Dietetic Assistant Practitioner - Specialist Weight Management
| Posting date: | 11 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2024 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | UHCW NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6622113/218-AHP-B4-6622113 |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Join our dynamic weight management service team as a Full-Time Dietetic Assistant Practitioner!
Are you a confident communicator with a skill for building rapport effortlessly?
Do you thrive in group settings and enjoy engaging with diverse individuals?
If so, we want you!
As a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, you'll play a pivotal role in our service, facilitating group sessions and providing essential support to participants.
No prior experience or formal education in weight management is necessary; all we require is your passion for helping others and a warm, welcoming demeanour.
This role is ideal for individuals already working in healthcare or administrative roles within the NHS, who are looking to make a difference in people's lives. If you're outgoing, confident, and enthusiastic about promoting healthy lifestyles, we encourage you to apply.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to empowering individuals on their weight management journey. Join us in making a meaningful impact!
To work under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to provide weight management support for patients seen in the outpatient setting.
Closing date: Please be advised that this vacancy will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Please submit your application as soon as possible.
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.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
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.
Clinical
1. To work as part of the multidisciplinary Specialist Weight Management team, under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, supporting the provision of high-quality weight management support for patients.
2. To work under the supervision of Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, to provide follow up for patients requiring weight management support, using behavioural management techniques to overcome barriers to change.
3. To undertake a comprehensive anthropometric, clinical and social assessment of Specialist Weight Management patients
4. Facilitating weight management patient group sessions, to support behaviour change
5. To undertake data collection for the National Obesity Audit
6. To obtain patients, weight, height and calculate BMI
7. To obtain patients’ biochemical results using EPR as requested by Specialist Weight Management dietitians using defined criteria.
8. To review selected patients with a care plan in place by Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to assess progress towards goals
9. To liaise with Specialist Weight Management Dietitians and the wider multi-disciplinary team regarding patient monitoring and progress
10. To correspond with referrers into the Specialist Weight Management service about patient care
11. To support the discharge of patients from the Specialist Weight Management service
12. To develop dietetic displays relating to Specialist Weight Management
Management
1. Maintain and keep up to date patient / client records in accordance with departmental guidelines
2. To receive telephone enquiries, dealing with as appropriate, in a polite and courteous manner.
3. To assist in admin and clerical tasks as appropriate, in the absence of clerical staff and order nutritional products as required in the absence of dietetic assistant.
4. To attend multidisciplinary meetings
5. To participate in department projects or audits as required
Training and Development
1. To support the organisation, delivery, monitoring and audit of education for patients or healthcare professionals in relation to Specialist Weight Management
2. To prepare information for nutrition education within speciality
Professional
1. 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.
2. To comment on departmental guidelines and procedures and be involved in any forward planning of Dietetic services within the Trust
3. To keep up to date with developments in dietetics participating in appropriate training and development activities
4. Participate in personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
5. 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
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024
Join our dynamic weight management service team as a Full-Time Dietetic Assistant Practitioner!
Are you a confident communicator with a skill for building rapport effortlessly?
Do you thrive in group settings and enjoy engaging with diverse individuals?
If so, we want you!
As a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, you'll play a pivotal role in our service, facilitating group sessions and providing essential support to participants.
No prior experience or formal education in weight management is necessary; all we require is your passion for helping others and a warm, welcoming demeanour.
This role is ideal for individuals already working in healthcare or administrative roles within the NHS, who are looking to make a difference in people's lives. If you're outgoing, confident, and enthusiastic about promoting healthy lifestyles, we encourage you to apply.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to empowering individuals on their weight management journey. Join us in making a meaningful impact!
To work under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to provide weight management support for patients seen in the outpatient setting.
Closing date: Please be advised that this vacancy will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Please submit your application as soon as possible.
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.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
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.
Clinical
1. To work as part of the multidisciplinary Specialist Weight Management team, under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, supporting the provision of high-quality weight management support for patients.
2. To work under the supervision of Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, to provide follow up for patients requiring weight management support, using behavioural management techniques to overcome barriers to change.
3. To undertake a comprehensive anthropometric, clinical and social assessment of Specialist Weight Management patients
4. Facilitating weight management patient group sessions, to support behaviour change
5. To undertake data collection for the National Obesity Audit
6. To obtain patients, weight, height and calculate BMI
7. To obtain patients’ biochemical results using EPR as requested by Specialist Weight Management dietitians using defined criteria.
8. To review selected patients with a care plan in place by Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to assess progress towards goals
9. To liaise with Specialist Weight Management Dietitians and the wider multi-disciplinary team regarding patient monitoring and progress
10. To correspond with referrers into the Specialist Weight Management service about patient care
11. To support the discharge of patients from the Specialist Weight Management service
12. To develop dietetic displays relating to Specialist Weight Management
Management
1. Maintain and keep up to date patient / client records in accordance with departmental guidelines
2. To receive telephone enquiries, dealing with as appropriate, in a polite and courteous manner.
3. To assist in admin and clerical tasks as appropriate, in the absence of clerical staff and order nutritional products as required in the absence of dietetic assistant.
4. To attend multidisciplinary meetings
5. To participate in department projects or audits as required
Training and Development
1. To support the organisation, delivery, monitoring and audit of education for patients or healthcare professionals in relation to Specialist Weight Management
2. To prepare information for nutrition education within speciality
Professional
1. 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.
2. To comment on departmental guidelines and procedures and be involved in any forward planning of Dietetic services within the Trust
3. To keep up to date with developments in dietetics participating in appropriate training and development activities
4. Participate in personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
5. 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
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024