Dietetic Support Worker - Home Enteral Tube Feeding

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW); Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Bristol seeks a part-time Dietetic Support Worker to provide nutritional care for patients receiving tube feeding. This role requires effective communication, organisational skills, and the ability to work independently. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in healthcare or nutrition. Join a supportive team dedicated to making a difference in patients' lives while enjoying flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare or nutrition-related role.
• Understand NHS healthcare policies and procedures.
• Ability to drive with access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Support dietitians in delivering nutritional care for tube-fed patients.
• Visit patients in homes, schools, and nursing homes to collect nutritional data.
• Manage own workload efficiently.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Good organisational skills

IT skills including Microsoft packages

Ability to adapt to different situations

Self-motivated and able to use own initiative

Education

Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English

3 A levels or equivalent in Nutrition or health-related subject

Care Certificate

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Dietetic Support Worker - Home Enteral Tube Feeding

The closing date is 06 January 2026

Home Tube Feeding Service - Band 3 Dietetic Support Worker (0.6wte)

Would you like to work in the community?

Do you have an interest in nutrition - and in particular tube feeding?

Are you passionate about making a difference to people's lives?

Joins us as a Dietetic Support Worker (DSW) in Home Management Services (UHBW), where you will play a crucial role in supporting the Dietitians to deliver high quality nutritional care patients who are tube feeding in the community. Home Management Services are the community tube feeding team covering BNSSG and BaNES - you will need to act fast, as these roles rarely come along!

You will join a friendly and experienced team of Dietitians, DSWs and a supportive admin team. The role will involve supporting dietitians in delivering a nutrition and dietetic service for tube-fed patients of all ages (from babies to older adults) and their carers, in the community.

Main duties of the job

You must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for work purposes as you will be visiting patients and their families/carers at home, in schools and nursing homes. You will be collecting nutritional information as well as weighing and measuring and keeping accurate records. The main geographical area you are likely to cover is Weston and South West Bristol.

You must be self-motivated, with excellent organisational skills, as you will manage your own workload on a daily basis. The service is based at Central Health Clinic, Bristol, with the option to start and finish work from home. Attendance at the office is required for team meetings.

You will need proven experience in a healthcare or a nutrition related role, enjoy working with people from different cultures, religions and ethnic groups and be able to adapt to different situations. Team working, excellent communication and IT skills are vital.

We are part of the wider UHBW Nutrition and Dietetic Service and sit within UHBW's Adult Therapy Services. We invite you to join our fantastic UHBW Adult Therapy Service and bring your passion to our team.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Job responsibilities

Further information on the role and requirements is outlined in the job description - please read this carefully.

We welcome applications from people who meet the essential criteria in the person specification.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English or equivalent ie GCSE grade C/4 or above
• 3 A levels or Science T level or NVQ level 3/SQCF level 6 or BTEC level 3 national Diploma in Nutrition or health related subject or level 3 apprenticeship such as the Senior Healthcare Support Worker
• Care Certificate

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working with people from different cultures, religions and ethnic groups
• Ability to adapt to different situations
• Previous experience in a healthcare or nutrition-related role, demonstrating an awareness of NHS healthcare policies and procedures
• Insight into tube feeding, long term conditions and common paediatric conditions
• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of multiprofessional team working
• Experience working with children, adults and older people
• Insight into long term conditions and common paediatric conditions

Skills and Abilities

• Effective communication skills, spoken and written
• Effective organisational skills & time management
• Ability to prioritise workload with competing demands
• Good IT skills including Microsoft packages
• Car driver and access to transport in order to deliver community working
• Able to complete appropriate documentation accurately
• Self-motivated, able to use own initiative
• Able to recognise own limitations
• Familiarity with computerised administration and ordering systems

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.

Address

Community, with an office available at Central Health Clinic

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-DT2102-JJ-A

Job locations

Community, with an office available at Central Health Clinic