Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nutritional Assistant

The closing date is 20 October 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 15 North Tyneside General Hospital. We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Nutrition Assistant who would welcome the opportunity of working within our Gastroenterology Team where they will be providing support to patients with their nutritional needs.

If you feel you have the ability to work independently and as part of a pro-active team within a ward environment, have a caring and pleasant manner to deal with patients and visitors and be able to work flexibly, this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Ward 15 is a busy 26 bedded unit which meets the needs of adult patient's requiring in hospital treatment for a range of gastroenterology and medical patients.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

All staff who are coming to work for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust or current staff who are new to the role of a Nutrition Assistant, will be expected to undertake the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Care Certificate Programme. This is a development programme mapped against the standards of the Care Certificate and to facilitate your development as a Nutrition Assistant. Full Participation in the programme is mandatory, you will not be able to commence in clinical practice until you have completed the initial three days of the programme.

Date posted

06 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7506960PM

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist the qualified nursing staff in providing physical nutritional support for patients, including assisting with mealtimes and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
To assist patients with ordering their meals and feeding patients where appropriate.
To audit all nutritional interventions and report on nutritional intake to nursing staff.
To keep an updated record of additional nutritional support provided.
To monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To maintain high clinical standards.
To promote nutrition in the ward.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist the qualified nursing staff in providing physical nutritional support for patients, including assisting with mealtimes and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
To assist patients with ordering their meals and feeding patients where appropriate.
To audit all nutritional interventions and report on nutritional intake to nursing staff.
To keep an updated record of additional nutritional support provided.
To monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To maintain high clinical standards.
To promote nutrition in the ward.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Previous knowledge of patient care and needs.

Desirable

NVQ Level II
NVQ Level III

Experience

Essential

Caring experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Previous knowledge of patient care and needs.

Desirable

NVQ Level II
NVQ Level III

Experience

Essential

Caring experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)