Dietetic Assistant

Do you have a passion for nutrition and its importance in health and wellbeing? Are you ready for a new challenge? If so, this is an ideal opportunity for you to join the friendly and supportive dietetic team at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals.

Working closely with registered dietitians you will;
- be responsible for reviewing the nutritional care plans of inpatients,
- work with patients requiring dietary modification,
- lead on MUST training for the Trust,
- help deliver education and training on nutrition and feeding,
- assist with data collection for statistics, audit and research,
- assist in updating and developing dietary resources.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual with strong communication and team working skills who is committed to improving the nutrition experience of our patients. A formal nutrition qualification and / or experience of working in a hospital or caring environment are desirable but not essential.

We will provide a comprehensive induction programme and competency framework to enable you to progress from a band 3 to a band 4. You will participate in appraisals and clinical supervision to enable you to develop the appropriate skills and knowledge.

Please visit the video link below to provide you with an insight as to why you should come and join our fantastic therapy department at MTW

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics