Dietetic Assistant Practitioner - Specialist Weight Management

Join our dynamic weight management service team as a Full-Time Dietetic Assistant Practitioner!
Are you a confident communicator with a skill for building rapport effortlessly?
Do you thrive in group settings and enjoy engaging with diverse individuals?
If so, we want you!
As a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, you'll play a pivotal role in our service, facilitating group sessions and providing essential support to participants.
No prior experience or formal education in weight management is necessary; all we require is your passion for helping others and a warm, welcoming demeanour.
This role is ideal for individuals already working in healthcare or administrative roles within the NHS, who are looking to make a difference in people's lives. If you're outgoing, confident, and enthusiastic about promoting healthy lifestyles, we encourage you to apply.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to empowering individuals on their weight management journey. Join us in making a meaningful impact!, To work under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to provide weight management support for patients seen in the outpatient setting.
Closing date: Please be advised that this vacancy will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Please submit your application as soon as possible., 1. To work as part of the multidisciplinary Specialist Weight Management team, under the supervision of the Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, supporting the provision of high-quality weight management support for patients.
2. To work under the supervision of Specialist Weight Management Dietitians, to provide follow up for patients requiring weight management support, using behavioural management techniques to overcome barriers to change.
3. To undertake a comprehensive anthropometric, clinical and social assessment of Specialist Weight Management patients
4. Facilitating weight management patient group sessions, to support behaviour change
5. To undertake data collection for the National Obesity Audit
6. To obtain patients, weight, height and calculate BMI
7. To obtain patients' biochemical results using EPR as requested by Specialist Weight Management dietitians using defined criteria.
8. To review selected patients with a care plan in place by Specialist Weight Management Dietitians to assess progress towards goals
9. To liaise with Specialist Weight Management Dietitians and the wider multi-disciplinary team regarding patient monitoring and progress
10. To correspond with referrers into the Specialist Weight Management service about patient care
11. To support the discharge of patients from the Specialist Weight Management service
12. To develop dietetic displays relating to Specialist Weight Management
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13. Maintain and keep up to date patient / client records in accordance with departmental guidelines
14. To receive telephone enquiries, dealing with as appropriate, in a polite and courteous manner.
15. To assist in admin and clerical tasks as appropriate, in the absence of clerical staff and order nutritional products as required in the absence of dietetic assistant.
16. To attend multidisciplinary meetings
17. To participate in department projects or audits as required
Training and Development
18. To support the organisation, delivery, monitoring and audit of education for patients or healthcare professionals in relation to Specialist Weight Management
19. To prepare information for nutrition education within speciality
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20. To communicate nutrition information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers, requiring negotiation, persuasion skills including situations where there are barriers to understanding or communication.
21. To comment on departmental guidelines and procedures and be involved in any forward planning of Dietetic services within the Trust
22. To keep up to date with developments in dietetics participating in appropriate training and development activities
23. Participate in personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.
24. To ensure that all Trust wide standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.