Dietetic Assistant Practitioner - Warwick, United Kingdom - South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

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Warwick, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

We are looking for a self-motivated Dietetic Assistant Practitioner who has experience of working in a health, social care or education setting (hospital, care home, community health or school) to support our Specialist Dietitians to deliver a high quality service to adults and children being tube fed in their own homes and care homes in Warwickshire.

Over time, once relevant experience has been gained, this role will predominantly focus on delivering care to tube fed children and their families.

Please note, this role will be reimbursed at band 3 level until the necessary competencies and qualifications are obtained.

Our department supports development needs and career progression.

Assistant Practitioners who have worked within the department for 12 months and who have been successful at interview (Trust and University) have undertaken the MSc Dietetics and Leadership at Coventry University, to pursue careers as qualified dietitians.

Hybrid working is supported - whilst working from the office and undertaking visits on a regular basis will be required, there is also scope for some home working once established in the role.

Closing date: 04/12

Interviews18/12

Patient care:

Visiting patients in care homes / their own homes / schools to take weights, and other measurements,
Visiting patients to review feeding plans implemented by the specialist dietitians
Completing feed and equipment stock checks for patients.
Providing training on routine tube care
Liaising with the home enteral feeding company to organise training for patient

Admin:

Booking appointments
Using the home enteral feeding system to make changes to patients' equipment or feed orders
Being responsible for checking invoices and querying any discrepancies
Maintaining databases, and using electronic patient record

You need to have excellent communication, organisational, IT, team working and interpersonal skills.

For full details, please see the job description and job outline.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC.

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'.

Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work.

It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Clinical

Undertake a range of anthropometric measurements of patients already seen by the Specialist Dietitians to assist in monitoring nutritional status.

Monitor and review patients on established feeding regimens using a range of contact methods making changes within assessed competency level

To undertake reviews of care home residents and patients in their own homes, with neurological conditions, already seen by Specialist Dietitians to assist in monitoring nutritional status, including (as appropriate) anthropometric measurements, clinical condition, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) score, reported diet history and social circumstances and use clinical reasoning skills to interpret data collected and plan individualised service user care, using agreed care pathways as
a basis.

To provide appropriate nutrition treatment plans based on 'Food First' principles & monitor / review dietary needs, involving nursing staff, catering staff and other health care professionals when indicated.

To provide training and support to patients and carers on routine feeding tube care to prevent complications.

To undertake procedures to prevent tube complications, advise on treatment of
stoma and tube problems within assessed competency level

To assess problems reported with feeding tubes and provide replacements parts and accessories to ensure feeding at home can be maintained

To assess any short-term issues at review or in an ad-hoc manner and provide advice on a plan within assessed competency level.

Liaise with the multidisciplinary team regarding feeding regimens, stoma and tube management, stock checks and equipment requirements.

Deliver feeding equipment to wards and ensure the correct ancillaries and enteral feeds are provided to patients to ensure the discharge of patients on enteral feeds is effectively planned and co-ordinated.

Liaise with the Home Enteral Feeding Company Nurse to organise pre discharge enteral feed pump training.

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