Dietitian Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

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"

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.