wider clinical decision.
Can home visits be included?
Yes, with travel time, equipment, lone-working checks, record access and escalation arrangements stated.
How should commercial product contact be handled?
Require declarations, evidence-based recommendations and compliance with the employer's procurement and hospitality rules.
Can group education form part of the role?
Yes, specifying audiences, approved materials, accessibility and how individual clinical concerns are referred.
Who reviews a nutrition plan after discharge?
The handover should identify the receiving service, information transferred, review timing and unresolved risks.