Dietetic Assistant Practitioner inSpennymoor inSpennymoor PUBLISHED
THU 24 OCT 2024
The successful applicant will collaborate closely with Dietitians and other Allied Health Professionals, participating in regular dietetic team meetings to enhance their skills and knowledge in the field. The Trust emphasises ongoing professional development opportunities, including training, policy development, and networking with colleagues to improve best practices in mental health and learning disabilities care. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK, as the position does not offer visa sponsorship.
We are delighted to announce an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Associate Practitioner to work in the Community Adult Learning Disability teams in Durham and Darlington.
This busy and rewarding post will provide a rare opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in the specialist field of Learning Disabilities and Mental Health. This role has a strong emphasis on the management of obesity and associated long term health problems; oral nutrition support; and health promotion.
The successful post holder will be enthusiastic about working with this client group; have a warm, compassionate manner and an appreciation of the challenges that individuals with an LD experience.
This role requires excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
The successful post holder will be enthusiastic about working with this client group; have a warm, compassionate manner and an appreciation of the challenges that individuals with Mental health / Learning Disabilities and Autism. This role requires excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
The successful candidate would work across Durham and Darlington and will work alongside Dietitians as well as other Allied Health Professionals with the service and will be supported by regular specific dietetic team meetings to develop your skills in Mental Health / Learning Disabilities and Autism and to provide peer support.
The post holder will have access to both formal and informal training and will be supported to engage with the complex needs of this client group.
Our Trust is committed to providing regular opportunities to participate in first class Continuous Professional Development (CPD), policy development, audit, research activities, pathway development, staff and student training. There are regular opportunities to network with colleagues; to share best practice; and to celebrate our successes as a profession working within Mental Health and Learning Disabilities.
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
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