Dietetic Assistant Practitioner inBootle inBootle PUBLISHED 5 JUN 2024

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The Dietetic Assistant Practitioner will support the Dietetics Service to deliver patient centred care, in the area of South Sefton.

The candidate will be expected to deliver training, support with administration tasks, undertake patient assessments under the supervision of the Dietitian.


Job Purpose


The post holder will have the responsibility for participating as a key member of the team and other

agencies to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of an identified client group.

Provide a high standard of clinical care for individuals and groups within a defined area of the population

under the supervision of a registered practitioner.

The post holder will maintain, develop and evidence their clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at

all opportunities and act within the standards, protocols and guidelines for the delivery of care.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of

systems and processes

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.


Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.


For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Lightowler Job title: Advanced Dietitian Email address: Telephone number:
The Dietetic Assistant Practitioner will support the Dietetics Service to deliver patient centred care, in the area of South Sefton.

The candidate will be expected to deliver training, support with administration tasks, undertake patient assessments under the supervision of the Dietitian.

Job Purpose

The post holder will have the responsibility for participating as a key member of the team and other

agencies to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of an identified client group.

Provide a high standard of clinical care for individuals and groups within a defined area of the population

under the supervision of a registered practitioner.

The post holder will maintain, develop and evidence their clinical knowledge, skills and competencies at

all opportunities and act within the standards, protocols and guidelines for the delivery of care.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of

systems and processes

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Lightowler Job title: Advanced Dietitian Email address: Telephone number:


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