Job summary
We are looking for a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner to join our proactive Nutrition and Dietetic Team at UHCW NHS Trust.This post sits within the Oncology Team of 7 Dietitians and one other Dietetic Assistant Practitioner and is a full time (37.5 hours), permanent post based within the hospital.
The job will involve providing a professional and high standard dietetic service to a wide range of cancer patients, undergoing surgical and/or oncological treatments, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endoscopic interventions. You will see patients within the in- and outpatient setting (Arden Cancer Centre), under the guidance of the Macmillan Dietitians.
We have a large caseload of predominantly Head & Neck & UGI cancer patients on enteral tube feeding. This new post will focus mainly on supporting these patients to manage their tubes, nutrition and weight throughout their cancer journeys.
*Please be advised that interviews for this role are due to take place 13th December 2022
Main duties of the job
Your role within the team will include: review of nutritional care plans of patients on oral nutrition support and established enteral feeds under the supervision of Dietitians, ordering of nutritional supplies, maintaining databases and online patient management systems, facilitating patient discharges by providing equipment to wards and liaison with catering, telephoning patients at home to review their progress.
It will also involve carrying out/demonstrating basic tube feed care, bolus/flush training and trouble shooting with support from the Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialists.
There will be opportunities to deliver education sessions to a range of staff on specific topics, with support from the Dietitians.Your role will also support the administration team with appropriate tasks relating to patient's nutritional care.We are looking for a highly motivated, practical individual with experience of, or an interest in, nutrition in healthcare. You will also have excellent communication and IT skills.
Please see the job description and person specification for additional information.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a department we actively participate in practice supervision,continued professional developmentand student training. All staff are encouraged to participate in audit, service development and to share knowledge and experience with others. If you are looking for a career in a supportive and dynamic department then this is for you.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders.If you are invited to attend interview you will be asked to set up an account with the Trac recruitment system in order to confirm your interview time.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Lorraine Wedgbury / Rosie Hill 02476 966161Team Lead and Specialty Lead Dietitians
Main Duties/ Responsibilities
Clinical
- To work as part of a team, under the supervision of the Team Lead, supporting the provision of high-quality feeding practice and nutritional support to inpatients and outpatients and provide dietary education to patients.
- To provide basic tube feed care, bolus/flush training and troubleshooting with support from the Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialists.
- To work under the supervision of Dietitians, to provide follow up for patients referred to Dietetics for dietary advice, and nutrition support, using behavioural management techniques to overcome barriers to change.
- To liaise with catering, nursing and dietetic staff to ensure the provision of a satisfactory meal service for in-patients.
- To assist in menu planning including carrying out dietary analysis as appropriate.
- To obtain patients, weight, height, calculate BMI and check Nutrition Risk Score (MUST) as appropriate.
- To measure patients anthropometry (i.e. Mid upper arm circumference, mid arm muscle circumference, hand grip dynamometry and bed scale weights) in selected patients to monitor nutritional status.
- To obtain patients biochemical results using the Clinical Result Reporting System (CRRS) as requested by Dietitians using defined criteria.
- To review patients assessed to be at low or moderate risk of malnutrition, who have been triaged by Dietitians.
- To encourage patients to eat and drink their prescribed nutrition to maximise their nutritional intake and status
- To liaise with Dietitians, ward staff and/or wider multi-disciplinary team regarding patients monitoring and progress.
- To review prescriptions of nutritional supplements and snacks within agreed boundaries.
- To actively participate in the nutrition review process for in-patients including patients on stable tube feeds.
- To arrange for supplements to be given to patients either on discharge from hospital or as
a sample to trial, as requested by Dietitian.
- To process communications with GP's including arranging supplements in the community as requested by the Dietitians, updating GPs regarding feeding tubes and tube removals.
- To process communication with Community Dietitians updating patients dietetic plans and progress.
- To deliver feeding products and equipment to wards for patients being discharged on artificial feeding as requested by Dietitians and community nutrition nurses and register patients on the internet-based database.
- To register patients on an internet-based database for enteral feed and ancillary deliveries.
- To keep databases up to date.
- To provide telephone follow-up for patients as selected by the Dietitians.
- To develop dietetic displays for in-patients and to raise the profile of the Dietetic Department as required.
Management
- Maintain and keep up to date patient / client records in accordance with departmental guidelines.
- To receive telephone enquiries, dealing with as appropriate, in a polite and courteous manner.
- To assist in admin and clerical tasks as appropriate, in the absence of clerical staff and order nutritional products as required.
