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Job overview

We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietetic Assistant to join our forward thinking and friendly Nutrition and Dietetic Department.  We are a high profile service providing Nutrition & Dietetic services to Charing Cross, St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals. This Dietetic Assistant post will be based at Hammersmith Hospital.

This role will involve working 18.75 hours across 3 days per week.  You will be required to have excellent communication,   administrative, organisational and interpersonal skills to support the department’s dietetic service. 

If you have excellent communication and data inputting skills, have the ability to prioritise your workload, enjoy teamwork and can work under pressure; we look forward to receiving your application. Knowledge / experience in nutrition is not essential but would be advantages. 

Requests for Dietetic apprenticeship / HCPC registration hours are not guaranteed.

Activities will include completing patient related admin, updating spreadsheets, screening, assessing patients’ food and drink records or supporting quality improvement/audit/service evaluation work. All activities will be supervised by a registered Dietitian.

Administrative work will include home enteral tube feeding discharge work, data entry into databases and spread sheets for recording activity information; stock checking and ordering of nutritional products; updating patient literature; generating patient letters and reports, general administration tasks and routinely dealing with patient/staff enquires to the department either directly or by telephone.

The department supports robust continual professional development for all staff members. All successful candidates will complete competencies required for the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of commencement of employment.

Main duties of the job

To support and help the general running of the dietetic service in the management of oral nutrition support patients referred to the service under guidance and supervision from the Registered Dietitian.  The main areas of work will be administrative in terms of assisting with patient related paperwork or resources; and in assisting patients who are having difficulty meeting their nutritional requirements from food alone.  You will liaise with multidisciplinary teams to promote nutritional information, to increase nutritional intake and ensure appropriate therapeutic meal provision.  You will help co-ordinate the discharge of patients home on enteral tube feeding.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.