Dietetic support worker - Ketogenic and metabolic diets

Job overview

Dietetic support worker - Metabolic/ketogenic (20.5 hours for 1 year)

Are you interested in working with children & families? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a dietetic support worker. Working within two different specialties to support children with complex disorders requiring specialist dietary treatment. This is a fixed term post for a year to cover maternity leave.

The post holder will provide practical support for patients including menu planning/food education and admin support to enable families to follow their specialist diets to achieve the best outcome possible. This would involve providing both telephone and face to face contact with families and carrying out administrative duties to support the Dietitians in the smooth running of the service. At times you would also be expected to cover general admin duties for the department.

You will be supported by a team of experienced Paediatric Dietitians and Dietetic Assistant Practitioners. If you have the skills and experience required, please contact us for more information.

Ideally the hours should be worked over 4-5 days. Applicants must be able to attend face to face interviews which will be held at Alder Hey.

Main duties of the job

Main duties

• To provide practical support to optimise the dietetic management of patients following complex specialist diets for the treatment of epilepsy and inherited metabolic disorders.
• To support families with the management of complex diets as out-patients and sometimes in-patients, through recipe development, menu planning, food education and use of web-based support programs
• To liaise with providers of specialist prescription products to ensure that prescription management of prescribable products is accurate and cost effective.
• To undertake administrative and clerical duties needed to maintain good organisation of these specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description, personal specification and list of day to day tasks for more details regarding the job and role requirements.

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.