Dietetic Assistant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Verified Company

Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Dietetic assistant - 19 hours

Are you interested in working with children & families? We have an exciting opportunity as a dietetic assistant to join our Multidisciplinary Ketogenic Diet team, looking after children with complex Epilepsy who are embarking on Ketogenic Diet Treatment.

This post-holder will provide practical support such as menu planning and food education to optimise the dietetic management of patients following a ketogenic diet (KD) for the treatment of epilepsy and other conditions to achieve the best outcome possible of dietary treatment.

This would involve providing telephone and face to face contact with families and carrying out administrative duties to support the Dietitians in the smooth running of the service.

You will be supported by a team of experienced Paediatric Dietitians.

If you have the skills and experience required, please contact us for more information. Informal enquiries and visits are encouraged. Face to face interviews will be held at Alder Hey.
- provide practical support to optimise the dietetic management of patients following a ketogenic diet (KD) for the treatment of epilepsy and other conditions requiring KD treatment.
- support families with the management of complex diets through recipe development, menu planning, food education and use of support programs such as electronic ketogenic manager (EKM) 'MyKetoPlanner' and 'Build A Keto Meal' planner
- liaise with providers of specialist prescription services to ensure that prescription management of prescribable products is accurate and cost effective.
- undertake administrative and clerical duties needed to maintain good organisation of the KD service

We are a team of over 20 dietitians and 3 assistants and provide dietetic care across the majority of paediatric sub-specialities.

We are well respected across the Trust for our commitment to clinical dietetics and nutrition support and have excellent multi-disciplinary teams.

We are a very supportive team and take seriously the development of paediatric dietitians.

In addition to learning through clinical caseload management and clinical supervision there are wide ranging learning opportunities across the Trust and participation in the Masters programme in paediatric dietetics will be actively encouraged.

We also have P1 and 2 placement students and there will be opportunities to be involved in their supervision.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more details regarding the job and role requirements.