Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

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Are you passionate about the care of the adults and children with nutritional disorders and nutrition support and looking to for a career in Dietetics in the NHS?

This post is ideal for a someone with interest and qualifications in nutrition and dietetics who are ready to work in a busy and teaching environment.

Do you like working in a supportive department which emphasises high quality patient care, quality improvement and work life balance?

You will be joining a forward-thinking department which is valued and respected throughout the Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the growing team of 29 Dietitians, dietetic assistant practitioner and dietetic assistants, as a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner working across nutrition support, CMPA, respiratory, care homes, dementia both in outpatients and inpatients.

As a valued member of our team, you will receive

Flexible working, including the opportunity to work compressed hours and home working

Dedicated time for professional and service development

Access to a range of CPD opportunities both internally and externally

Regular performance appraisals, job planning and personalised development plans

Clinical and professional supervision and support

The opportunity to participate in policy and pathway development, audit, research activities and training of students, staff and health care professionals

• The post holder will support the dietitians in delivering an efficient and effective nutrition and dietetic service, working with children and adults to deliver to acute and community patients.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to improve nutritional care to patients.
• As Dietetic Assistant Practitioner to hold a designated clinical caseload, working within agreed dietetic protocols under supervision from the Dietitians.
• The post holder will be required to develop and review group sessions with supervision and independently those group sessions to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Plan and deliver training and health promotion activities, participate in evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams’ clinical practice in dietetics.
• The post holder will be required to manage clinical teams task group timely.
• The post requires good communication and IT skills and ability to overcome communication barriers when dealing with individuals with visual and hearing impairment, partial paralysis, dysphasia and dementia.
• Actively participate in all department and appropriate multidisciplinary team meetings as directed by the dietetic team, by giving presentations, presenting reports, chairing and taking minutes, in order to contribute to the clinical development of the team.
• The post requires the ability to manage time, prioritise and be adaptable and work effectively within a team.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catarina Azevedo Job title: Dietetic Team Lead Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01642 624 419

Catarina Azevedo, Dietetic Team Leader, North Tees & Hartlepool Nutrition and Dietetic Service

01642 624 419 or email ***email_hidden***