Advanced Dietetic Assistant (Bariatrics and Obesity)

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Advanced Dietetic Assistant with a focus on bariatrics and obesity at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves delivering nutrition education sessions, providing one-on-one support, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic and supportive environment aimed at improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering interventions to diverse communities, particularly Black communities.
• Registered AfN Nutritionist is desirable.
• Experience working as a dietetic assistant preferred.

Responsibilities

• Running online group nutrition education sessions for bariatric surgery patients.
• 1:1 telephone support for bariatric surgical patients.
• Supporting senior dietitians with admin and patient interactions.

Skills

Good written and oral communication skills

Ability to deliver group sessions without direct supervision

Prioritisation of own workload

Flexibility and approachability

Excel - Advanced level

Education

A University Degree in a Science or medical subject

Educated to GCSE e.g. Maths, English, NVQIII, RSA3 or equivalent

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Dietetic Assistant (Bariatrics and Obesity)

The closing date is 20 July 2025

Advanced Dietetic Assistant (Bariatrics and Obesity)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious person to join our Tier 4 weight management team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. This Advanced dietetic assistant role will be working alongside our three senior specialist bariatric dietitians, as well as being an integral part of the bariatric service MDT. Currently the Tier 4 bariatrics department has medical doctors, consultants, dietitians, psychologists, pharmacists and nurses. You will also be part of a wider obesity team with Tier 2 and Tier 3, where we have over 40 members of MDT staff.

Our GSTT Centre For Obesity department has historically been assessing patients for bariatric surgery as the main intervention for obesity, but with novel GLP-1/GIP injectables now being prescribed in Tier 3 and Tier 4 services, we have more non-surgical offerings here at GSTT. This has given a rise to more need for GLP-1/GIP support groups, as well as more MDT working to assess medical, psychological and nutritional needs.

You must have experience of delivering behaviour change interventions to groups of patients with complex obesity, and be confident using virtual platforms. You should have experience of delivering interventions to people from diverse backgrounds. You must have a developed understanding of weight bias and stigma in both healthcare and everyday life.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Running online group nutrition education sessions for patients preparing for bariatric surgery
• Running online group education for patients taking GLP-1/GIP injectables
• 1:1 telephone support for bariatric surgical patients requiring review, (under dietitian clinical supervision)
• Supporting senior dietitians with admin, project work and patient emails
• Supporting psychological screening of patients using validated questionnaires
• On site, supporting patient group starts of GLP-1/medication
• Supporting the wider MDT in Tier 4 and Tier 3 services

About us

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 and support learning and development. We have an active health and wellbeing team, and a working group developing sustainability across our range of functions and services.

As part of the King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre we actively promote audit and research, and there will be opportunities for you to be involved with projects.

Job responsibilities

See attached documents for full details of main responsibilities, job description, person specification and functional requirements

Person Specification

Experience

• Working as part of a team
• Experience of delivering interventions to the Black Communities
• Previous work as a dietetic assistant
• Registered AfN Nutritionist

Skills

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to deliver group sessions without direct supervision
• Prioritise own workload
• Flexible and approachable
• Excel - Advanced level

Knowledge

• Educated to GCSE e.g. Maths, English, NVQIII, RSA3 or equivalent
• A University Degree in a Science or medical subject

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust