I have been a dietitian for over 20 years and I have covered most areas of dietetics but in particular I have worked in the fields of renal disease, gastroenterology, diabetes and intensive care. Although I am a full time tutor at Surrey University I also work for Central Surrey Health and have recently finished a 10 month secondment where I was the highly specialist Nutrition Support Dietitian and Team Leader for Acute Dietetic Services. I managed a small team of dietitians and a nutritionist (4) to deliver the dietetic service to the Acute wards and clinics in EGH. I covered Intensive Care, surgical and respiratory wards as well as looking after patients on home enteral feeding and parenteral (intravenous) feeding. I was recently awarded a Spirit Award for outstanding contribution to patient care (March 2011).

My main remit as a tutor is to teach on the practical nutrition and dietetic modules. The reason that I continue to work as a dietitian when possible is that I feel it enhances my ability to teach the practical aspects of nutrition and dietetics and hopefully enthuse students with the wide range of interesting areas which can be covered in our professions.

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