Dietetic Assistant

2 months ago


Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual with good organisational skills to join the National Care Alliance, Salford Care Organisation Community Dietetic Team, as a Dietetic Assistant.

We are a friendly and supportive trust-wide team, providing a comprehensive dietetic service. Your role would be to support the dietitians in providing an excellent, high quality service and helping the dietetic service run smoothly.

Previous experience in a similar role is not essential as training can be provided including an apprenticeship in Healthcare if desired. Familiarity with electronic patient records will be advantageous as is some knowledge around the importance of adequate nutrition and hydration in health and recovery.

The successful applicant will have a positive attitude, a flexible approach, excellent communication and time management skills, and the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of staff, patients and the public. You will be happy working over different care settings, have access to a car, and have a good working knowledge of IT based systems.

The role would entail supporting the dietitians with nursing home malnutrition training, linking with the intermediate care unit and undertaking nutritional screening in a variety of settings. Following appropriate training, you will also see or contact patients independently on behalf of the dietitians following specific policies and procedures.

The post-holder will also have the opportunity to participate in audits and research, and to develop presentation skills. In addition, we will support the post holder with multiple opportunities and support with bespoke career progression, according the applicant’s needs.

The dietetic department has has over 50 staff who work within many different specialties, areas and settings within Salford Royal and the surrounding community, to support the nutritional intake and dietetic care of our patients. The community dietetic team is a team of 10 dietitians, dietetic assistants and admin and clerical staff and is based at St James House in Salford (Pendleton)

If you are motivated, understanding and passionate about nutrition then we would love to welcome you into our team.

Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of acute, community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.



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