Paediatric Dietician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Gorleston-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a paediatric dietitian for a one-day-a-week post based at the James Paget University Hospital or Newberry Child Development Centre. You will assess and plan dietary care for children from birth to 19 years, including allergy and diabetes services, in a large multidisciplinary team.

Requirements include current state registration and a minimum of 18 months post-registration experience.

Qualifications

• Current state registration
• 18 months post-registration dietetic experience
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of keeping up to date with knowledge
• Nice to have paediatric post-registration experience
• Clinical supervisory skills or equivalent teaching qualification

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist dietetic service to children, including nutritional assessment and dietary education
• Manage regular paediatric dietetic clinics with referrals from paediatricians, GPs and health visitors
• Calculate nutritional requirements and formulate feeding regimens and care plans
• Provide advice and education at consultant-led allergy clinics
• Train and educate medical, nursing and other health professionals and patient groups
• Monitor enteral feeds and outpatient nutritional supplements; prescribe inpatients under trust guidelines
• Organise safe discharge of enterally fed patients and coordinate home equipment
• Develop up-to-date nutrition resources and maintain expertise through CPD
• Contribute to paediatric diabetes and obesity services and broader service development
• Attend child protection case conferences and support families in challenging situations

Skills

Sound clinical knowledge

Multi-disciplinary team experience

Continuing professional development

Communication with families

Education

BSc in Dietetics or equivalent

Job description

This is a one-day-a-week paediatric dietetic post with James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at the James Paget University Hospital or the Newberry Child Development Centre. The work covers nutritional assessment and feeding plans for children from birth up to age 19, alongside allergy and diabetes services and training for health professionals. It sits within a large multi-disciplinary team and works alongside a senior dietitian. Candidates need current state registration and at least 18 months' post-registration experience.

What the job involves

• Provide a specialist dietetic service to children, including nutritional assessment and dietary education in all settings
• Manage regular dietetic clinics receiving referrals from paediatricians, GPs and health visitors, covering food allergy, failure to thrive, faddy eating, obesity and premature infant follow-up
• Calculate nutritional requirements and formulate feeding regimens and dietary care plans, gaining valid consent and adjusting plans as their effect is reviewed
• Provide advice, education and ongoing support at consultant-led allergy clinics
• Provide training and education to medical, nursing and other health professionals and to patient groups
• Recommend and monitor enteral feeds and outpatient nutritional supplements, and prescribe supplements for inpatients within trust guidelines
• Organise the safe discharge of enterally fed patients and co-ordinate their home equipment
• Organise workload around the needs of patients, carers and other professionals, changing planned activities at short notice
• Develop up-to-date nutrition and dietetic resources in a variety of media
• Maintain clinical and allergy expertise through practice and continuing professional development, acting as the department and trust resource
• Take part in developing the paediatric diabetes dietetic service, the paediatric obesity service and wider service development
• Attend child protection case conferences and multi-agency meetings, and support patients and carers through emotionally demanding situations

What’s required

Qualifications

• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Current state registration

Experience

• 18 months post-registration dietetic experience

Skills & knowledge

• Sound clinical knowledge
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of keeping up to date with knowledge

Other

• Courteous and respectful
• Kind and helpful
• Responsive communication
• Effective and professional

Nice to have

• Post-registration experience with paediatrics
• Clinical supervisory skills course or equivalent teaching qualification
• Good oral and written communication skills
• IT skills
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment

What’s offered

• Commitment to flexible working
• Investment in staff development and support throughout a career