Dietetic Support Worker

at  The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic, and forward thinking? Do you have excellent communication skills and aim to provide high quality patient focussed on diet care? If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you!
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading cancer centres in the world and has an international reputation for the care and treatment it provides.
We are looking to hire for Dietetic Support Worker at our Sutton site.
The role of the dietetic support worker is to support and assist the dietitian in the nutritional management of patients. They will undertake nutritional assessments, provide basic dietary advice and be involved in discharge planning particularly for patients on enteral feeding.
The post aims to provide high standards of care to all in and out patients at The Royal Marsden
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That’s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
1. To work with the dietitians and under their guidance and support to provide dietetic advice to patients.
2. To be involved in the initial and follow up nutritional assessments of patients identified by the dietitian, taking diet histories, assessing weight, monitoring nutritional screening tools and food record charts.
3. Assist the dietitians in planning, organising and monitoring patients going home on nutritional support.
4. To assist in reviewing patients nutritional intake as an inpatient, on the day units or as an outpatient.
5. To assist in the planning and co-ordination for patients being discharged on Home Enteral Feeding, including organising training of patients and liaising with relevant health professionals in the community.
6. To facilitate and run group education sessions in liaison with the dietitian e.g. to support groups or patients attending the day units

Please refer the Job description for details