Dietetic Support Worker

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a caring and enthusiastic Dietetic Support Worker. In this role, you'll support the nutritional care of patients requiring artificial feeding and assist in the administration of services. Ideal candidates should have qualifications in Nutrition and strong communication skills. The position offers training and professional development in a team-oriented environment, with a salary between £24,937 to £26,598 per annum, pro-rated.

Qualifications

• Basic general education in Mathematics and English with at least grade C.
• Commitment to continued professional development.
• Previous experience in a dietetic support role.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of diet therapy to patients.
• Assist in the delivery of dietetic service across clinical areas.
• Engage in personal development under supervision.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Good IT and administrative skills using Microsoft systems

Ability to work with minimal supervision

Organisational skills

Experience of maintaining statistical information

Willingness to develop clinical skills

Education

GCSE or equivalent in Mathematics and English

NVQ level 3 in care or equivalent

Qualification in Nutrition

Associate Member of the British Dietetic Association

Job description

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dietetic Support Worker

Closing date: 30 January 2026

Are you caring and compassionate, an enthusiastic learner and interested in a career in diet and nutrition?

Would you like to work with our community dietetics service based at the Minerva Health centre? You would be involved with nutritional care of patients requiring artificial feeding in the community. This could include both patients on nutritional support and those who are fed by feeding tubes. You will also support the administration of the home tube feeding service so that patients have the appropriate feeding equipment/consumables and have regular supplies of these products.

Main duties of the job

Working within a defined scope of practice, key aspects of this role will include:

• Assessing nutritional needs of non-complex adult patients with a range of medical conditions, requiring oral nutrition support and/or home enteral tube feeding.
• Devising programmes of dietetic care under supervision, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of dietary intervention and providing regular feedback to the supervising Registered Dietitian.
• Supporting the team with ongoing administrative management of patients on caseload, including liaising with other Registered Dietitians, Dietetic support staff, other community health care professionals and administrative staff, home enteral feeding companies, and nursing homes and carers.
• Data entry regarding product orders and assisting with the supply of dietetic products and consumables to patients in their own homes and working with the enteral feeding companies.

Full training will be provided but candidates must have a relevant qualification and must be able to demonstrate nutrition knowledge as well as excellent communication and organisational skills.

About us

If you have always aspired to work for the NHS caring for our patients and working alongside a highly motivated team, then you are going to love this role.

You would join a team of experienced and forward-thinking Registered Dietitians, Dietetic Support workers and administrative staff. The Community Dietetic Service offer nutrition and specialist dietary advice to adults (over 16 years) and provide an equitable and quality service for General Practitioners and community care teams across Greater Preston, Chorley and South Ribble.

We are committed to the continuing professional development of our team and will provide you with development opportunities as part of your role. We also encourage peer-supervision and are devoted to your wellbeing, with a number of Trust initiatives available to support staff.

We invite you to come and join our team for this exciting opportunity.

If you are interested in this post or would like further information please contact Kate Castelli, Associate Head of Adult Dietetics or Pam Coulthurst, Head of Dietetics, by emailing [e-mail] or calling 01772 522467.

Job responsibilities

• To directly support the delivery of diet therapy to patients.
• To support the delivery of the dietetic service across an appropriate clinical area.
• To aid this process the post holder will ensure their own personal development building knowledge and skills working within a team under the overview of HCPC Registered Dietitians.

Please see attached supporting job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Basic general education: GCSE or equivalent Mathematics and English equivalent to grade C or above.
• NVQ level 3 in care or equivalent care qualification (within 18 months of start date).
• Commitment to continued professional development.
• Qualification in Nutrition.
• Associate Member of the British Dietetic Association.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience of working in an acute NHS or community NHS setting.
• Understanding of medical terminology.
• Awareness of nutrition products and equipment for home enteral tube feeding.
• Previous experience in a dietetic support role.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good IT and administrative skills using Microsoft systems.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision using own initiative.
• Organisational skills.
• Experience of maintaining /monitoring statistical information over and above the normal provision of activity information, e.g. spreadsheets, audit data.
• Willingness to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to role.

Values & Behaviours

• Able to work as part of a team.
• Committed to working in a caring role.
• Aware of boundaries in the role.

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.

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum, pro rata