Job summary
- Main area
- LD& F Allied Health Professionals NE & MW Community Team
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-3782
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tekhnicon House
- Town
- Braintree
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dietetic Assistant Therapy Practitioner (ATP)
NHS AfC: Band 4
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Therapy Practitioner (ATP) to join the Dietetic team within the Learning Disability & Forensics team based across Mid and West Essex.
The successful candidate will work as an integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team, directly supporting the Dietitians.
You will be motivated to develop your clinical skills working with adults with learning disabilities when gathering relevant information as part of a dietetic assessment or review. You will also have excellent communication and organisational skills and be enthusiastic about working as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team.
The successful candidate will be supported to develop competencies to show understanding of the varying nutritional needs of adults with learning disabilities and a willingness to undertake further training in these areas.
You will work alongside a supervising Dietitian and feel confident to travel independently within Mid and West Essex, meeting with service users, and supporting them to optimise their health needs. You will be able to demonstrate effective working by using your initiative, and reporting back regularly.
All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Main duties of the job
· To independently gather relevant information as part of the dietetic assessment and review process
· To support service users who present with varying degrees of learning disability, autism and other complex health needs
· To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team
· To be able to work flexibly across a wide variety of settings within the service
· To contribute with assessments and therapeutic interventions, including completing directed observations and delivering bespoke advice or training to carers
· To maintain clinical records
· To liaise with carers and other professionals as relevant
· To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance
· To attend mandatory training and demonstrate application
· To undertake relevant activities to meet training objectives identified with your supervisor, this may be taught, shadowing of others or through self-directed learning
· Demonstrate, in consultation with the Dietitian, the use of initiative to meet specific individual needs of service users
· To keep a record of your training and development activities
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To undertake assessments, care planning and interventions with individuals, under the supervision of qualified staff
· To apply Dietetic observations and interventions for a designated caseload, addressing dietetic needs with appropriate supervision
· To accept responsibility for a designated workload, taking an active role in promoting independence and meeting the needs of the individual
· To work with service users and carers to identify Dietetic requirements as part of the overall care plan
· To have knowledge and understanding of the application of alternative feeding methods
· To use technical / creative skills to engage service users in meaningful and appropriate activities to promote independence and well-being
· Undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service
· To work in accordance with competencies, recognise own limitations and the need to seek support from other members of the team
· To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards
· To take part in Risk Assessment and to attend mandatory training sessions
· To adhere to the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, the Trust’s Code of conduct for non-qualified staff and all other relevant policies and procedures
· To work in accordance with the code of conduct for Health Care Support Workers
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake relevant training in dietetics and computing skills
Desirable criteria
- Technical /teaching qualification e.g. City & Guilds or Health & Social Care NVQ Level 3
- Technical /teaching qualification e.g. City & Guilds or Health & Social Care NVQ Level 3
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in paid or voluntary employment relevant to post
- Understanding of professional conduct
- Relevant health and/ or social care experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Naomi Burke
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816109767
- Additional information
This is a flexible role that requires a motivated person to work independently and effectively. Work bases are flexible within Mid-Essex and supervision would be provided remotely.
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