Clinical Lead Dietitian - Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Derby seeks a Clinical Lead Dietitian for their Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding Team. The role involves leading a dedicated team to provide dietetic care for tube-fed children, fostering innovation and supporting professional development within a multidisciplinary environment. Candidates should have experience in paediatric nutrition and a desire to enhance leadership skills.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Experience as a specialist paediatric home enteral feeding dietitian.
• Interest in leadership and service development.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of dietetic services for tube fed children.
• Develop the home enteral feeding service.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Nutrition

Team Management

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

Clinical Lead Dietitian - Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding

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For the role of Clinical Lead for the Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding Team we are ideally looking for an individual with experience of leading a home enteral feeding team however, would welcome applications from current home enteral feeding dietitians who want to enhance their skills in leadership and service development.

The Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding Team provide dietetic care to tube fed children across Southern Derbyshire. The team comprises of 1.0 WTE band 6 dietitians ,1 WTE Band 4 Assistant Practitioners, and admin support staff. The Home Enteral Feeding dietitians also works closely with the general paediatric dietitians for CPD, supervision and cover.

The role is currently based at the Royal Derby Hospital however a move to Florence Nightingale Community Hospital may be considered in the future.

The advertised post is for a part time role (3 days a week). Any enquires please see contact details below.

Closing date of applications: 13th June 2025

Interview date: 26th June 2025

Our Home Enteral Feeding Team delivers high quality care to tube fed children across Southern Derbyshire. We offer a variety of patient contact including face to face clinics, telephone clinics, home visits and school visits. We work closely with a wide multidisciplinary team including Children's community nurses, consultants, GPs, Speech and Language Therapists and carers.

You will lead the delivery of a comprehensive and effective evidence based dietetic service and be responsible for service development. You will be fully supported by the Team Lead and Dietetic Operational Leads.

We have an established student training programme for A, B and C placements, in which you will participate, and the department encourages innovation, CPD and professional development.

Key Requirement Of The Role

• Demonstrable experience working as a specialist paediatric home enteral feeding dietitian. Clinical Lead experience would be preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience of service development.
• Leadership experience, or a keen interest to develop leadership skills.
  
  

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Sheldon Job title: Dietetic Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01332 785573

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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