Advanced Specialist Community Paediatric Dietician

Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a dedicated Dietitian to join their community team. The position involves managing complex pediatric cases through clinical assessment and intervention, with opportunities for professional leadership and mentorship. Ideal candidates will possess a robust background in dietetics and excellent communication skills. The role offers notable benefits, flexible working hours, and a commitment to employee well-being.

Benefits

Great flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave

Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian required to manage complex pediatric conditions.
• Experience in community settings and outpatient clinics necessary.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical dietetic management for children and young people.
• Conduct assessments and develop dietetic treatment plans.
• Supervise junior dietitians and contribute to professional development.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Nutritional assessment

Patient communication

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

Overview

As a key member of this busy community team, you will work alongside other B7's, B6's and dietetic assistants. You\'ll have the opportunity to provide a clinical leadership role within the team, whilst applying your dietetic expertise across a wide range of conditions in a community setting. These include:

Faltering growth, food allergies, feeding difficulties, nutrition support, gastrointestinal conditions, tube feeding and complex needs, group education sessions. You\'ll deliver care primarily through out-patient clinics, alongside home or school visits/clinics as needed. This role offers strong professional support, including regular clinical supervision. You\'ll also have the chance to supervise junior team members and student dietitians, contributing to the development of future professionals. The team has wider support from our Preceptorship and Learning and Development teams.

Responsibilities

1. Accept clinical responsibility for the dietetic management of children and young people with a broad range of complex clinical conditions. Organising workload effectively and efficiently according to clinical priorities.
2. Undertake comprehensive assessment of clinical and nutritional status including anthropometrics, biochemistry, clinical condition and nutritional requirements.
3. Analyse and interpret the results of the nutritional, biochemical and clinical assessment to help formulate both a diagnosis and a treatment plan taking into account clinical, social and cultural factors.
4. Plan and implement dietetic intervention based on the results of the nutritional assessment to achieve the expected clinical outcome.
5. Comprehensively assess patients requiring nutrition support including parenteral nutrition and be able to manage all the dietetic aspects of these interventions.
6. Provide suitable written and verbal information to families, carers and other professionals to ensure the provision of correct dietary treatment for patients.
7. Continuously evaluate the young person\'s clinical parameters and outcomes and modify the dietetic treatment plan as necessary to achieve expected long term dietetic and clinical outcome.
8. Advise medical staff on the prescribing of appropriate medications and nutritional supplements to support treatment e.g. vitamins, minerals, protein and energy substitutes.
9. Communicate complex and sensitive information to children and their families in a way which is understandable to them and which may include unwelcome or difficult to accept information.
10. Engage and negotiate with children and their families to enable and motivate them to agree and achieve the required dietetic intervention in a supportive and empathetic framework.
11. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings appropriate to the needs of the community work and ensure that the dietetic aspects of care are communicated effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
12. Ensure safe and timely follow up of patients following discharge from hospital including liaison with GP\'s, community nursing teams and other key agencies.
13. Undertake community, school and home visits when necessary to support the dietetic treatment of the child.
14. Continuously monitor and review the dietetic management and other associated medical treatments against outcome measures adjusting treatment and goals as appropriate to the clinical situation.
15. Develop and maintain a range of educational resources to support dietetic advice which have a clear evidence base and which are understandable by children, young people and their families.
16. Liaise with medical teams when clinically appropriate to arrange admissions when clinically necessary.
17. Record accurately all dietetic intervention in line with the agreed record keeping standards of the HCPC and the department.
18. Communicate orally, and in writing where appropriate, relevant patient information to all relevant health professionals and agencies.
19. Develop evidence-based protocols and standards of care for dietetic care of children with specific conditions.
20. Evaluate regional, national and international standards of care to ensure that dietetic care is delivered effectively to current accepted standards.
21. Work with the dietetic assistants to ensure accurate and up-to-date nutritional product data is maintained.

Application and Equality

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted. Alder Hey Children\'s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact the recruiting manager or the recruitment team at [e-mail] or call 0151 282 4599. Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application. The selection processes at Alder Hey Children\'s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values; please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn\'t accurately reflect their skills.

About the Trust

Alder Hey Children\'s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients\' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site. We are a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children\'s NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust\'s values and behaviours.

Benefits

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes