# Dietetic Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Southend University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Dietetic assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (18.75hrs for Paediatric Dietetic Service, 18.75hrs for Adults Dietetic Service)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T13:50:40.823Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Basildon/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Dietetics/Dietetics-v8325439
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8325439?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Dietetic Support Worker – Make a Difference Across Adult and Paediatric Care

We have an exciting full‑time opportunity for a Dietetic Support Worker, based at Basildon Hospital, offering a varied and rewarding role across both Adults and Paediatric Dietetic Services.

This unique post is split equally between adult and children’s services, giving you the chance to develop a broad skill set while supporting patients at different stages of life. You’ll work closely with dietitians to help deliver high‑quality inpatient and outpatient care, contributing directly to positive patient outcomes.

Your day‑to‑day work will be diverse and hands‑on, supporting nutritional assessments, care planning, follow‑up appointments and service delivery across busy clinical settings. You’ll be an integral part of a friendly, supportive multidisciplinary team who value collaboration, learning and patient‑centred care.

If you’re organised, motivated, and passionate about nutrition and healthcare—and enjoy working with both adults and children—this role offers an excellent opportunity to grow your experience while making a meaningful difference to patients and families every day.

Supporting other sites will be required at times within this role. This may be remote support by email, telephone or electronic systems, or travel to other sites to provide in-person support.

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply today.

### Main duties of the job

To carry out a range of nutrition-related clinical support, administrative and clerical duties under the supervision and direction of registered dietitians, supporting both the adult and paediatric dietetic services. This includes, but is not limited to:

- Assist patients to improve their nutritional status
- Help monitor patients as directed by the Dietitians
- Collect clinical and other information relevant to dietetics
- Organise and prioritise own clinical caseload
- Communicate with patients, carers, and other health professionals, in person and via telephone
- Assist with delivering education and health promotion activities
- Assist with the Departmental administrative activities

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role is split equally between the Paediatric dietetic service and the Adult dietetic service, at Basildon Hospital.

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good written communication skills

**Desirable**

- Full clean UK driving licence

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with the public
- Experience of planning own work

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in the acute healthcare setting as a support worker or assistant
- Experience of working with sick people
- Experience of working independently

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE level qualification (or equivalent) in Maths and English and Basic/Combined Sciences
- Level 3 NVQ or equivalent, or higher

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