Paediatric Dietetic Assistant

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Hyde; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider seeks a Paediatric Dietetic Assistant to support delivery of nutritional care for children across Tameside. The role involves working with Paediatric Dietitians, managing dietary tasks, maintaining patient records, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should have strong organizational skills and a passion for nutrition. This full-time role offers various employee benefits and promotes a diverse workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Free eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Support for stress, bereavement, relationships, finance

NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Previous experience in a supportive role in health/social care.
• Experience as a dietetic assistant or similar role.
• Administrative experience demonstrating excellent organizational skills.
• Knowledge of infection control and safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Support Paediatric Dietitians in community and acute settings.
• Monitor and assess child's progress and modify treatment needs.
• Maintain accurate patient records and documentation.
• Deliver and collect dietary equipment and supplies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Initiative

Passion for nutrition

Education

A levels or equivalent in health/social care

Evidence of recent study in child development

Evidence of recent study in nutrition

National care certificate

Tools

EMIS or equivalent patient administration systems

Job description

Paediatric Dietetic Assistant

The closing date is 08 December 2025

Are you passionate about nutrition and the role and impact it has on children's wellbeing?

We are looking for the right person to join our team to support in the delivery of excellent nutritional care. The successful applicant will become an essential member of the Paediatric Dietetic Team, supporting them to provide excellent nutritional care and advice for children across Tameside. This will include carrying out dietetic related tasks with children in clinics, their own homes, by telephone, in schools and other care settings, as well as in hospital. The children we care for have a range of medical conditions and we support them with oral nutritional support, and tube feeding. It also entails support of the dietetic service with maintaining equipment and ordering of supplies, sharing responsibility for management of e‑mails and messages, and contributing to audit and service development work.

The successful candidate will have strong organisational and communication skills, with a passion for delivering excellence and will be a proactive team player.

Main duties of the job

To support the Paediatric Dietitians, who work with patients in the community and acute settings, including children with complex medical needs.

To support families in carrying out dietetic interventions as assessed for and planned by the dietitian. Be able to work independently under the supervision of a responsible practitioner and be responsible for monitoring/assessing the child's progress, modifying treatment and reporting back to the dietitian as appropriate. This will be in the child's home, school, playgroup/nursery, on the ward or other similar environment in Tameside and Glossop.

Answer the telephone, take messages and deal with enquiries on behalf of the Paediatric Dietitians team and take the appropriate action.

Deliver/issue/order and collect equipment and feed e.g. for tube fed children requiring feed deliveries at home or the children's ward requiring a stock of feed products.

To maintain accurate, contemporaneous records in both patient records and electronic systems in relation to actions undertaken and advice given in accordance with Trust and departmental policies.

To analyse dietary intake / catering menus as required.

To take a shared role in the general organisation of the department, contributing to managing team clinical and non‑clinical queries, supporting scheduling work.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• o3 A levels OR Health & Science T Level OR NVQ level 3 / equivalent in health or social care (with level 2 Functional Skills)
• Evidence of recent study or attendance on an accredited course relating to child development within the last two years.
• Evidence of recent study or attendance on an accredited course relating to nutrition within the last two years.
• Completed the national care certificate.

Knowledge

• IT literate.
• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
• Knowledge of infection control & safeguarding processes.
• Knowledge of therapy roles, such as physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy.
• Experience of using EMIS or equivalent patient administration systems.
• Understands basic nutritional principles relating to childhood.

Experience

• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Previous experience of working in a supportive role in a health or social care setting.
• Previous experience working as a dietetic assistant or similar.
• Previous experience with administrative work that demonstrates excellent organisational skills.
• Experience delivering intervention programmes under the guidance of a qualified practitioner.
• Previous NHS experience.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of supporting quality improvement / audits / research and development activities.

Skills and abilities

• Able to use own initiative.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Well developed interpersonal skills.
• Basic literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Committed to delivering high standards of care.
• Able to challenge unacceptable behaviour and escalate issues appropriately.
• Good understanding of the importance of nutrition in childhood.
• Passion in the area of nutrition.
• Communication and handling skills with children with additional needs.

Work related circumstances

• Willingness to participate in and attend training as required.
• Flexible in terms of working hours dependent on the changing priorities of the role.
• Willingness to abide by the Trust's policies and procedures and to observe the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Ability to travel around the local area in a timely manner, whilst transporting equipment.
• Ability to work in different and changing environments (clinics, office, hospital) often different locations in the same day.

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.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust