Dietetic Associate Practitioner

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable NHS Trust located in North Yorkshire is seeking a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner to join their Surgical Dietetic Team. The role involves assisting in treatment programs, managing a personal caseload of patients, and collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality nutritional care. The position supports continuous healthcare education and offers excellent benefits including a generous holiday allowance, NHS Pension Scheme, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Relocation package up to 30%

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Assist in and carry out individual and group treatment programmes.
• Manage own caseload of patients under supervision.
• Undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks supporting the Dietetic Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional care to patients in the inpatient setting.
• Offer support to patients through effective communication.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

High standard of health care assistance

Patient communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Surgical Dietetic Team at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner.

This maternity leave cover post will be part of a small team providing input across the surgical wards (including critical care) at both York and Scarborough hospitals. The teams also provide services to oncology (Head & Neck and Upper GI) and bariatric/ general surgery outpatients.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.

The department places a strong emphasis on clinical supervision, training and education, including:

• peer support and supervision
• well established programme facilitating the training of dietetic students
• delivery of a variety of rolling training programmes for other healthcare professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care
• opportunities to participate in audit and research

Under the broad supervision of and with the support of the registered dietitians, the successful candidate will be expected to:

• Provide a high standard of health care by assisting in and carrying out a range of individual and group treatment programmes (for which an agreed level of competency has been demonstrated under the direction of a registered Dietitian).
• Undertake a variety of clinical tasks to support the delivery of nutritional care to patients in the inpatient setting.
• Manage own caseload of patients allocated by the supervising dietitian, working without direct supervision and undertaking a variety of delegated clinical tasks, in accordance with agreed guidance/care pathways.
• Undertake a variety of non-clinical tasks to support the Dietetic Service.
• To offer support to patients through effective communication.
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helena Perry Job title: AHP Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07554115457