Position Overview & Specifications
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) Team, for a Dietetic Assistant. The successful candidate will support, and be supported by, our wider HEF team, comprising of 6 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 1 other Dietetic Assistant and Admin Assistance, and Paediatric Dietetic Team, comprising of 4 Dietitians. The role will provide the chance to utilise your interpersonal skills, working with service users, families and carers to provide a high level of care, operating within an off FP10 service. The successsful candidate will also be provided with development opportunities, including facilitating student learning and extending their scope of practice into basic tube care.
The HEF and paediatric HEF team recently won our Trust's STAR award for work around sustainability. This is an area we continue to work on.
As a service, we actively encourage service improvement and development. Flexible working is utilised within the service and there are opportunities for training and course attendance.
The Nutrition and Dietetic Service comprises of 6 teams with 49 Dietitians, 2 Specialist Nurses, 5 Dietetic Assistants and admin support based across 4 sites.