Job summary
Have you got excellent people skills and are looking for part time work supporting patients in a Rehab Unit with their nutrition needs? This could be the perfect post for you!
This post has hours that could fit around school drop offs and pick ups for those with children.
It is in the Sussex Rehab Centre at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.
The wider department is well respected and has clinical speciality areas in acute medicine, critical care, diabetes, elderly care, gastroenterology, home enteral tube feeding, oncology, paediatrics, stroke/neurology, and surgery.
Princess Royal Hospital is located in the green and leafy town of Haywards Heath next to the beautiful Sussex Downs. It has excellent train links to Brighton, Gatwick and London making it a great commuter town.
Main duties of the job
- Organising (selecting, inviting, setting up), running and evaluating lunch club on the unit.
- Introducing the menu's/ available options for long stay patients and assisting patients to make appropriate menu choices which are in line with speech and language therapy recommendations.
- Taste trials for patients who require nutritional supplements.
- Maintaining stock levels for nutritional shakes and soups for the wards.
- Monitoring and supporting patients with a malnutrition universal screening tool scores of 1 with an appropriate nutrition plan.
- Keeping the database of patients nutritional scores up to date to assist with prioritising patient reviews for the Dietitian/dieteticassistant.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer abuddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Candidate Pack
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Organising (selecting, inviting, setting up), running and evaluating lunch club on the unit.
- Introducing the menu's/ available options for long stay patients and assisting patients to make appropriate menu choices which are in line with speech and language therapy recommendations.
- Taste trials for patients who require nutritional supplements.
- Maintaining stock levels for nutritional shakes and soups for the wards.
- Monitoring and supporting patients with a malnutrition universal screening tool scores of 1 with an appropriate nutrition plan.
- Keeping the database of patients nutritional scores up to date to assist with prioritising patient reviews for the Dietitian/dieteticassistant.
See Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please note: This role does not meet theminimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Organising (selecting, inviting, setting up), running and evaluating lunch club on the unit.
- Introducing the menu's/ available options for long stay patients and assisting patients to make appropriate menu choices which are in line with speech and language therapy recommendations.
- Taste trials for patients who require nutritional supplements.
- Maintaining stock levels for nutritional shakes and soups for the wards.
- Monitoring and supporting patients with a malnutrition universal screening tool scores of 1 with an appropriate nutrition plan.
- Keeping the database of patients nutritional scores up to date to assist with prioritising patient reviews for the Dietitian/dieteticassistant.
See Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Please note: This role does not meet theminimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 4 x GCSEs (or equivalent) grade A-C or 4-9 including Maths and English.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good Standard of written and spoken English
- Computer literate e.g. Word, Teams, Excel
- An interest and some basic knowledge of nutrition
- Experience of dealing with people in a caring capacity
- Able to follow procedures
- Well organised and able to prioritise
- Basic Admin Experience
- Experience of working in a people facing role
Desirable
- Ability to communicate information to others who may have problems communicating.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and able to identify their own learning and development needs
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 4 x GCSEs (or equivalent) grade A-C or 4-9 including Maths and English.
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good Standard of written and spoken English
- Computer literate e.g. Word, Teams, Excel
- An interest and some basic knowledge of nutrition
- Experience of dealing with people in a caring capacity
- Able to follow procedures
- Well organised and able to prioritise
- Basic Admin Experience
- Experience of working in a people facing role
Desirable
- Ability to communicate information to others who may have problems communicating.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- attention to detail
- Willingness to learn and able to identify their own learning and development needs
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
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.
