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Dietitian Assistant | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	06 December 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	05 January 2025
Location:	Maghull, L31 1HW
Company:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6846757/350-SC6846757

Summary

The post holder will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of the Service within the Dietetic
Team, under the direction and supervision of a Dietician The post holder will be required to
actively work as part of The Multi-Disciplinary Team. The Post Holder will be expected to work
in an innovative way to support the smooth running of the Service and will be required to offer
individual and group activities alongside other Therapy staff and under the indirect and direct
supervision of a qualified Dietician.

1. To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of therapeutic
activities and interventions as directed by the Dietician.
2. To actively engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence and
well-being within a variety of secure environments.
3. The post holder will be required to facilitate 1:1 and group sessions where or when
appropriate.
4. Support service users to attend and participate in sessions that promote recovery.
5. To provide an update and overview of service users participation, engagement level and
skills following sessions.
6. To form professional relationships with service users and communicate with them in a
way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
7. To maintain a high degree of confidentiality.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

All post holders will agree to:
• Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the
provision of secure care and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills
and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.
• Role model the values of the Trust – Continuous Improvement, Accountability,
Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support– in all activities and interactions with
employees, service users and other stakeholders
• Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.
• Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant
information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services,
whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a
report about that provision has been made.’
• Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.
• Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.
• Value the contribution of the patient / service user voice.
• Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional
body.
• Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications
with staff, service users and other stakeholders.
• Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and
ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the
purposes for which it was intended.
• Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
• Adhere to all organisational policies.
• Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to
maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital
environment.
• Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out
for NHS employees.
• Attend a one day Just and Learning & Civility and Respect training workshop.
• Be an ambassador for Just & Learning and Civility & Respect following the training.
• Positively advocate the just and learning culture within your team
• Be a confident supporter and implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility &
Respect within your team.
• Support their team/services to create a positive environment for Just and Learning
Culture
• Participate in Just and Learning Culture events.
21/2/24
• Bring Just and Learning Culture updates/information to the attention of team members
and other MCT colleagues they work with.
• Support and encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety and quality of care with
senior leaders with the aim of improving safety and quality.
• Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns and
difficulties can be discussed safely and respectfully.
• Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the
workplace #iwillspeakup.
• Listening and understanding others who have concerns and taking a collaborative
approach to work towards a solution to improve civility and respect.


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Dec 2024