Band 7 Paediatric Allergy Dietitian

NHS; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chipping Barnet is looking for enthusiastic Dieticians to manage clinical caseloads and support paediatric patients. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll deliver compassionate care and oversee therapy students while contributing to service development. A HCPC registration and experience with diverse paediatric conditions are essential. Opportunities for full and part-time roles available.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with paediatric patients, including those with eating disorders.
• Awareness of clinical standards and quality improvement.
• Evidence of teaching and challenging multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own clinical caseload and supervise therapy students.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient care.
• Participate in service development and contribute to workplace change.

Skills

Core skills in Dietetics

Ability to implement motivational interviewing

Good presentation and group work skills

Education

Health and Care Professions Council registration

Evidence of postgraduate continued development

Membership of BDA specialist group

Job description

Do you have a passion for making a positive difference to people's lives?

We are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Dieticians who value team working and have the desire and drive to ensure patients receive timely assessment and input from staff that are compassionate and caring.

Are you keen to develop your clinical and service development skills because you know how important Dietetics for children and young people is?Here at Barnet, our Dieticians play a vital role in supporting patients to optimise their abilities through therapeutic interventions and empowering collaboration.

The Children and Young People's Therapy Team is comprised of Dieticians and Physiotherapists who work collaboratively with the Allergy, Diabetes, Ward and Neonatal teams to provide patient centred care.Depending on skills the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with outpatient general and allergy patients and/or inpatient's on the neonatal unit and children's ward.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise therapy students as required. You will be peer supported by highly skilled and experienced Band 7 staff throughout each specialty and work closely with the B8a CYP therapy lead. You will be joining a well established and supportive integrated Therapy team, who work closely with the multidisciplinary team.

Full and part time opportunities available.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for more information on working at The Royal Free London.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development
• Membership of BDA specialist group

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide range of paediatric patients, including those with eating disorders such as ARFID and/or mental health diagnoses
• Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
• Awareness/experience of setting & maintaining clinical standards and clinical audit
• Evidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace, including Quality Improvement
• Previous experience of junior staff & student supervision/ clinical education
• Evidence of presentation of own research/project work
• Actively involved in teaching and challenging the multidisciplinary team

Skills and aptitudes

• Core skills in Dietetics, including knowledge of artificial nutrition support, anthropometry, meal planning and weight/growth management.
• Ability to implement motivational interviewing & behaviour change strategies
• Knowledge of recent developments in the profession
• Positive attitude to, and ability to cope well with change
• Good presentation and group work skills, including leading on group intervention

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
• Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
• Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

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.