Job summary
This role is to join the current 0.6 WTE Dietetic Assistant in supporting the Paediatric Metabolic Dietitians as part of the multidisciplinary team in managing nutritional care of patients with inborn errors of metabolism. You would be joining a team of 5.1 WTE metabolic dietitians and 0.6 WTE dietetic assistant. Under the guidance of the dietitians you will actively participate and support the dietitians in the delivery of patients' nutritional care and education. In addition, you will actively be involved in the trusts clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
- Sending dietary resources, monitoring equipment and emergency supplies of prescription nutritional products to families
- Inform families of monitoring results
- Assist dietitians with audit and research
- Admin tasks including prescription requests and customs letters
- Managing stock of supplement and low protein products
- Generating patient resources including newsletters and patient information leaflets
- Coordinate patient events including group clinics and other events
- Arranging GP prescriptions and registering patients with home delivery companies
- Liaising with various feed companies to ensure dietitians have most current information
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description/person specification for more information about the roles and responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description/person specification for more information about the roles and responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Educated to GCSE (e.g. Maths, English, Science, Food & Nutrition or Technology) or NVQIII or RSA 3 level (in care, administration, customer services) or City & Guilds certificate or equivalent
Desirable
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Responsible for administrative management
- Project management
- Working with and communicating with the general public
- Using information technology systems and software including databases and spreadsheets
Desirable
- Working in a health care setting providing services to patients
- Handling food/food products, provision of food
- Working with children and carers
- Previous work as a dietetic assistant
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Proficient use of PC/keyboard skills & working knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, Excel
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Proactive and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise work under pressure
- Able to work as a team member
- Flexible and approachable
Desirable
- Database management
- Pictorial resource development
- Able to use nutritional analysis packages
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
- Special diets and feeds in infancy and childhood
- Food hygiene
Person Specification
Qualifications / Education
Essential
- Educated to GCSE (e.g. Maths, English, Science, Food & Nutrition or Technology) or NVQIII or RSA 3 level (in care, administration, customer services) or City & Guilds certificate or equivalent
Desirable
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Experience
Essential
- Responsible for administrative management
- Project management
- Working with and communicating with the general public
- Using information technology systems and software including databases and spreadsheets
Desirable
- Working in a health care setting providing services to patients
- Handling food/food products, provision of food
- Working with children and carers
- Previous work as a dietetic assistant
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- Proficient use of PC/keyboard skills & working knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, Excel
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Proactive and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise work under pressure
- Able to work as a team member
- Flexible and approachable
Desirable
- Database management
- Pictorial resource development
- Able to use nutritional analysis packages
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
- Special diets and feeds in infancy and childhood
- Food hygiene
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
