Nutrition and Hydration Therapy Support Worker
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Job summary
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the delivery of nutrition treatment programmes, using defined screening assessments, guidelines, protocols and competencies with guidance and supervision of Speech & Language Therapists, Dieticians and Nutrition Nurses. The post holder will visit patients who are residents of Care Homes and also those based within their own homes in the local community. The post will involve the opportunity to deliver individual and group teaching sessions. There is also opportunity for further development of knowledge and skills, and become a key member in a team who are striving for excellence in the care and treatment we provide to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
Main duties of the job
To independently undertake and evaluate the outcome of screening assessments to identify patients at risk of malnutrition.
To implement and progress first-line, guided treatment programmes to support oral nutrition, following departmental protocols and progressing those programmes as appropriate without direct supervision and to provide feedback to the registered therapist regarding assessment of patient progress.
To monitor food/fluid and weight charts as part of a structured process for evaluating the progress of patients requiring nutrition support interventions.
To make structured observations of an individual's eating and drinking, including mealtime observations and monitoring of food and fluid consistencies as recommended by an SLT, including identification of signs and symptoms of dysphagia.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Details
Date posted
20 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
381-CT-6448817
Job locations
SWB NHS Trust-Lyng Centre for Health
Frank Fisher Way
West Bromwich
B70 7AW
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust-Lyng Centre for Health
Frank Fisher Way
West Bromwich
B70 7AW
Employer's website
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