Paediatric Dietitian

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated paediatric dietitian to join our team across Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital. The post supports new graduates and Band 5 Dietitians seeking paediatric experience, within a large, dynamic multidisciplinary environment.

You will be part of a 31-strong paediatric dietetics team across three acute sites, with opportunities for CPD, quality improvement, and research.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills essential for collaboration with MDTs.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic services to paediatric in-patients and outpatients at Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital.
• Contribute to research, audit and CPD to ensure evidence-based practice.
• Support learning and development through Band 5 competencies and mentorship.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Due to promotion of our current post holder we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic dietitian with energy and drive, to join our team. The post is suitable for new graduate Dietitian, or Dietitian currently working at band 5 level seeking paediatric experience. We are part of the largest NHS acute trust in England, including the second largest tertiary children's hospital in London. We provide several tertiary paediatric services including Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis, Gastroenterology, Allergy, Neonatology, Neurology, Diabetes and PICU. We have a diverse cultural and ethnic population and cover some of the most affluent as well as socially deprived areas of the country. The role is in general paediatrics. The general Paediatric caseload is very varied and is based at the Royal London Hospital, you will also spend 1-2 days /week at Newham University Hospital. You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment. You will join a large friendly team of 31 Paediatric Dietitians across 3 acute sites and into the community. You will be supported to achieve your learning and development needs, including Band 5 competencies. We also have a well-established programme of quality improvement and research, and fully encourage CPD. This is a genuine opportunity to develop your acute paediatric skills.

To work together with the paediatric dietetic team to provide an effective dietetic service to paediatric in-patients and outpatients at The Royal London Hospital and Newham University Hospital. To ensure that research and audit is undertaken on a regular basis to ensure practice is evidence based., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.