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Paediatric Dietetic Assistant
The closing date is 02 September 2025
University Hospitals of North Midlands is currently unable to provide sponsorship this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa, you must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
Are you looking for a new role, do you enjoy working with children and their families?
We are looking for a Paediatric Dietetic Assistant to join our team working alongside our paediatric dietitians and the wider dietetic team.
This role Supports the work of paediatric dietitians in a range of in-patient acute settings and community locations which may include children's outpatient areas, special school clinics, telephone reviews and the patient's own home. This may include reviewing established patients who are undergoing forms of enteral feeding, those on special diets and nutritional supplements and help in getting weights using hoist equipment/weighing equipment. Visiting schools to weigh, measure and record accurate anthropometric data for children/young people and analysis of food diary/feeds using appropriate software in advance of dietetic consultation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder has a key role in the organisation of home enteral feeding provision, this includes setting patients up with the contractor and answering queries from patients, health care professionals and the industry to ensure that patients receive a timely and appropriate service. You will work to support our Home Enteral feeding dietitians This includes communication to GPs for non-urgent and urgent feed requests, ensuring that actions are documented in patient clinical electronic records in accordance with departmental standards.
The post holder supports home enteral feeding dietitians with monitoring waiting lists, arranging appointments and updating team diary. Is responsible for adding these appointments and clinic outcomes to hospital patient information systems.
- Circulation of product updates/development opportunities to the team and supporting service value for money in use of feeding ancillaries/products.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job responsibilities
Act as the first point of contact for the Paediatric Dietetic Team triaging calls and emails to the paediatric dietetic team, including the home enteral feeding team mobiles, recording details in teams message book and adding details to electronic patient records.
Update electronic growth charts and anthropometric data
Co-ordinate outpatient room bookings and manage short notice appointment cancellations or re-scheduling in response to clinic changes.
Prepare and send correspondence to GPs, health visitors, school nurses and families including holiday and school related letters, weight requests on behalf of the managing dietitian.
Circulate supportive and educational materials to families via post/email on behalf of the Paediatric Dietetic Team.
Arrange delivery of nutritional supplements and feeds via manufacturer sample service on behalf of managing Paediatric Dietitian
Assist in data collection of dietetic referral coding process ensuring referrals database for internal and external referrals is kept up to date.
Maintain monthly statistics on patient contacts and submit required reports.
See attached job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
* General standard of education to GCSE or equivalent. Grade C/ Level 4 or above in Maths, English and Science.
* Minimum level of study BTEC/ NVQ level 3 in a health/ social care or science subject or demonstrates equivalent experience.
* Able to demonstrate good levels of literacy and numeracy
* Previous experience as dietetic assistant or dietetic student clinical placement
Skills and Experience
* Working with people in face to face and over the telephone
* Interest in enhancing nutrition knowledge/ experience
* Interest in people, health, food, hospital nutrition
* Previous experience of working within the NHS
* Previous experience working with children and or babies
* Clinical system knowledge e.g. MEDWAY, Medisec, Iportal, dietary analysis packages
* Familiar with Feeding tubes and enteral feeding equipment
* Able to travel within local geographical area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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