Band 3 Dietetic Assistant

Job summary

We are looking for someone to join our busy hospital team of Dietitians in our newly created Dietetic Assistant post. By joining our team you will play an important role in supporting the nutritional needs of our patients.

This role will involve working on-site in a face to face role, and will include working directly with patients, healthcare professionals and the catering team.

An interest in nutrition and working in a hospital environment is required. The personal attributes required for this role include being organised and flexible with excellent communicate skills.

Although this is a newly created role at Southend Hospital, there are many Dietetic Assistants employed within the Trust that you will be able to liaise with and work with in addition to the support you will receive from the Dietetic team on site.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include:

• To assist Dietitians and secretaries in completing general administrative tasks which will include registering or amending patient registrations on the Fresenius Kabi patient portal for enterally fed patients, keeping track of feeding pumps given to patients, stock control, data input or letters.
• To assist Dietitians to enable patients to be discharged from hospital promptly; this could include providing written patient information, providing feeding pump or equipment, and to co-ordinate supplies of nutritional supplements or tube feeds for patients.
• To support the dietitians to facilitate a seamless transfer of care between acute and community settings.
• To participate in project work and be involved with education and training of staff, such as housekeepers, healthcare assistants and nursing staff in aspects of nutritional delivery or nutritional screening e.g. MUST training.

After adequate training, you will support dietitians in delivering aspects of dietetic care by reviewing the dietetic plans that have been previously implemented by the Dietitian, and feeding back to the Dietitian.

Your role will include:

1. Working closely with the Dietetic team and wider multi-disciplinary team.
2. Supporting timely reviews of dietetic plans.
3. Supporting prompt discharges from the hospital with anything related to dietetics.
4. Supporting the Dietitian in patient related administrative tasks.

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. Southend Hospital is a busy teaching hospital within the wider Trust.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Westcliff on Sea

SS0 0RY

Employer's website

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

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