An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Alnwick Ward at Alnwick Community Hospital. This is a 23 bedded rehabilitation unit bedded unit caring mainly for patients over the age of 65. We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Nutritional Assistant who would welcome the opportunity of working within our Team where they will be providing support to patients with their nutritional needs., As a Nutritional assistant, your main duties will be:

To assist the qualified nursing staff in promoting and providing nutritional support for patients, including assisting patients with meals and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
To assist patients with ordering their meals ensuring dietary preferences are met and assisting with feeding where appropriate.
To keep an updated record of any additional nutritional support required and provided.
To monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately to ensure sufficient stock is readily available for patients.
To maintain high standards of nutritional support to patients.
To assist in weight monitoring and risk assessments.
Duties outlined are general nutrition duties for the ward as designated by the Ward Manager, Sister, Charge Nurse, or Nurse in charge., 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., To assist the qualified nursing staff in providing physical nutritional support for patients, including assisting with mealtimes and promoting additional nutritional snacks.
To assist patients with ordering their meals and feeding patients where appropriate.
To audit all nutritional interventions and report on nutritional intake to nursing staff.
To keep an updated record of additional nutritional support provided.
To monitor stock levels of nutritional supplements and snacks and order appropriately.
To maintain high clinical standards.
To promote nutrition in the ward.

If you feel you have the ability to work independently and as part of a pro-active team within a ward environment, have a caring and pleasant manner to deal with patients and visitors and be able to work flexibly, this could be the role for you.

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