Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Part time hours considered)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7937
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Latton Bush Centre
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dietetic Assistant
Band 4
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
Post: Band 4 – fixed term maternity leave cover, 1 year
WTE: 1.0 WTE – part time hours considered
Location: Latton Bush Centre, Harlow
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietetic Assistant to join our busy and friendly EPUT Dietetic Team in West Essex. EPUT is an integrated Community and Mental Health Trust and we are looking for someone with a keen interest in Nutrition to join our community team. The post is nominally based at Latton Bush Centre, Harlow, but will cover a wider geographic area across West Essex including Epping Forest, Harlow and Saffron Walden.
At Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) we are keen to recruit, retain and further aid the development of enthusiastic and confident staff working within our team. This fixed term post would suit someone wanting to gain or further develop their experience in Nutrition and Dietetics and the NHS. It would suit someone with a science background and good communication skills and provide experience for someone considering a future career in Dietetics. The team share a varied and interesting caseload of patients in their own homes, in GP practice and nursing/residential homes including patients on home enteral feeding.
Main duties of the job
Your role will focus on supporting the team with patient monitoring and reviews under the direction and support of the dietitians. This will include face to face reviews in a variety of settings such as Care Homes, community locations and patient homes but also telephone consultations from base. You will also support the dietitians with community weight monitoring using specialist equipment.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
It is envisaged that a significant aspect of the role will be visiting West Essex Nursing and Residential Homes to monitor residents identified at high nutritional risk and to promote a food-based approach to residents, nursing and catering staff as well as to management.
You will also support the team by monitoring patients on our community wards at St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping and Saffron Walden Community Hospital and there may be the opportunity to participate in the delivery of training to Care Home staff, to rehabilitation programmes and Diabetes structured education for example.
EPUT is very supportive of career development and progression and continuous professional development is high on the agenda – both within and outside the Trust. There may be opportunities to shadow the dietetic team in their varied roles or gain experience with X-PERT, our award winning structured education programme for people with type 2 diabetes for example.
The post will support PCNs across West Essex to deliver the West Essex One Health and Care Partnerships Out of Hospital strategy and adopt the principles of population health management to support and improve the health and wellbeing of the West Essex PCN population addressing health inequalities and tackling the underlying causes of ill health. We currently have 2 PCN dietetic roles within our team.
This is an exciting role within a friendly and supportive team, with great opportunities for someone with an interest in Nutrition or desire to move towards a career in Dietetics. If you are interested in this post, have any questions or wish to discuss further, please do not hesitate to contact Bridie Holland, Team Lead Dietitian on 01992 938462 ([email protected]).
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Education to A Level or equivalent
- Knowledge of IT packages
Desirable criteria
- Further evidence of education beyond A level
- Foundation degree
Essential
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own time
- Have commitment to CPD
Desirable criteria
- Able to deal with distressed clients and/or family
- Knowledge of skill limits
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral communication skills based on English language
- Manage own caseload
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Reflection qualities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bridie Holland
- Job title
- Team Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01992 938462
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