Band 3 Dietetic Support Worker Prescribing

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) have a number of vacancies for Dietetic Support Workers to join our innovative Dietetic Prescribing Support service. These roles support the Dietitians in delivering dietetic care to patients and their carers.

Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 70 staff, consisting of Dietitians, Community Nutritionists, Dietetic Support Workers and Support Team Staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a member of the dietetic prescribing team across the health care community, including GP surgeries and care homes, and provide support to the Dietitians in managing patients care plans. The caseload is currently adults.

The role will include some administrative duties such as booking visits, updating spreadsheets etc. The work will be in different locations across the city and county and therefore a car driver is essential.

You will have support from our friendly existing teams. We are looking for Dietetic Support Workers who have good team working, communication and IT skills and can work independently. Experience in this area of practice would be advantageous

The service is committed to CPD and personal development and we have good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you. The service is involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours

This post may close before the advertised closing date dependent on volume of applications received.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

18 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£21,730 to £23,177 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

C9313-22-1935-CS

Job locations

OSL House

Leicester

LE19 1XU

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or O Level/equivalent English and Maths
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level 3 qualifications or equivalent experience in a relevant field

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with the public in a face-to-face role
Experience in working in a caring environment

Mobility

Essential

Mobility ability to undertake light physical effort in order to work in a range of healthcare settings (outpatients, day care, primary care venues) and has ability to lift/carry equipment
Car owner with a valid driving licence, and willing to use car during working hours to travel between required work venues. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Can demonstrate abilities in organisational skills, time management, setting priorities, managing a workload / caseload
Can use different approaches to communication with a wide variety of health and non-healthcare professionals, patients, and carers, both as individuals and in groups
Good Communication skills
Excellent keyboard skills and experience with use of computer and basic Microsoft packages

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or O Level/equivalent English and Maths
NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level 3 qualifications or equivalent experience in a relevant field

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with the public in a face-to-face role
Experience in working in a caring environment

Mobility

Essential

Mobility ability to undertake light physical effort in order to work in a range of healthcare settings (outpatients, day care, primary care venues) and has ability to lift/carry equipment
Car owner with a valid driving licence, and willing to use car during working hours to travel between required work venues. Dependence on public transport is not suitable for this role.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Can demonstrate abilities in organisational skills, time management, setting priorities, managing a workload / caseload
Can use different approaches to communication with a wide variety of health and non-healthcare professionals, patients, and carers, both as individuals and in groups
Good Communication skills
Excellent keyboard skills and experience with use of computer and basic Microsoft packages

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.