- To undertake administrative tasks relating patient care
- To attend departmental meetings as appropriate.
- To participate in department projects or audits as required.
Training and Development
- To organise, deliver, monitor and audit the provision of dietary education for patients and staff as required.
- To prepare information for nutrition and dietetic education as required.
Professional
- To communicate nutrition information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers, requiring negotiation, persuasion skills including situations where there are barriers to understanding or communication.
- To use negotiation and persuasion skills in situations where there are barriers to understanding or communication.
- To comment on departmental guidelines and procedures and be involved in any forward planning of Dietetic services within the Trust
- To keep up to date with relevant clinical guidelines and research developments in Dietetics.
- Participate in personal development reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
- To ensure that all Trust wide standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a department we actively participate in practice supervision,continued professional developmentand student training. All staff are encouraged to participate in audit, service development and to share knowledge and experience with others. If you are looking for a career in a supportive and dynamic department then this is for you.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders.If you are invited to attend interview you will be asked to set up an account with the Trac recruitment system in order to confirm your interview time.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Lorraine Wedgbury / Rosie Hill 02476 966161Team Lead and Specialty Lead Dietitians
Main Duties/ Responsibilities
Clinical
- To work as part of a team, under the supervision of the Team Lead, supporting the provision of high-quality feeding practice and nutritional support to inpatients and outpatients and provide dietary education to patients.
- To provide basic tube feed care, bolus/flush training and troubleshooting with support from the Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialists.
- To work under the supervision of Dietitians, to provide follow up for patients referred to Dietetics for dietary advice, and nutrition support, using behavioural management techniques to overcome barriers to change.
- To liaise with catering, nursing and dietetic staff to ensure the provision of a satisfactory meal service for in-patients.
- To assist in menu planning including carrying out dietary analysis as appropriate.
- To obtain patients, weight, height, calculate BMI and check Nutrition Risk Score (MUST) as appropriate.
- To measure patients anthropometry (i.e. Mid upper arm circumference, mid arm muscle circumference, hand grip dynamometry and bed scale weights) in selected patients to monitor nutritional status.
- To obtain patients biochemical results using the Clinical Result Reporting System (CRRS) as requested by Dietitians using defined criteria.
- To review patients assessed to be at low or moderate risk of malnutrition, who have been triaged by Dietitians.
- To encourage patients to eat and drink their prescribed nutrition to maximise their nutritional intake and status
- To liaise with Dietitians, ward staff and/or wider multi-disciplinary team regarding patients monitoring and progress.
- To review prescriptions of nutritional supplements and snacks within agreed boundaries.
- To actively participate in the nutrition review process for in-patients including patients on stable tube feeds.
- To arrange for supplements to be given to patients either on discharge from hospital or as
a sample to trial, as requested by Dietitian.
- To process communications with GP's including arranging supplements in the community as requested by the Dietitians, updating GPs regarding feeding tubes and tube removals.
- To process communication with Community Dietitians updating patients dietetic plans and progress.
- To deliver feeding products and equipment to wards for patients being discharged on artificial feeding as requested by Dietitians and community nutrition nurses and register patients on the internet-based database.
- To register patients on an internet-based database for enteral feed and ancillary deliveries.
- To keep databases up to date.
- To provide telephone follow-up for patients as selected by the Dietitians.
- To develop dietetic displays for in-patients and to raise the profile of the Dietetic Department as required.
Management
- Maintain and keep up to date patient / client records in accordance with departmental guidelines.
- To receive telephone enquiries, dealing with as appropriate, in a polite and courteous manner.
- To assist in admin and clerical tasks as appropriate, in the absence of clerical staff and order nutritional products as required.
- To undertake administrative tasks relating patient care
- To attend departmental meetings as appropriate.
- To participate in department projects or audits as required.
Training and Development
- To organise, deliver, monitor and audit the provision of dietary education for patients and staff as required.
- To prepare information for nutrition and dietetic education as required.
Professional
- To communicate nutrition information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers, requiring negotiation, persuasion skills including situations where there are barriers to understanding or communication.
- To use negotiation and persuasion skills in situations where there are barriers to understanding or communication.
- To comment on departmental guidelines and procedures and be involved in any forward planning of Dietetic services within the Trust
- To keep up to date with relevant clinical guidelines and research developments in Dietetics.
- Participate in personal development reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
- To ensure that all Trust wide standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
Clifford Bridge Road
Coventry
CV2 2DX
Employer's website
https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
