Dietetic Assistant

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to gain a diverse set of skills and experience?
- Are you an enthusiastic, organised and hardworking individual with strong IT skills who enjoys working as part of a team?
- Do you have a passion for the dietetic profession and are keen to develop a clinical set of skills?

If you answered yes, we’ve got the perfect role for you

Join our Nutrition & Dietetics team and be part of this exciting time. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with relevant qualifications, experience and skills to work within our community dietetic team

You will work closely within a designated team of Dietitians receiving delegated work which will include going out independently to review patients in a variety of settings under the guidance of a qualified dietitian. You will also help complete administration duties such as booking in patient visits and setting patients up on our enteral feeding IT systems to ensure these patients receive their nutrition and equipment promptly. We would also look to support you complete a foundation degree in health if this is something that you would be keen to pursue.

We welcome fresh ideas and enthusiastic people who like learning new skills and enjoy working with people and service users from a diverse background. You will be able to demonstrate empathy and a passion for working with others to support the delivery of quality care.

The post holder will work alongside other department members to assist with the provision of a professional and constantly developing nutrition and dietetic service to patients and their carers within the local health economy. The role will involve supporting the dietitians with clinical administration duties such as setting up new patients on our home enteral feeding patient system and facilitating the booking of patients as well as clinical duties and conducting basic reviews within various care settings.

So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
- Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us

The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.

1. Communication and relationship skills
- To communicate with other healthcare professionals at all levels in the community
- To maintain accurate records according to Organisation policies
- To assist with the development, design and production of resources such as client info, training programmes, displays, handouts and evaluation tools.
- To participate in dietetic service meetings, department meetings, MDT meetings, care planning meetings
- To establish rapport with a wide range of patients and carers, working in a non-discriminatory fashion
- To maintain good verbal, written and electronic communication systems ensuring that communication is clear and effective and cascaded to all staff in the team

1. Knowledge, training and experience
- Good interpersonal skills including good written and verbal skills
- Problem solving and organisational skills
- Able to work independently as well as part of the team
- Able to deal with stressful situations
- To attend in-service training and courses where appropriate
- To identify personal development evidenced by a Personal Development Plan as part of the appraisal process
- To develop an awareness of the roles of other professionals
- To develop an understanding of the principals of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Good administration skills e.g. RSA stage 2 Typewritin

1. Analytical and judgement skills
- To assess, advise and liase with patients with the support from a qualified dietitian
- To assist with the undertaking of a yearly audit including producing reports and present findings
- Participate in the collection, collation, analysis, evaluation and administration of data for Department audit purposes.
- To check food record charts.
- To interpret and monitor anthropometric measurements including BMIs, weights and MUST scores.

1. Planning and organisational skills
- To work as part of a team of Dietitians in