An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) Team, for a Dietetic Assistant. The successful candidate will support, and be supported by, our wider HEF team, comprising of 6 Dietitians, 1 Specialist Nurse, 1 other Dietetic Assistant and Admin Assistance, and Paediatric Dietetic Team, comprising of 4 Dietitians. The role will provide the chance to utilise your interpersonal skills, working with service users, families and carers to provide a high level of care, operating within an off FP10 service. The successful candidate will also be provided with development opportunities, including facilitating student learning and extending their scope of practice into basic tube care. As a service, we actively encourage service improvement and development. Flexible working is utilised within the service and there are opportunities for training and course attendance. The Nutrition and Dietetic Service comprises of 6 teams including Dietitians, a Specialist Nurse, Dietetic Assistants and admin support based across 4 sites.Main duties of the job

• Under guidance of the Dietitians, conduct Dietetic Assistant reviews of Home Enterally Fed individuals within our caseload. This will include children, young and older people. Reviews may be via telephone, clinic, school, care home or home visit.
• Liaise with Dietitians, Home Enterally Fed individuals and their parents/carers and our third party enteral feed provider to ensure our service users receive enteral feed and equipment
• Liaise with other local Dietetic teams when individuals move into or out of the area, to ensure seamless transition of care
• Support service development and improvement within the Nutrition and Dietetics Service
• Support and seek innovative ways of working to promote the Service's sustainability plans (in line with the Trust's sustainability policy)
  
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You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary, If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post. Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success