Band 4 Dietetic Assistant Practitioner-Prescribing

Job summary

Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) have a number of vacancies for Dietetic Support Workers to join our innovative Dietetic Prescribing Support service in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland supporting the Dietitians in delivering dietetic care to patients and their carers.

Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 70 staff, made of Dietitians, Community Nutritionists, Dietetic Support Workers and Support Team Staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

Full time, 37.5 hours per week. Part time working will be considered (minimum 3 days per week).

Applicants must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car during working hours

Base: To be agreed, depending on geographical area covered.

Interested? Contact Faye Edwards 07717 646326 faye.edwards5@nhs.net or Nazrana Quareshy 07786051964 nazrana.quareshy1@nhs.net for more information.

Main duties of the job

The post offers the opportunity to be a member of the dietetic prescribing team and will work across the health care community, including GP surgeries and care homes, and provide support to the Dietitians in managing patients care plans.

The post holder will be involved in varied duties, both office-based, and in patients homes and other settings.

The role has a strong focus on patient contact and monitoring, and also training for individuals and groups. Office-based duties will include record keeping and data input.

You will work alongside and be supported by the Dietitians working in the service, Dietetic Support workers and administrative staff.

You will need excellent team-working, communication, organisational and IT skills, along with a passion for working with patients, relatives, carers and other professionals to provide high quality care.

Previous experience of working with patients in a caring, healthcare-related field is needed for this post. Leicester Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 70 staff, made of Dietitians, Community Nutritionists, Dietetic Support Workers and Support Team Staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

The service is committed to CPD and personal development and we have good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you.

The service is involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements.

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.