Band 3 Dietetic Assistant

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job overview**:
Two Band 3, 1.0WTE, Dietetic Assistants in Healthcare for Older People and Trauma.

An opportunity has arisen for two dietetic assistants to work either within the Older People and Acute Medicine wards, based in the Heritage site or on the Trauma wards of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. These acute wards are managed by a strong multidisciplinary team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, specialist nurses, social workers, palliative care services and liaison psychiatry.

The successful individuals will be involved in the dietetic assessment and treatment of a variety of patients within these specialty areas under the guidance of the Dietitians.

There will also be opportunities to become competent in measuring a range of anthropometry.

The applicant must have skills, knowledge and experience of caring for people who are malnourished and dehydrated in a busy, acute NHS hospital.

Being flexible, patient-centred, managing a caseload and accurate record-keeping are essential.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
The successful individuals will take on a valuable role in supporting the assessment and treatment of a variety of patients so the applicants will ideally have experience with dealing with members of public, be able to demonstrate good communication skills along side an interest in food + nutrition and improving health and wellbeing.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in

Maths / English / Science

Educated to N.V.Q. level 3 or equivalent

eg: completion of a BDA validated on the

job dietetic assistant training programme

or equivalent comparable experience

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Significant experience of working in an

acute healthcare setting

either
- as a dietetic assistant

or
- significant experience of working in

a clinical environment and with

Neurosurgery or similar patients

Significant experience of working with the

general public

Experience of working as part of a team

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