Dietetic Assistant
5 days ago
Do you have a passion for ensuring patients in hospital are meeting their nutrition and hydration needs? This not only includes food but also tube feeding and parenteral nutrition.
Would you like to have a role in promoting Nutrition and Hydration on the intestinal failure unit at Salford Royal Hospital?
Previous experience in a similar role in a ward setting is not essential as training can be provided but familiarity with the in-patient setting will be advantageous as is some knowledge around the importance of adequate nutrition and hydration in health and recovery.
If you are motivated, understanding and passionate about nutrition then we would love to welcome you into our team.
- Weighing patients - ability to help patients sit on scales
- Measuring body composition using state of the art equipment (Bio-electrical impedance machine)
- Monitoring patients progress with oral diet
- Liaising with catering and the housekeepers
- Helping serve meals
- Providing snacks and supplement drinks
- Ensuring the stock levels of sip feeds and tube feeds are correct
- You will be based on a busy 21 bedded surgical ward supporting the nursing and dietetic team for 5 hours a day, 4 days a week.
- We are the national reference centre for intestinal failure and also care for home parenteral nutrition patients.
- This is a friendly and dynamic team, and you will be offered full training for the role.
- Reviewing patient's dietary intake day to day on the ward and recording their intake of food and fluids.
- Weighing patients
- Helping serve meals and give supplement drinks if needed
- Ordering sip feeds and tube feeds using the online ordering system
- Working as part of the multi-professional team supporting dietetics and nursing.
- Documenting the results of the assessments in the patient electronic record
Salford Care Organisation
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.
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