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SalaryThe post holder will carrying the responsibility for a defined caseload of patients and will offer support to the dietitians working across various clinical teams. This will include performing routine dietetic reviews to ensure dietetic care plans are being followed.
You will be able to give advice under supervision from the dietitian on nutritional interventions for symptom control and disease management.
The post holder will be required to assist in delivering patient and staff education programmes and supervision to student dietitians.
Successful candidates who have previously worked as a Band 3 Dietetic Assistant will be supported through your Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner competencies.
For successful candidates who have never worked as a Band 3 Dietetic Assistant will undertake our progression programme of competencies and learning as a Band 3 Dietetic Assistant before commencing in the band 4 Assistant Practitioner post.
The Nutrition & Dietetic Department is a large forward thinking department based across 2 acute hospital sites and is currently managed in 9 teams.
We are looking to recruit casual band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioners to work across a variety of clinical teams, predominantly with inpatients.
Undertaking dietetic reviews under the direction of a registered dietitian ensuring patients are meeting their nutritional requirements and making progress in achieving their dietetic goals.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jan 2024
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