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Dietetics - Adult Community Services | Waitematā
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North Shore, Takapuna
Description
What is a dietitian?
Dietitians are registered health professionals who are experts in food and nutrition. They apply scientific knowledge to help improve overall the health and wellbeing of individuals.
Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā dietitians are part of a multidisciplinary team and work with adults and children, alongside their family/ whānau/ caregivers, who require nutrition input related to medical and surgical treatments and/ or management of chronic conditions.
What will the Dietitian do?
The dietitian will fully assess a patient’s nutritional needs and make specific recommendations as part of the patient’s treatment plan. The dietitian will work with the patient to achieve their goals and offer nutrition education and follow up care as required.
Adult Community Services
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the community dietitian’s role includes:
- Home enteral nutrition monitoring including transition to oral feeding.
- Monitoring ‘failure to thrive’ in adults who have unintentional weight loss.
- Providing dietary advice and support to patients with terminal/ palliative conditions, where that service cannot be provided by other health professionals.
- Providing advice and support to patients at nutritional risk who are unable to attend an outpatient clinic because of their medical condition.
Consultations will be condcted in-person at the patients home or via Telehealth such as videoconference call or telephone.
Referral Expectations
Adult Community Services
According to service specifications provided by the funder, referrals to allied health Community Dietitians are taken from:
- Self or, with the patient’s permission: - family/whānau GPs, hospital staff, specialists and other health professionals.
Entry Criteria
- Patients who require nutritional advice in their own home.
- Adults over the age of 16 years.
Referrals are not accepted for the following:
- Patients who are capable of attending an outpatient clinic
- ACC clients.
- Patients who are at nutritional risk as a result of a mental health disorder with the exception of those who have failure to thrive
- Eating disorders - please refer to Auckland Regional Eating Disorders service
- Residents living in Residential Homes/ Care Facilities who require ongoing treatment, unless as part of the 2012-13 residential aged care pilot on monitoring of enteral feeding.
- Children with a disability who are over 16 and still attend school (seen by Child Development Service)
- Where there is access to outpatient services, or if a GP practice can meet a client's needs, referrals should be directed to those services.
Please telephone the Referral Screener for all requests, information and advice:
Phone: (09) 486 8945 ext 43222 (8.00am - 4.30pm; Monday to Friday)
Email: OlderAdultsHomeHealth@Waitematadhb.govt.nz (for referrals)
Hours
North Shore, Takapuna
| Mon – Fri | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
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Website
Contact Details
North Shore, Takapuna
North Auckland
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Phone
(09) 486 8945 ext 43222 (8.00am - 4.30pm; Monday to Friday)
Email
Website
Please telephone the Referral Screener on the number above for all requests, information and advice.
Takapuna
Auckland
Auckland 0622
Street Address
Takapuna
Auckland
Auckland 0622
Postal Address
Allied Health
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand - Waitematā
PO Box 93 503
Takapuna
North Shore 0740
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This page was last updated at 12:33PM on November 21, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by Dietetics - Adult Community Services | Waitematā.