Advanced Dietetic Assistant (Bariatrics and Obesity)
The closing date is 20 July 2025
Job summary
Advanced Dietetic Assistant (Bariatrics and Obesity)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious person to join our Tier 4 weight management team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. This Advanced dietetic assistant role will be working alongside our three senior specialist bariatric dietitians, as well as being an integral part of the bariatric service MDT. Currently the Tier 4 bariatrics department has medical doctors, consultants, dietitians, psychologists, pharmacists and nurses. You will also be part of a wider obesity team with Tier 2 and Tier 3, where we have over 40 members of MDT staff.
Our GSTT Centre For Obesity department has historically been assessing patients for bariatric surgery as the main intervention for obesity, but with novel GLP-1/GIP injectables now being prescribed in Tier 3 and Tier 4 services, we have more non-surgical offerings here at GSTT. This has given a rise to more need for GLP-1/GIP support groups, as well as more MDT working to assess medical, psychological and nutritional needs.
You must have experience of delivering behaviour change interventions to groups of patients with complex obesity, and be confident using virtual platforms. You should have experience of delivering interventions to people from diverse backgrounds. You must have a developed understanding of weight bias and stigma in both healthcare and everyday life.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include, but are not limited to:
- Running online group nutrition education sessions for patients preparing for bariatric surgery
- Running online group education for patients taking GLP-1/GIP injectables
- 1:1 telephone support for bariatric surgical patients requiring review, (under dietitian clinical supervision)
- Supporting senior dietitians with admin, project work and patient emails
- Supporting psychological screening of patients using validated questionnaires
- On site, supporting patient group starts of GLP-1/medication
- Supporting the wider MDT in Tier 4 and Tier 3 services
About us
We are the largest Dietetics Department in the UK, employing over 150 dietitians, dietetic assistants, psychologists, nutrition nurses, administrators, pathway coordinators, project managers and operational leads.
We actively encourage and support learning and development. We have an active health and wellbeing team, and a working group developing sustainability across our range of functions and services.
As part of the King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre we actively promote audit and research, and there will be opportunities for you to be involved with projects.
Details
Date posted
08 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£31,944 to £34,937 a year p.a. inc. HCA
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
196-LIS9689
Job locations
St. Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St. Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
Employer's website
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