Dietetic Support Worker, Band 3

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Renal and Acute dietitian teams at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The post holder will support registered dietitians in the provision of dietetic services to inpatient and outpatients. The role will have a mix of both clinical and administrative tasks., The successful candidate will provide after a period of training the post holder will be able to provide support with clinical tasks and clinical information to see whether dietetic input is required, dietary analysis and patient facing tasks such as nutritional screening and with nutrition support reviews under the guidance of the dietitians.

We are a large friendly department based on 2 sites; Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) & Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH).The team is also made up of the Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT).

Within the department at GRH we have a team of Acute Dietitians, Renal Dietitians, Paediatric Dietitians and a Home Enteral Feed Team. At CGH we have a team of Oncology Dietitians as well as the Acute team. We also have a Nutrition Support Team, a Specialist Gastroenterology Team and Specialist Diabetes Dietitians working on both hospital sites. Our teams include dietitians, dietetic support workers, dietetic assistants and nurses.

We are committed to continual professional development and support audit and quality improvement projects.

Gloucestershire is a great area of the country to live in, with many areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well as excellent travel networks to the rest of the country.