NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS (NOS)
The National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Nutritional Therapy were developed by Skills for Health and updated in 2009
This competence is about providing Nutritional Therapy to clients. Nutritional Therapy Practitioners work in preventive medicine, the optimization of physical and mental health, and in the treatment of chronic diseases, often with complex multiple causes. Nutritional Therapy encompasses personalized dietary therapy and nutraceutical prescription, and life style advice within a functional medicine framework.
The scope of practice for Nutritional Therapy excludes artificial (parenteral/enteral) feeding and dietary management of acute life threatening states, e.g. intestinal or renal failure, and injury trauma.
Users of this competence will need to ensure that practice reflects up to date information and policies.
To view the latest NOS, please use the following links: https://tools.skillsforhealth.org.uk/competence/show?code=CNH8 https://tools.skillsforhealth.org.uk/competence/show?code=CNH9