Advanced Dietetic Assistant

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Camden Town seeks a Dietetic Assistant to deliver online and face-to-face interventions addressing health in diverse communities, including Black populations. The role involves engaging with participants, liaising with GPs, and collecting outcome data while supporting continuous professional development. This position offers flexible working arrangements to accommodate service needs and personal circumstances.

Qualifications

• Experience working with diverse populations, including Black communities.
• Ability to deliver training on behaviour change principles.
• Capable of managing outcome data and engaging in clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions both virtually and face-to-face across South East London.
• Facilitate peer support for participants.
• Liaise with GPs and healthcare professionals.
• Engage in CPD and quality agenda.

Skills

Experience delivering behaviour change interventions

Confidence delivering nutrition education

Understanding of weight bias and stigma

Ability to work effectively in virtual platforms

Motivated and confident

Job description

Overview

You will work on site each day from our Healthy Living team office in St. Thomas Hospital (Westminster) and deliver online interventions as well as face-to-face groups at community sites across South East London, including Sommerville Community Centre (SE14 5JN) and St Laurence Community Centre (SE6 2TS). The role involves working Monday to Friday with a split schedule (3 days 09:00–17:00; 2 days 11:30–19:30), plus every other Saturday 09:00–12:00, and occasional Saturday afternoons (15:30 finish) twice per quarter.

You will deliver group interventions both virtually and in-person, facilitate peer support, respond to queries, liaise with GPs, and play a key role in collecting outcome data from the service. You will also participate in the Trust’s clinical governance and quality agenda framework to support continuing professional development, audit, and research activities within this specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Deliver online and face-to-face group interventions across South East London.
• Facilitate peer support and respond to queries from participants.
• Liaise with General Practitioners (GPs) and other health professionals.
• Collect and manage outcome data for the service.
• Engage in the Trust’s clinical governance, quality agenda, CPD, audit and research activities within this specialist area.
• Promote flexible working patterns as required to meet service needs.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience delivering behaviour change interventions to diverse populations, including Black communities.
• Confidence delivering nutrition education, behaviour change principles, and exercise sessions (training provided).
• Understanding of weight bias and stigma in healthcare and daily life.
• Ability to work effectively in virtual platforms and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Motivated, confident, and autonomous with advanced-level expectations for this dietetic assistant post.

About Our Organisation

We are the largest Dietetics Department in the UK, employing over 150 dietitians, dietetic assistants, psychologists, nutrition nurses, administrators, pathway coordinators, project managers and operational leads. We actively encourage learning and development and support flexible working arrangements to balance personal circumstances with service needs.

As part of the Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, we promote audit and research with opportunities to be involved in projects. We are committed to developing services to best meet patient needs and to ensuring equality of opportunity and non-discrimination in all our activities.

Equality and Flexible Working

We strive to ensure fair treatment for all staff and patients regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. We welcome applicants with disabilities and offer reasonable adjustments. We are committed to flexible working where possible to support work-life balance.

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