Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic, motivated and caring assistant practitioner to join our community Dietetic team.
You will work as part of a wider community rehabilitation team to deliver assessment, treatment and nutritional care planning for Calderdale residents either within their own home or from a clinic setting.
As a dynamic evidenced based service, the Calderdale Dietetic team is heavily involved in transformative service change, research and development, to ensure that high quality standards are held and maintained.
Team/student feedback:
"this is a wonderful team that is so supportive"
"all staff are friendly and i would love to work in your team"
Main duties of the job
Activities will include
Assessing and implementing treatment to scope of practice.
Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of practice.
Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
Supporting patients with enteral feeding regimes and adjusting care plans within scope of practice.
Ordering oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other home enteral nutrition equipment.
Liaising with other agencies, including care providers, District Nurses and Nutricia Nurses.
Checking of blood test and swab results, reporting abnormalities to registered staff, and requesting treatments.
Managing queries from patients, carers and other health professionals relating to patient care.
May include leading and assisting with group advice / education sessions
Maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
May take the responsibility for the training of others, including delivering MUST training.
May involve delegating tasks to rehabilitation assistants.
May involve supervising the routine tasks of others.
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Activities will include
Assessing and implementing treatment to scope of practice.
Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of practice.
Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
Supporting patients with enteral feeding regimes and adjusting care plans within scope of practice.
Ordering oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other home enteral nutrition equipment.
Liaising with other agencies, including care providers, District Nurses and Nutricia Nurses.
Checking of blood test and swab results, reporting abnormalities to registered staff, and requesting treatments.
Managing queries from patients, carers and other health professionals relating to patient care.
May include leading and assisting with group advice / education sessions
Maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
May take the responsibility for the training of others, including delivering MUST training.
May involve delegating tasks to rehabilitation assistants.
May involve supervising the routine tasks of others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Activities will include
Assessing and implementing treatment to scope of practice.
Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of practice.
Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
Supporting patients with enteral feeding regimes and adjusting care plans within scope of practice.
Ordering oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other home enteral nutrition equipment.
Liaising with other agencies, including care providers, District Nurses and Nutricia Nurses.
Checking of blood test and swab results, reporting abnormalities to registered staff, and requesting treatments.
Managing queries from patients, carers and other health professionals relating to patient care.
May include leading and assisting with group advice / education sessions
Maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
May take the responsibility for the training of others, including delivering MUST training.
May involve delegating tasks to rehabilitation assistants.
May involve supervising the routine tasks of others.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in appropriate field
Desirable
- Certificate of Higher Education in Nutritional Health or degree in Nutrition
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous experience as a rehabilitation assistant/ support worker / assistant in a health or social care or education field.
- Knowledge of the client group (Nutrition) and evidence of related training
- Previous competency-based training in a relevant healthcare field
- An understanding of the needs and issues concerning illness and disability and the effect on nutritional intake
- An ability to work on own and make appropriate decisions, seeking help appropriately particularly in unforeseen circumstances
- A good understanding of the concept of rehabilitation and dietetic intervention
- An understanding of enabling a person to learn or re-learn skills
- An understanding of the issues when working in service user's own homes
- Hold Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle
Desirable
- Previous recent experience as a dietetic assistant in a hospital setting / community setting
- Experience of working in hospital, patients' homes and other community settings
- Experience of teaching and instructing
- Understanding & knowledge of home enteral feeding
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Previous experience working in a Multidisciplinary team in health or social care
- I.T skills / electronic patient records
- Works well in a team
- Able to work independently with service users without direct supervision
- Able to use initiative and be aware of limitations
- Ability to deal sensitively with distressing, emotional situations
- Good communications skills, including an ability to relate to others and adapt approach accordingly
- Awareness of cultural issues and valuing diversity
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in appropriate field
Desirable
- Certificate of Higher Education in Nutritional Health or degree in Nutrition
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Previous experience as a rehabilitation assistant/ support worker / assistant in a health or social care or education field.
- Knowledge of the client group (Nutrition) and evidence of related training
- Previous competency-based training in a relevant healthcare field
- An understanding of the needs and issues concerning illness and disability and the effect on nutritional intake
- An ability to work on own and make appropriate decisions, seeking help appropriately particularly in unforeseen circumstances
- A good understanding of the concept of rehabilitation and dietetic intervention
- An understanding of enabling a person to learn or re-learn skills
- An understanding of the issues when working in service user's own homes
- Hold Full UK driving license with access to a vehicle
Desirable
- Previous recent experience as a dietetic assistant in a hospital setting / community setting
- Experience of working in hospital, patients' homes and other community settings
- Experience of teaching and instructing
- Understanding & knowledge of home enteral feeding
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential
- Previous experience working in a Multidisciplinary team in health or social care
- I.T skills / electronic patient records
- Works well in a team
- Able to work independently with service users without direct supervision
- Able to use initiative and be aware of limitations
- Ability to deal sensitively with distressing, emotional situations
- Good communications skills, including an ability to relate to others and adapt approach accordingly
- Awareness of cultural issues and valuing diversity
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.
