Dietitian Assistant Practitioner | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Dependent on experience |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Halifax, HX3 5FD |
| Cwmni: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7267927/372-COM2529 |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic, motivated and caring assistant practitioner to join our community Dietetic team.
You will work as part of a wider community rehabilitation team to deliver assessment, treatment and nutritional care planning for Calderdale residents either within their own home or from a clinic setting.
As a dynamic evidenced based service, the Calderdale Dietetic team is heavily involved in transformative service change, research and development, to ensure that high quality standards are held and maintained.
Team/student feedback:
"this is a wonderful team that is so supportive"
"all staff are friendly and i would love to work in your team"
Activities will include
· Assessing and implementing treatment to scope of practice.
· Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of practice.
· Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
· Supporting patients with enteral feeding regimes and adjusting care plans within scope of practice.
· Ordering oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other home enteral nutrition equipment.
· Liaising with other agencies, including care providers, District Nurses and Nutricia Nurses.
· Checking of blood test and swab results, reporting abnormalities to registered staff, and requesting treatments.
· Managing queries from patients, carers and other health professionals relating to patient care.
· May include leading and assisting with group advice / education sessions
· Maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
· May take the responsibility for the training of others, including delivering MUST training.
· May involve delegating tasks to rehabilitation assistants.
· May involve supervising the routine tasks of others.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Activities will include
· Assessing and implementing treatment to scope of practice.
· Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of practice.
· Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.
· Supporting patients with enteral feeding regimes and adjusting care plans within scope of practice.
· Ordering oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeds and other home enteral nutrition equipment.
· Liaising with other agencies, including care providers, District Nurses and Nutricia Nurses.
· Checking of blood test and swab results, reporting abnormalities to registered staff, and requesting treatments.
· Managing queries from patients, carers and other health professionals relating to patient care.
· May include leading and assisting with group advice / education sessions
· Maintaining accurate electronic patient records.
· May take the responsibility for the training of others, including delivering MUST training.
· May involve delegating tasks to rehabilitation assistants.
· May involve supervising the routine tasks of others.
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Aug 2025