Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetic Assistant Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Bank hours would be considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 318-24-D&S-T1543
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, Band 4
Band 4
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Are you interested in working in nutrition and health, looking to develop your skills in these new and exciting roles? This DAP roles offer an opportunity to learn and develop in a supported environment as part of a specialist wider multidisciplinary teams. Full-time and Part-time opportunities available as well as Bank hours. Read on to know more!
The DAP joining the HEFT will join an established team of Dietetic Assistants working in the team with dietitians, nurses and admin support to care for patients in the community of Gloucestershire who require enteral feeding at home.
The post holder will be required to drive around the county to provide both dietetic and nursing support to the HEF patients.
Main duties of the job
These post would be suitable for someone with a foundation degree/Level 4 qualification or equivalent in health/social care or a science, with care experience and an interest in nutrition support.
Main duties:
- Working across the county of Gloucestershire supporting specialist Dietitians and Enteral Nutrition Nurse Specialists to deliver care to those living at home with feeding tubes.
- Working autonomously with patients in their homes to undertake measurements and provide tube care
- Managing stock levels
- Taking call from patients gathering information and helping to formulate appropriate care plans
- Travelling across the county to provide care and support to those at home who are enterally fed
Working for our organisation
The post holder will be joining a small friendly team of experienced clinicians and will have access and links with dietitians in the wider dietetic department. The post holder will have access to bespoke education and training opportunities, working toward completing the Department DAP Competency Framework whilst working within the British Dietetic Association (BDA) professional Code of Professional Conduct.
The teams is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and sits within a bustling and friendly Nutrition and Dietetic Department. The successful post holder would be based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Core working hours are 08:30-16:30 Monday to Friday.
The department has excellent mobile computer facilities and we encourage the use of the flexible working system in place.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Home Enteral Feeding team, see attached job description and personal specification for more details. Contact Sarah Williams Home Enteral Feeding Team Manager (job share) and Dietitian Training lead on 0300 422 5645 for more information.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- Foundation degree/NVQ level 4 or equivalent in health/social care or science.
- Experience of healthcare/public sector/educational settings
- Information Technology literate, capable with MS Office and Internet-based applications and an understanding of and experience in application of IT to support clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and training experience
Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of nutrition and dietetics for the prevention and treatment of disease
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of applied nutrition, food skills and food system management
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of physiology, biochemistry and infection control appropriate to the role
- Excellent interpersonal, team working & oral communication skills,
- Write clear, accurate letters, audits and reports in a timely manner
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
- Show they are self-motivated with attention to detail
- Be committed to personal development
- Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible
- Prioritise workloads and be able to work unsupervised where necessary
- Demonstrate behaviours of care, compassion, kindness and respect for others
Desirable criteria
- Food hygiene certificate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Williams
- Job title
- Dietitian Training Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 4225 645
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