Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nursing Assistant - Nutrition Support
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Exciting Opportunity at Alnwick Ward, Alnwick Community Hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Alnwick Ward at Alnwick Community Hospital. This is a 23-bedded rehabilitation unit, primarily caring for patients over the age of 65. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Nutritional Assistant who would welcome the opportunity of working within our team, providing support to patients with their nutritional needs.
Key Requirements:
- Ability to work independently and as part of a proactive team within a ward environment.
- A caring and pleasant manner to deal with patients and visitors.
- Flexibility in working hours.
Desirable Experience:
- Experience of working within a Hospital/Caring environment.
- Knowledge and experience of computer skills (full training will be provided).
Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
As a Nutritional Assistant, Your Main Duties Will Be:
- Assist the qualified nursing staff in promoting and providing nutritional support for patients, including assisting patients with meals and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
- Assist patients with ordering their meals, ensuring dietary preferences are met, and assisting with feeding where appropriate.
- Keep an updated record of any additional nutritional support required and provided.
- Monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately to ensure sufficient stock is readily available for patients.
- Maintain high standards of nutritional support to patients.
- Assist in weight monitoring and risk assessments.
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Duties outlined are general nutrition duties for the ward as designated by the Ward Manager, Sister, Charge Nurse, or Nurse in charge.
About Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High-quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
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Care Certificate Programme:
All staff who are coming to work for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust or current staff who are new to the role of a Nutrition Assistant, will be expected to undertake the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Care Certificate Programme. This is a development programme mapped against the standards of the Care Certificate and to facilitate your development as a Nutrition Assistant. Full participation in the programme is mandatory, you will not be able to commence in clinical practice until you have completed the initial three days of the programme.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Laura Diplock
- Job title: Ward Manager
- Email address: laura.diplock@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01665 626769
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