Dietetic Assistant PractitionerNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for aBand 4 Assistant Practitioner in Paediatric Dietetics to join our dynamic and innovative Paediatric Dietetic Service at Barts Health NHS Trust.

This is an exciting and varied role that combines direct patient care, education, service development and administrative responsibilities.

Working within agreed competencies, protocols and supervision arrangements, you will:

Manage a delegated caseload of paediatric patients.

Undertake nutritional assessments including dietary history taking, growth monitoring and anthropometric measurements.

Support children requiring oral nutritional supplements, specialist feeds and home enteral tube feeding.

Provide dietary education and practical support to children, young people and their families.

Conduct face-to-face and telephone follow-up reviews.

Support discharge planning and community transition for patients with nutritional needs.

Contribute to audits, quality improvement projects and service development initiatives.

Assist in the organisation of clinics, patient databases and stock management.

Deliver training and education sessions to patients, families and healthcare colleagues.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop advanced clinical support skills within a specialist paediatric setting.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Practitioner will work as part of the Paediatric Dietetic Team to support the delivery of high-quality nutritional care to infants, children and young people. Working within agreed competencies, frameworks and protocols, the post holder will independently undertake delegated clinical activities, manage a defined caseload, monitor nutritional interventions, provide education to patients and carers, and contribute to service development. The role will support the delivery of Dietetic services across inpatient and outpatient settings and act as a key link between patients, families and the multidisciplinary team.

Job description

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About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.