Dietetic Assistant Practitioner (Community)

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an individual who has a passion for improving the nutritional care provided to the residents of Sheffield? Do you enjoy working one-to-one with patients and delivering group educational sessions? We have an exciting part- time role (0.68wte/25.5hrs per week) that is based within our friendly and supportive Community Dietetic Team at Manor Clinic.
This role is to support the Community Dietitians in delivering a service to the community in Sheffield. The role will entail supporting the Dietitians with reviewing and assessing nutritional support patients both within their own homes, clinic settings and via telephone.
The role will also involve completing educational training to Healthcare professionals and specific patient groups.
For this role, we require an individual who has a passion for improving patient care and has effective communication skills.
Full training will be provided and we provide all our Dietetic Assistant Practitioners with a period of competency-based training prior to working independently.
The dietetic assistant practitioner will work independently, using protocols and guidance to support qualified dietitians and ensure the effective implementation of dietetic treatment for patients, by undertaking the following:
Support the dietitian to assess the nutritional status of individuals and groups through collection of anthropometric measurements, selected biochemical, haematological and clinical chemistry test results.
Gather appropriate information regarding medical, social, psychological, personal, cultural and economic factors.
Formulate appropriate and practical dietary advice for individuals and populations within agreed protocols.
Document information collected on the dietetic record in accordance with departmental standards.
Maintain records appropriately; record concisely and in line with applicable legislation, protocols and guidelines and the professional code of conduct all the necessary information to support the professional dietetic judgement.
Recognise the need for effective self-management of workload and resources and be able to practice accordingly.
Enable the service user to meet the aims of the intervention plan.
Liaise with the Dietitian regarding patients’ progress and monitoring.
Liaise with the medical, nursing and support staff as necessary regarding patients’ nutritional needs and progress.
Understand and utilise the methods of optimising nutritional status in selected disease states, working with the individual to set appropriate goals.
Use nutritional analysis packages to analyse food records and menus.
Liaise with Dietitians re new referrals and assist with triaging of vulnerable patients.
Review a caseload of patients on nutrition support reporting on progress to the Dietitian.
Liaise with community health professionals regarding patients and changes to their dietary and supplement needs.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff members and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
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