Senior Specialist Paediatric Dietitian
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our dynamic team!
As part of the largest NHS acute trust in England and one of London's busiest tertiary children's hospitals, we provide a wide range of specialist paediatric services including Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis, Gastroenterology, Allergy, Neonatology, Neurology, Diabetes, and PCCU. Our patient population is culturally diverse, covering both some of the most affluent and socially deprived areas in the country.
This senior paediatric role focuses on our well-established Home Enteral Tube Feeding (HEF) service. You will work as an integral member of the HEF team, which includes 2.1 WTE Band 7 Dietitians, and participate in joint SLT clinics as well as school clinics at local specialist schools. We are looking for someone with strong clinical paediatric dietetic experience, ideally including acute paediatrics.
Excellent communication skills and a passion for working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team are essential. You will join a friendly and supportive department of 31 paediatric dietitians across three acute sites. We offer a well-established programme of quality improvement and research, and fully support CPD opportunities--making this a fantastic role to further develop your career.
Main duties of the job
To work within the multidisciplinary team and Integrated Service for Children with Disabilities, to provide highly specialized dietetic advice to children and young people receiving Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) in Tower Hamlets ; To provide outpatient clinics in these areas. Also to undertake home visits and school clinics/visits. The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based. The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.
That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential oBSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification. oPaediatric Dietetics Training oHCPC registered oIn-depth knowledge in nutrition support and paediatrics.
Desirable oMember of relevant special clinical interest group oSupervision training. oQualification in Paediatrics Experience Essential oSignificant experience working in Nutrition and Dietetics and experience within paediatrics. oUnderstanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team. oExperience of working with HEF patients oExperience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of speciality. oExperience of Supervision of junior members of clinical staff.
Skills Essential oAbility to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups. oAbility to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing. oAbility to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care. oLeadership skills. oAccurate anthropometric measurements and skills eg weights, heights, skinfold calipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan. oAbility to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients. oProven Audit skills oTo have effective presentation skills. oRegularly undertakes R&D activity eg.
Critical Appraisal. oAbility to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality. Desirable oTo have participated in research.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
