Dietetic Assistant Practitioner Community Nutrition Support

Job responsibilities

Other Responsibilities:

Be aware of and comply with all relevant policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.

Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards.

Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Attendance at regular in-house governance and educational meetings and training as well as events at other agencies as appropriate.

Assist with the training of other staff members.

Contribute to the development of computer-based patient records.

Contribute to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data.

Take responsibility that any equipment either clinical or otherwise, used when working, is taken due care of and locked away at the end of every working session.

Business responsibilities:

Maintain ethos and culture of Nimbuscare.

Positively promote Nimbuscare.

Support Line Managers as required.

Adhere to Health & Safety and educate staff within your role.

Apply Nimbuscare policies, standards and guidance.

Attend in-house governance, educational and staff meetings as appropriate.

Suggest and support the introduction of new working processes to optimise quality.

Communicate to ensure that all employees operate as an effective team.

Build and maintain relationships with other healthcare professionals, including GPs, GP surgery personnel, care home personnel and CCG personnel etc.

Safeguarding:

Everyone within Nimbuscare has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Adults-at-risk (vulnerable adults), children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.

Be fully aware of and understand your duties and responsibilities arising from the Childrens Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018, in relation to child protection and safeguarding children and young people.

Be fully aware of and understand your duties and responsibilities arising from the DOH Policy No Secrets (2000), and the principles of safeguarding as they apply to Adults-at-risk (vulnerable adults) in relation to your work.

Recognise the types and signs of abuse and neglect.

Ensure the Nimbuscare Safeguarding Lead is alerted to, and kept fully informed of, any concerns you may have in relation to safeguarding adults, children and young people.

Adhere to Nimbuscare and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Adult policies and procedures.

Professional Development and Education Responsibilities:

Participation in individual performance reviews, including maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

Working in conjunction with management, assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

Develop and utilise a written Personal Development Plan.

Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information.

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.

Undertake mandatory and statutory training as required.

Team working:

Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time.

Work as an effective and responsible team member and leader, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.

Accept delegation from senior staff, prioritise own workload and delegate as appropriate and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice.

Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.

Participate and support local projects as agreed with the management team.

Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, customers entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that you will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of your duties outlined in this Job Description, you may have access to confidential information relating to customers and their carers, Nimbuscare staff and other healthcare workers. You may also have access to information relating to Nimbuscare as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to customers, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of Nimbuscare may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Nimbuscare policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Be aware of your responsibilities under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Health & Safety:

You will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Nimbuscare Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to guidelines.

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Making effective use of training to update your knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity:

You will support the equality, diversity and rights of customers, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Nimbuscare procedures and policies, and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of customers, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Quality:

You will strive to maintain quality within Nimbuscare, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under

Supervision:

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Work within own limitations and experience.

Be aware of and co-operate with audit.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.

Portray a professional image at all times.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in nutrition advice and guidance
• Significant experience working in a health and care setting working in a person centred way
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in supervising others at work

Desirable

• Previous experience in a NHS health or care setting
• Knowledge and understanding of the impact of nutrition on health and lifestyle

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level A-C English and Maths or equivalent.
• Minimum Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or 60 credits level 4.

Desirable

• Care certificate

Other

Essential

• Must have full driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present information, written and orally in an accurate clear and logical manner
• Ability to recognise when necessary to escalation to a qualified member of staff regarding patient care or risk
• Able to educate patients and colleagues within scope of your role
• Able to implement and evaluate treatment
• Able to manage own workload and delegate work appropriately.
• Competent IT skills e.g. use Excel and Powerpoint
• Able to work autonomously.
• Ability to keep up to date and accurate patient notes
• Able to work as part of team

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

• Evidence of competence in patient assessment skills.
• Awareness of own skills and limitations.
• Evidence of regular updates and utilisation of specialist skills and competencies.
• Experience of supervising others, and allocating appropriate workloads

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Confident, compassionate and caring nature
• Empathetic
• Honest and reliable
• Self motivated and able to work on own initiative
• Flexible, adaptive and creative

Desirable

• Motivation to learn and develop.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).