Dietetic Assistant

2 weeks ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Dietetic team at Colchester Hospital across both adult and paediatric services in this new shared role as a Dietetic Assistant (Band 3).

The post involves working with the Adult and Paediatric Dietitians to provide a service to patients either face to face, by telephone under supervision of the dietitian. There is also an administrative element to the role which includes maintaining the home enteral nutrition database, liaising with home enteral feed company, writing letters and prescriptions requests on behalf of the dietitian to ensure timely provision of information to relevant staff and to patients. The role includes providing telephone support to families, which may include reviews of dietetic plans.