Acute Dietetic Assistant - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Dietetic Assistant

Nutrition & Dietetics

Permanent

Full time 37.5 hours per week

We are looking for a Band 3 Dietetic Assistant to support the adult acute dietetic team to provide nutrition support to inpatients including specialist areas such as Stroke, Gastroenterology and Renal.

You will be part of a department of 43 Dietitians, Nurses, Dietetic Assistants and Administrators providing an integrated dietetic service to the West Suffolk Hospital and the wider community.

The West Suffolk Dietetic service is a diverse and innovative department that is currently involved in several large-scale service development projects that aim to improve patient care and showcase the value of dietetics.

We fully support and encourage professional development opportunities within our service.

The Dietetic Assistant will carry out both clinical and non-clinical duties under the support of a dietitian.

Clinical duties will involve direct patient contact, such as reviewing patients who require oral nutrition support and providing group education sessions to health professionals or patients.

Non clinical tasks will include receiving stock, carrying out stock checks, overseeing

special menu provision and other administrative tasks.

BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk.

We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward).

It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work.

Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Please see the full job description for more detail

Job Responsibilities

Key Tasks:

Clinical

To liaise with the Community Dietitians regarding patient treatment on a regular basis utilising a range of skills including nutrition risk assessment, reviewing nutrition support care plans, carrying out the nutritional analysis of patient food diaries using the appropriate IT software and motivation of patients regarding dietary change.

To collect relevant information regarding treatment such as anthropometry, biochemistry results and patients' social/home circumstances, as required by the dietitian.

To work without direct supervision, to use initiative and common sense in order to determine appropriate treatment, being aware of changes in a patient's wellbeing and the outcomes of treatment.

To report back the patient's progress to the dietitian.

To implement dietetic treatment plans under the supervision of a dietitian.

To facilitate special menus for individual patients as required.

To produce daily reports for the dietitian as requested.

To communicate effectively, including telephone contact, with patients, relatives, and carers regarding patient treatment considering patient confidentiality. This may include patients with barriers to understanding.

To communicate effectively with the dietetic team, including reporting on patients' progress to the supervising dietitian.

To feed back to the multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses and other health care professionals regarding present patient care and treatment.

To be responsible for documenting intervention in the necessary places and to input statistical data regarding patient contact.

To assist in maintaining patient safety at all times.

To liaise with nursing homes to maximise the nutritional care of patients.

To treat and reassure patients with distressing conditions such as dysphagia and cachexia including those who may be terminally ill.

To maintain specific dietary resources including department diet information sheets and supplements.

Administrative

To perform administration tasks as required by community dietetic department.

This may include taking messages, writing letters, stock control and providing support to dietitians and diet therapy practitioners with administrative tasks relating to the electronic records system.