Job Description

This role is to join the current 0.6 WTE Dietetic Assistant in supporting the Paediatric Metabolic Dietitians as part of the multidisciplinary team in managing nutritional care of patients with inborn errors of metabolism. You would be joining a team of 5.1 WTE metabolic dietitians and 0.6 WTE dietetic assistant. Under the guidance of the dietitians you will actively participate and support the dietitians in the delivery of patients' nutritional care and education. In addition, you will actively be involved in the trusts clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.



Sending dietary resources, monitoring equipment and emergency supplies of prescription nutritional products to families

Inform families of monitoring results

Assist dietitians with audit and research

Admin tasks including prescription requests and customs letters

Managing stock of supplement and low protein products

Generating patient resources including newsletters and patient information leaflets

Coordinate patient events including group clinics and other events

Arranging GP prescriptions and registering patients with home delivery companies

Liaising with various feed companies to ensure dietitians have most current information



Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.



We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.



We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.



We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.



Please see the attached job description/person specification for more information about the roles and responsibilities for this role.