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Dietetic Assistant Practitioner

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£27,857 - £30,570 pro rata
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
25 Jun 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
12 Jun 2025

Job overview

We need an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly team, as a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, to work within the Dietetic team, based at Darent Valley Hospital.

You will work closely with Dietitians and Ward Nursing staff to help in the management of patients identified as nutritionally compromised. This will include checking patients’ weights, completing menu plans, and collecting and estimating calories and protein from reported food and drink intake from patients.

You will be part of the wider Nutrition & Dietetics Department, which currently has 27 Dietitians, 5 Dietetic Support Workers, 2 Dietetic Assistant Practitioners and good secretarial support

We provide a comprehensive and seamless nutrition and dietetic service across acute and community settings in Dartford , Gravesham & Swanley (with an outpatient dietetic service at Queen Mary’s Hospital)

We are committed to staff training and continuous professional development, providing in-house and external courses and training opportunities

Main duties of the job

  • Work within an agreed framework for dealing with routine and urgent clinical problems/interactions, face to face or on the telephone, seeking guidance from Dietitians to agree action outside the framework.
  • Manage and prioritise a selected caseload of adult patients who are at risk of malnutrition, while working to service standards under the guidance and supervision of the Acute Dietetic Team Lead
  • To provide clinical support to the Dietitians in; assessing patients dietary needs, planning provision of special diets, undertaking ward based audits, collecting and collating patient experience data. Responsible for organising own delegated clinical workload and administrative tasks and activities and to be flexible to the needs of the service as indicated by the Acute Dietetic Team Lead. Provide appropriate first line nutritional advice as agreed with Acute Dietetic Team Lead to patients, carers, nursing staff, medical staff and other healthcare professionals to ensure the patient’s nutritional requirements are met.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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