Job summary
Diabetes Dietetic Assistant
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Diabetes Dietetic Assistant based at Hereford County Hospital. The successful applicant will join our team of diabetes dietitians who are a strong part of the dietetic department and the dynamic and supportive diabetes teams (both adult and paediatric). The successful candidate will be interested and enthusiastic about nutrition and keen to empower people to self-manage a long term condition.
Main duties of the job
Following in house training, the post holder will deliver weekly education sessions to people with diabetes (some in person and some virtually). They will be involved in development of new and existing education programmes. They will play a key role in the smooth running of diabetes education and supporting the diabetes dietitians with their clinical caseloads. This role requires good communication & organisation skills as well as someone who is IT literate and both works well as part of a team and self-directed.
The Dietetic team consists of 14 dietitians and 4 dietetic assistants and are supported by the Therapy Services admin team. This post holder will work most closely with our 3 diabetes dietitians and the wider diabetes team including diabetes specialist nurses, and diabetes consultants.
For any further information or questions, please email Sarah Seed sarah.seed@wvt.nhs.uk
About us
Working for your organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
Details
Date posted
28 July 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-5501997
Job locations
Dietetics Dept, Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Dietetics Dept, Hereford County Hospital
Union Walk
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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