Job summary
- Main area
- Home Enteral Feeding Assistant Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 156-6457144
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
- Town
- Redruth
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner for Home Enteral Feeding Dietitians
Band 4
Job overview
The Cornwall Home Enteral Feeding Dietetic Team are offering an exciting opportunity for the right person to join us as a Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner.
This post would be suitable for someone who has a relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification in health / nutrition / social care, with
experience in a care setting and an interest in nutrition support.
Excellent communication skills and a good level of IT knowledge are essential in supporting the Home Enteral Feeding Dietitians to provide a streamlined but fluid service to our enterally fed community patients.
If you are keen to promote and maximise independence & wellbeing in community patients, have a keen interest in nutrition and nutritional support and are organised & efficient then this may be the position you are looking for! Full training and support will be provided by Registered and Gastrostomy Specialist Dietitians to help you achieve the job satisfaction you desire.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will, with appropriate training and under supervision of the clinical practitioner, be responsible for gathering information to assist the assessment, monitoring and treatment of enterally fed patients, ensuring care plans are appropriate and holistically suitable for each individual. This will occur via telephone, face to face or via the use of video contact and may include basic tube and stoma care, where appropriate.
You will be expected to liaise with all the relevant parties (including but not limited to fellow dietitians, the wider MDT and contracted feed
company) to ensure that patients or their carers have the right training & receive suitable equipment to fulfil their individual treatment plans.
Managing incoming referrals and queries to help prioritise dietetic workload is integral to the post. You will work closely with the dietitians,
gastrostomy specialist dietitian and feed company nurses to ensure a smooth, effective, efficient and streamlined service is provided for our
patients to the best of our capabilities.
Maintaining the HEF service database is central to this role, supporting workload management and enabling completion of annual audit against peninsula standards, of which you will play a key part.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in appropriate area or equivalent relevant qualification such as nutrition / health related area, or BTEC national diploma
- Good standard of general education of minimum 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) with Maths & English as a minimum grade 4 / C or above
- Information Technology literate, capable with MS Office and Internet-based applications and an understanding of and experience in application of IT to support clinical practice
- To have a full & current UK driver’s licence and be able to travel around Cornwall in own vehicle
Desirable criteria
- Level 4 qualification e.g. foundation degree or apprenticeship in health related subject
- Evidence of recent study, preferably in a nutrition related subject
- Formal word processing and/or database Excel / MS Office training
- Teaching and/or training experience
- Food Hygiene certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 1 year’s experience of working in an acute healthcare setting. OR Minimum of 2 years experience of working as a Therapy or Nursing Assistant/rehab technician/support worker in a hospital or community setting
- Experience of working as a Dietetic Assistant
- Experience of Audit / data collection
- Experience of healthcare computer systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS / care provision
- Experience of working with people with specific dietary needs or with chronic health conditions
- Experience of managing an independent caseload
- Experience of working in an MDT in health, social care or education
Practical & Intellectual Skills
Essential criteria
- Basic to intermediate computer skills including word processing and use of databases
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Basic understanding of nutrition & dietetics for the prevention and treatment of disease with an ability to apply nutrition knowledge practically in a clinical situation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with databases and online ordering systems
- Ability to communicate with patients with varying levels of communication abilities
Additional circumstances
Essential criteria
- Able to travel independently to other sites and to undertake duties such as home visits/treatments as part of the main caseload.
Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Responsible disposition.
- Good organisational skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative and to manage own caseload.
- Able to undertake the physical nature of the post including moving and handling equipment.
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and communicate with patients with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses.
- Be able to communicate effectively with people of varying levels of authority
- To be able to demonstrate empathy at a professional level
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Gerty
- Job title
- HEF Team Lead & Specialist Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 318060
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