Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nutritional Assistant
The closing date is 20 October 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 15 North Tyneside General Hospital. We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Nutrition Assistant who would welcome the opportunity of working within our Gastroenterology Team where they will be providing support to patients with their nutritional needs.
If you feel you have the ability to work independently and as part of a pro-active team within a ward environment, have a caring and pleasant manner to deal with patients and visitors and be able to work flexibly, this could be the role for you.
Main duties of the job
Ward 15 is a busy 26 bedded unit which meets the needs of adult patient's requiring in hospital treatment for a range of gastroenterology and medical patients.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us.
Job responsibilities
* To assist the qualified nursing staff in providing physical nutritional support for patients, including assisting with mealtimes and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
* To assist patients with ordering their meals and feeding patients where appropriate.
* To audit all nutritional interventions and report on nutritional intake to nursing staff.
* To keep an updated record of additional nutritional support provided.
* To monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately.
* To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* To maintain high clinical standards.
* To promote nutrition in the ward.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Previous knowledge of patient care and needs.
Experience
* Caring experience
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.
Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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