Dietetic Practice Assistant - Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
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Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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This post would suit someone with an enthusiasm for nutritional knowledge of special diets and food safety.


An opportunity for a Dietetic Practice Assistant has arisen to join the Nutrition and Dietetic Service at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust in East and North Hertfordshire.

This post will work directly with the band 5 Dietitian in the Enhanced Nutrition Support Service.

This is a very rewarding role, helping the staff in care homes develop their knowledge and skills to help their residents.


The post holder will be expected to:

  • Deliver a set training programme on the identification of malnutrition risk and the use of food based fortification for its treatment.
  • To support the dietitians with completion of audit data onto established software packages.
  • To support the dietitians in reviewing patients who have an agreed care plan for the treatment of malnutrition.
  • Participate in placement experience for student dietitians.
  • Staff are well supported and growth is encouraged through appraisal, shadowing, mentoring and training.
This is a permanent post, advertised as working part time, working on a Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.

09:30-16:00 or 10:00-16:30.


The post requires a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purpose (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).


  • The role includes care home audits and education in designated care homes, representing Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. It will include collecting agreed audit information, assessing the gaps identified as part of this audit, and from there delivering tailored education sessions to all the care home staff.
  • The post holder will be responsible for liaising with the care homes to agree on when the education will be delivered. This is primarily in a facetoface format, and occasionally in a remote format on a system such as MS Teams.
  • This post will work alongside a band 5 ICT dietitian playing a vital role in our Herts wide service, in which we have over 10 staff working at levels band 4 and 5 in multiple specialties.
  • We are committed to delivering a quality service, value staff training and CPD, participate regularly in student training and have a robust appraisal and supervisory framework. Electronic records are used throughout the Trust, further aiding our ability to work across a wide variety of settings.
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.


In return, we can offer you:

  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (all pro rata)
  • One of the UK's best pension schemes
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Discounts


Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.


We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

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