Telephone Data Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

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Employer Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £30,279 - £33,116 per annum inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2024 23:59

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1 year fixed term Band 4 dietetic assistant position at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

care in the following clinical areas:

blood, cells and cancer, dermatology, renal, urology, respiratory, cardiac, surgery, neonatal and paediatric intensive care, orthopaedics, ENT, gastroenterology, ketogenic, metabolic and endocrinology.

You will have the opportunity to work as part of a team of highly specialiseddietitians, providing a quality clinical service to in and outpatients across the paediatric age range in the above clinical areas.

successful applicant should be confident in Excel, Word and general computer skills. Their role will include a number of responsibilities including basic inpatient and outpatient reviews, monitoring

patient anthropometry, arranging meals for children on exclusion diets or blended diets, carrying out food product research, arranging patient discharge including enteral tube feed set up and GP prescriptions, administrative tasks and evaluating the service with audits and service evaluations.

To support the department with a range of duties including appropriate inpatient and outpatient reviews, monitoring patient anthropometry, undertaking simple calculations, arranging meals for children on specialist diets, undertaking dietary assessment using food analysis technology, arranging an effortless patient discharge including setting up enteral tube feeds for home, liaison with community services and arranging GP prescriptions
To demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to exercise diplomacy and a good telephone manner.
To send relevant documentation to enteral feed company databases as directed
To have a knowledge of and understanding the principles behind how accurate and timely data collection helps the Trust to deliver patient care now and in the future
To participate in the collection of data and assist in the monitoring of key performance indicators as agreed by the unit management team

Under the supervision of the diet services supervisors prepare special feeds and diets in the special feed unit and Diet kitchen when necessary and meet the trust requirement for health and safety and food handling.

The basic food hygiene course must be successfully completed.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks.

Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background.

Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion.

All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Experience of using databases or information systems
Understanding of Health & Safety at Work Act, Equality & Diversity issues and all other relevant statutory regulations
Ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Shelley Cleghorn Job title Clinical Lead Paediatric Dietitian Email address Additional information Lucy Jackman, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian on
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