Job summary
Are you interested in working in nutrition and health, looking to develop your skills in these new and exciting roles? These DAP roles offer an opportunity to learn and develop in a supported environment as part of a specialist wider multidisciplinary team. Read on to know more!
We are looking for 2 Dietetic Assistant Practitioners (DAPs) to join the HEFT. You will be joining a well-established team of DAPs working 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 therefore you will need a UK driving licence.
Main duties of the job
These posts would be suitable for someone who holds, or is willing to work towards, a foundation degree/Level 5 qualification or equivalent in health/social care or a science, with care experience and a keen interest in nutrition support.
The 4 DAP roles in the team work to support our different speciality areas: Adult Dietetics, Neurology Dietetics, Paediatric Dietetics and our Enteral Nutrition Nurse Specialists. Although rotational to allow for maximal development opportunities, we are currently looking for individuals to support our Paediatric Dietitians and our Enteral Nutrition Nurse Specialists.
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 own homes to undertake measurements, gather and review information on feeding plans and provide tube care, including hands on repairs of feeding tubes.
- Taking call from patients, gathering information and helping to formulate appropriate care plans for both Dietitians and Nurses.
- Supporting and delivering training to both to service users and other Health Care Professionals.
About us
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 team is based at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and sits within a bustling and friendly Nutrition and Dietetic Department.
Core working hours are 08:30-16:30 Monday to Friday.
The department has excellent mobile computer facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Home Enteral Feeding team, see attached job description and personal specification for more details.
Contact Sarah Williams Home Enteral Feeding Team Manager 0300 422 5645 for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Home Enteral Feeding team, see attached job description and personal specification for more details.
Contact Sarah Williams Home Enteral Feeding Team Manager 0300 422 5645 for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Foundation degree/NVQ level 5 or equivalent in health/social care or science, OR demonstrates dedication to learning and displays understanding of wanting to progress education via further study at level 5.
- 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
- Experience working in the NHS
- Experience working in the community setting
Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a understanding of nutrition and dietetics and a basic understanding of its application to the prevention and treatment of disease
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of applied nutrition and food skills
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of physiology, biochemistry and infection control appropriate to the role
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, team working & oral communication skills
- Demonstrates can write clearly with accuracy in grammar and structure
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
- Demonstration of self-motivation and commitment to learning
- Experience in producing work/audits/reports in a timely manner
- Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise workloads and be able to work unsupervised where necessary
- Demonstrate behaviours of care, compassion, kindness and respect for others
- Demonstrates awareness of enteral feeding
Desirable
- Food hygiene certificate
- Demonstrates good understanding of enteral feeding and the services users supported
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education
Essential
- Foundation degree/NVQ level 5 or equivalent in health/social care or science, OR demonstrates dedication to learning and displays understanding of wanting to progress education via further study at level 5.
- 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
- Experience working in the NHS
- Experience working in the community setting
Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate a understanding of nutrition and dietetics and a basic understanding of its application to the prevention and treatment of disease
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of applied nutrition and food skills
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of physiology, biochemistry and infection control appropriate to the role
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, team working & oral communication skills
- Demonstrates can write clearly with accuracy in grammar and structure
- Demonstrate good organisational skills
- Understanding of information governance and confidentiality
- Demonstration of self-motivation and commitment to learning
- Experience in producing work/audits/reports in a timely manner
- Demonstrate a willingness to be flexible
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise workloads and be able to work unsupervised where necessary
- Demonstrate behaviours of care, compassion, kindness and respect for others
- Demonstrates awareness of enteral feeding
Desirable
- Food hygiene certificate
- Demonstrates good understanding of enteral feeding and the services users supported
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.
