Senior Dietetic Assistant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent
• Foundation degree or relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• European Computer Driving License
• NVQ level 3 health or social care

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding disability or illness on function
• health safety and risk awareness
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Supervision skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge dietetic assessment and intervention

Training and Experience

Desirable criteria

• Worked within a dietetic depatment
• Experience of lone working

Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability work alone in wide variety of different environments
• self motivated
• Ability carry awkward loads and equipment
• Ability manage crisis
• Responsibility for care of patients with chronic progressive terminal disease
• Working with patients, families and carers who may be distressed, depressed or aggressive

Other

Essential criteria

• Hold UK driving license and has access to a car

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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

• Job description band 4 senior dietetic assistant (PDF, 448.6KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 882.5KB)