Paediatric Dietician

East Kent Hospitals University Nhs Foundation Trust; Thanet District; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to lead a comprehensive nutrition and dietetics service in the acute hospital setting, with a focus on in-patient paediatrics and related clinics.

You will deliver expert paediatric dietetic care, manage a designated caseload, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and provide training and support to partners across community and hospital settings.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months post-graduate experience in general nutrition and dietetics.
• Current HPCP registration.
• Evidence of relevant post-graduate clinical education.
• Degree relevant to professional registration and area of clinical practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development within dietetic chosen specialty.

Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day care for paediatric patients and manage a clinical caseload.
• Provide expert paediatric dietetic advice and education to families and carers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in community and acute settings.
• Support service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Postgraduate dietetics experience

Teamwork

Clinical decision making

Staff training & supervision

Education

Degree relevant to professional registration

Current HPCP registration

Post-graduate clinical education evidence

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian to provide a comprehensive nutrition and dietetics service in the acute hospital setting to a caseload of in-patient paediatrics, associated clinics.

Main duties of the job

The highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian is responsible for delivering day-to-day care for children, young people, their families and carers living with dietetic needs and will manage a designated clinical caseload of children and young people with dietetic requirements. The post holder will use clinical judgement and autonomous decision‑making about the specialist nursing / AHP care and management of patients, undertaking a range of specialist clinical actions across a variety of settings following assessment of patients' needs and preferences. They will provide expert and specialist paediatric dietetic advice, education, training and support to key partners within both the community and acute settings and work collaboratively and effectively with all other health care professionals, those allied to health and those in the third sector services. The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in dietetic specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient's care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, 'Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)'.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

Job responsibilities

See full Job Description and Person Specification Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian document for details on main responsibilities.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Minimum 18 months post-graduate experience in general nutrition and dietetics
• Current HPCP registration
• Evidence of relevant post-graduate clinical education
• Degree relevant to professional registration and area of clinical practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development within dietetic chosen specialty

Desirable

• Membership of a BDA Interest Group
• BDA Membership

Personal/professional attributes

Essential

• Ability to work within a team to achieving goals for a shared vision
• Evidence of service development and delivery in practice
• Demonstrate self awareness and critical reflection
• Knowledge of health policy and application to practice
• Ability to problem solve, anticipate and plan, individually and within a team

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Significant postgraduate healthcare experience demonstrating professional development across the four pillars of practice
• Significant experience of care of the dietetic patient
• Experience of working with patients/service users to resolve concerns and improve their experience
• Evidence of effective networking or matrix working
• Experience of supervising staff and delivering training

Desirable

• Experience of assessing patients and developing specialised programmes of care
• Experience of presenting to groups of staff/public

Governance

Essential

• Understanding of quality governance, patient safety and patient experience tools to support clinical practice and service improvement
• Sound knowledge and understanding of national policy and guidance
• Utilisation of clinical effectiveness tools to deliver quality improvement e.g. risk management and clinical audit
• Evidence of innovative practice utilising research and audit
• Experience of contributing to quality improvement in safety/quality improvement projects
• Experience of writing reports and presenting to teams or small groups

Desirable

• Experience of implementing and evaluating improvements in care

Other requirements

Essential

• Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service
• Commitment to equity and diversity

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).