Fixed term contract until 29th December 2025
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in dietetics and the role of nutrition in a clinical setting. The successful post holder will support our ward teams with managing the caseload of patients across the hospital who require dietetic interventions. They will support the delivery of education and training sessions to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, as well as supporting the delivery of some of our outpatient services. Full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
Your career progression is important to us and we are committed to continuous professional development and student training. We have good computer facilities in the department and have access to excellent library and CPD support.
This service will be transitioning to HCRG Care Group from the 1stApril 2025. The successful candidate may transfer over (under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006) on the terms and conditions they are employed on. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for everyone involved.
• Supporting dietitians in hospital with triaging referrals and managing non-complex referrals.
• Supporting acute dietetic team and ward staff with implementation and audit of adult in-patient ward programme of nutritional screening (MUST) and associated care pathways.
• Managing own caseload/workload, maintaining accurate records according to policy.
• Providing telephone reviews with support as appropriate.
• Provide anthropometric outpatient clinic to support outpatient teams in monitoring of patients.
• Maintaining effective communication between MDT’s.
• Supporting patient experience at mealtimes by carrying out observational audits and patient satisfaction surveys.
• Supporting the dietitians in delivering nutrition education and training programmes, face to face or virtual.
• Maintaining close and relevant communication with key staff at all levels.
• Supporting the design and implementation of internal and external referral pathways and procedures.
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
• Supporting the patient information project (diet sheet development and co-ordination) including managing diet sheets and training materials
• Developing, organising and maintaining effective office systems, including filing systems, department resources, ONS stock levels, training materials and databases.
• Participating in the collection, analysis, evaluation and administration of data for audit purposes.
• Providing a supportive role to nutrition research projects.
• Participating in dietetic service meetings, department meetings, MDT meetings and care planning meetings.
• Being professionally and legally accountable for own work.
• Being an effective communicator and have the ability to overcome barriers. Communication with a patient can be affected by their physical, emotional or psychological state: e.g. dysphasia, depression.
• Using and developing computer skills for nutritional analysis, data entry, database, email, word processing and presentation development.
• Maintaining a professional appearance at all times.
Please see the attached spreadsheet for full information
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025
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