Experience

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  South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  • United Kingdom
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Trust Senior Catering Dietitian 0.4

    • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Specialist Rehabilitation Stroke & Neuro Dietitian part-time 0.6

    • Apr 2019 - Present

  • Specialist Food Service Dietitian 0.4

    • Apr 2021 - Jul 2022

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  Elaine Lane

  • Kirklees, West Yorkshire

  • Registered Freelance Dietitian part-time

    • May 2015 - Present
    • Kirklees, West Yorkshire

    Offers Professional Dietetic expertise for; developmental resources, projects, models or research to tackling the challenges of the nutritionally vulnerable within our communities which have a partnership approach working with and for public health, local authority and charities.Projects which; • Raise awareness of the evidence based key messages for the nutritionally vulnerable groups (training role)• Give practical solutions to address the nutritional needs grounded in evidence • Raise awareness by giving a voice through supportive campaigns, work with graphics communication graphics teams to ensure food messages, or improving ways to access food is accurate, evidence based and visually appealing• Support consistency of food messages to different nutritionally vulnerable groups• Identify and address the nutritional needs of the Homeless, Housebound, Homes in crisis• Improves reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable nutritious food and hydration for the nutritionally vulnerable groups (access to food)• Provide support to improve confidence and knowledge of the local community workforce to empower the nutritionally vulnerable groups (engaging in civic life) to led fulfilling lives.• Aid the interpretation of the nutritional implications of national policy into practical application, helping organisations meet nutritional standards• Require Nutrition Education, Training, Teaching or Lecturing, Mentoring, Coaching, SupervisionClinical area of expertise include;• Malnutrition of adults who are nutritionally vulnerable e.g. Housebound, Mental Health• Screening, nutritional assessment, Food fortification and appropriate usage of oral nutritional supplements• Food, Nutrition & Poverty Awareness• Nutrition in Dementia, Palliative Care, Wound Management, Dysphagia, Nutrition & Dignity • Bone Health, Osteoporosis & Falls

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  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  • Primary Care Forensic Dietitian

    • Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

    As an autonomous clinical practitioner provided sessional dietetic expertise to medium secure hospital within a primary care dietetic service as an integrated member of the healthy lifestyle primary care team and other duties as required (including CQUIN). Resigned in order to streamline portfolio career jobs

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  NHS Wakefield CCG

  • Wakefield, United Kingdom

  • Medicine Optimisation Dietitian

    • Sep 2015 - Mar 2018
    • Wakefield, United Kingdom

    As a Medication Optimisation Dietitian with CCG provide professional dietetic advise for GPs and key stakeholders on clinical and cost effective usage of nutritional products. This included use of clinical practice templates, prescribing tips, education, consistency in searches to support monitoring and much more.

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  Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Advanced Dietetic Practitioner Prescribing Support Dietitian (BAND 7) 0.6

    • Aug 2006 - Mar 2015
    • Leeds, United Kingdom

    My current clinical experience is highly skilled specifically in the nutritional care of nutritionally vulnerable including those with multiple long term conditions including frailty, diabetes, dysphagia, pressure ulcers, those lacking mental capacity and in the last 12 months of their lives which requires working collaboratively within best interests. I was Champion lead on Mental Capacity , Adult Safeguarding for Dietetics Services colleagues and led the report writing of the annual dietetic documentation audit. Developed the SAFER under nutrition pathway, 'Food for Life' training, was the Dietetic representative and core member of the Leeds City Council Public Health Older People’s Food Matters Forum (LCCPH OPFMF) and led the engagement of LCH citywide nutritional champions. I also delivered effective training to a range of clients together with implementing an award-winning series of hydration and nutrition tools. Awarded a National Hydration Award in 2012 with LCCOPFMF in recognition of working with others in this projects 'remarkable yet relatively low cost campaign aimed at improving health whilst reducing treatment costs', worked with the local agenda on improving access to food and fluid and stage of change which led to more effective guidance in linking access to food and fluid into preventative pathways for malnutrition within a community perspective.

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  South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

  • Senior 1 Band 7 Dietitian in Mental Health

    • Jun 1998 - Aug 2006
    • Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

    A senior Dietetics role specialising in mental health. My role was to provide and develop the nutrition and dietetic service for Older People with mental health problems, in North Kirklees, as an integral member of the Priestley Clinical Nutrition Service and multidisciplinary Older Peoples Mental Health Inpatient and Community Teams. Achievements included establishing nutrition risk screening tools together with establishing the North Kirklees Nutritional Forum initially to facilitate a coordinated holistic approach to client groups catering needs in line with the Better Food Hospital Initiative in North Kirklees.A member of the Kirklees Older Peoples Practice Development Forum which looked at university accreditation as a Practice Development Unit. I was involved in the Trusts Allied Health Professionals subgroup on practice effectiveness and development which carried out a Trust wide survey/mapping of AHP initiatives in Mental Health which led to a Trust AHP good practice day.

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  South Tees Community Mental Health NHS Trust

  • Guisborough, North Yorkshire

  • Community Dietitian

    • Aug 1994 - May 1998
    • Guisborough, North Yorkshire

    Community Dietitian specialising in Mental Health. Implemented a nutritional screening tool within the Community Cottage Hospitals and developed the initial 6 hours week post in Mental Health to 2 FT posts by 1998. My knowledge and skills in motivation and behaviour change developed through a pilot eating disorder group approach facilitated by myself, an Occupational Therapist, Consultant Physiatrist and Psychologist for which I gained a Trust Travel Bursary award in recognition of this work, one of two awards given from the Trust during my time there.

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  South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Northallerton, North Yorkshire and Middlesbrough, Teeside

  • Dietitian (locum)

    • Jan 1993 - Jul 1994
    • Northallerton, North Yorkshire and Middlesbrough, Teeside

    Locum dietitian - awarded a full-time permanent contract. As a locum Basic Grade Dietitian I conducted a series of clinics. Based in Northallerton (Jan 1993-Apr 1994) and Middlesbrough (Apr 1994-Jul 1994).