HETF Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated individual to support patients with tube feeding at home. This role involves working closely with community dietitians and multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective nutritional care. The ideal candidate will perform routine dietetic reviews, provide advice on nutritional interventions, and contribute to staff education programs. Join a committed team that values flexible working arrangements and prioritizes the well-being of both patients and staff. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while developing your skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Level 5 FdSc qualification in a relevant subject required.
• Experience in health care assisting and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with tube feeding at home and perform dietetic reviews.
• Assist in delivering education programs and supervise student dietitians.

Skills

Basic knowledge of artificial feeding

Anthropometric measurement skills

Computer skills and use of electronic patient records

Behaviour change/motivational interviewing skills

Education

Level 5 FdSc in an appropriate subject

Level 2 functional skills Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE equivalent Grade C/5)

Higher education certificate / diploma

Certificate in food hygiene

Clinical Supervisory Skills Course

Job description

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

The purpose of this role, under the supervision of the Community Dietitians, is to support a range of patients with various medical conditions who receive tube feeding at home across North and North East Lincolnshire.

The post holder will carry the responsibility for a defined caseload of patients. This will include performing routine dietetic reviews to ensure dietetic care plans are being followed. The post holder will be able to give advice under supervision from the dietitian on nutritional interventions for symptom control and disease management.

The post holder will be required to assist in delivering patient and staff education programmes and supervision to student dietitians.

The post holder will provide a wide variety of administrative and clerical support in relation to enteral and oral nutrition support ensuring patients receive the feeding products and ancillaries required for home feeding.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will need to work closely with both registered and non-registered staff within the dietetics service.

Multiagency working is a cornerstone of home enteral feeding so the post holder will need to establish and maintain working relationships with various multidisciplinary teams, ward discharge teams, and administrative teams.

The post holder will be a first point of contact for the third-party company that provides home enteral feeding products and ancillaries. You will be required to liaise closely with the contracting team responsible for the provision of a Hospital to Home Feed Service, and to be able to converse regularly with patients regarding the service and equipment required for their needs.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

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Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 5 FdSc in an appropriate subject
• Level 2 functional skills Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE equivalent Grade C/5)
• Higher education certificate / diploma
• Certificate in food hygiene
• Clinical Supervisory Skills Course

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

• Basic knowledge of artificial feeding
• Anthropometric measurement skills
• Understands own boundaries and knows when to report to supervising Dietitian
• Computer skills and use of electronic patient records
• Behaviour change/motivational interviewing skills

Experience

• Previous experience of working as a health care assistant
• Evidence of working with a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of supervising/ mentoring junior staff
• Experience presenting to groups

Other requirements

• Confident and self-motivated being able to work independently and communicate effectively at all levels
• Flexible, able to work under pressure
• Able to respond to frequent interruptions, prioritising workload in accordance with patient and service need in liaison with the supervising Dietitian.
• Able to drive and hold a full UK driving license.

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

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust