25 Oct
Oxford University Hospitals
Headington
Job description
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to work closely with the Paediatric Dietetic team in a support worker role as a one-year fixed term contract (terminating / / ).
This post will involve working very closely with the Dietitians to support patient discharges, organise nutritional supplements and deliveries to patient’s homes, and support with administrative processes.
Training and support for the clinical roles and responsibilities outlined in the job description.
Main duties of the job
Principle Duties
- To be responsible for organising delivery of nutritional supplements using specified companies.
- To support the paediatric dietitian in Catering-related tasks and attend meetings.
- To assist with completion of Home Enteral feeding administration for children discharged home on Enteral Feeds (in house training will be provided)
- To contribute to setting up and be responsible for maintaining operational systems within the department.
- To achieve and maintain competencies through skills and knowledge development.
- To collect and record patient information in EPR in line with departmental guidelines.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients,
colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .