Clinical Lead Dietitian - Community Paediatrics

jobs24.co.uk; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead Dietitian specializing in paediatrics within a friendly community team. This role involves managing complex cases, providing leadership and training to junior staff, and conducting audits to enhance service delivery. The position offers flexibility and the chance to develop your clinical and leadership skills further. Join a dedicated team committed to inclusivity and equal opportunities, where your contributions will significantly impact the health and well-being of children in the community. This is a fantastic chance to advance your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced specialist Dietitian managing complex home enterally tube-fed patients.
• Supervision and training for junior staff and Dietetic students.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments and provide integrated services to paediatrics.
• Lead service developments and supervise staff performance.

Skills

Clinical Dietetics

Patient Assessment

Leadership

Nutritional Counseling

Team Collaboration

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Professional Registration

Tools

Outcome Measurement Tools

Nutritional Software

Job description

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen in the Dudley Community Dietetic Team for a Clinical Lead Dietitian for Paediatrics in the community.
The Community Dietetic Team is a small, friendly, specialist team of Dietitians based at Stourbridge Health and Social Care Centre. The team is part of the Dudley Rehabilitation Service. There are many training courses available to develop your clinical and leadership skills.
The successful candidate will work as an advanced specialist Dietitian managing a caseload of complex home enterally tube-fed patients as well as patients with a variety of conditions and dietetic needs.
The post holder will also provide leadership, training, supervision, and appraisal for junior staff. Working alongside the other Clinical Lead Dietitians in the community, you will conduct audits and patient feedback initiatives to help develop the service.
Part-time applicants are encouraged to apply, and flexible working arrangements will also be considered.
Clinical Responsibilities include:

1. To work autonomously as a specialist Community Dietitian for paediatrics.
2. To undertake and complete comprehensive holistic assessments of patients with a variety of conditions and dietetic needs.
3. To work closely with other members of the specialist MDTs to provide an integrated service to paediatrics within the community.
4. To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions using appropriate outcome measures to ensure effective intervention.
5. To lead on service developments and ways of working for the team.
6. To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Dietetic students.
7. Responsible for the nutritional care given to community patients in a variety of settings including their own homes, care homes, and community clinics.
8. To educate and counsel patients, carers, and groups about the importance of nutrition.
9. To calculate and monitor artificial enteral feeding regimens and monitor people who are receiving home enteral feeds, in care homes, and their own homes, changing these feeds as needed and liaising with the home enteral feeding supplier.
10. To monitor and assess gastrostomy sites reporting problems to relevant nursing staff and arranging training as appropriate.

We are committed to equal opportunities and want to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. It is essential we understand our demographics to monitor our performance as an equal opportunity employer, as well as continuing to embed a culture of inclusivity across the organisation, which supports the active participation and contribution of our diverse staff groups in the Trust's decision-making processes.
The Trust is committed to employing and supporting people with disabilities. It is the Trust's policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum 'essential' criteria as identified on the person specification. To ensure we know you have a disability, please inform us under the appropriate section on the application form. We welcome applications from the LGBTQ+ community and openly encourage people with different sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression to apply to join our team. We promise to respect and encourage the use of all pronouns and will not purposefully mis-gender anyone.
We are governed by the public sector equality duties and by our values of Care, Respect, and Responsibility to ensure we eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, and any other behaviour that is unlawful, undermines our core values and/or falls short of our Behaviour Framework. We want all of our staff to 'call out' any behaviour from colleagues, patients, or visitors that constitutes the above and appropriate action be taken.
We will, at every opportunity, advance equality and inclusivity for all staff, at all levels within the organisation, by removing or minimising disadvantage, encouraging participation and taking all relevant steps to meet the needs of anyone who shares a protected characteristic. We will also foster good relations between persons who share a protected characteristic by tackling prejudice and promoting understanding at every opportunity.
By submitting an application for a position with this organisation, you are declaring that the information given is true and complete; any deliberate omission, falsification or misrepresentation will be grounds for rejecting the application or subsequent dismissal. Where applicable, for positions that require registration with a professional body, you authorise us to make the required employer checks on your professional registration status.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Please note, preference will be given to at-risk employees.
Applicants MUST ensure that they provide details of their referees and their referee email addresses on their application form; otherwise, their application may not be considered.