Senior Paediatric Dietitian Lead — Complex Care & Education

First Community Health and Care; Crawley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

First Community Health and Care invites an experienced paediatric dietitian to jointly lead the paediatric team. You will oversee complex child nutritional cases, develop clinics, and support students within a friendly, innovative community service spanning east Surrey and parts of West Sussex.

Based in Crawley, you will work collaboratively with paediatricians, nurses, and education partners to deliver high-quality dietetic care in clinics, schools and home settings, while supervising Band 6

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years post graduate clinical experience with paediatric dietetics at a senior level.
• Postgraduate training in paediatric dietetics.
• Understanding the importance of effective multi-disciplinary working.
• Experience in training / teaching other health professionals.
• Experience in giving guidance and advice to families and carers of children with complex special needs.
• Experience of supervising Dietetic students and supporting child protection cases.

Responsibilities

• The post holder is responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of community paediatric clients under the care of the First Community Dietitian services.
• Provide a specialist dietetic service to a caseload of children with complex needs including enteral feeding.
• Use specialist dietetic skills to assess, plan, implement treatment and advise carers in clinics, schools or at home.
• Work autonomously while liaising with other professionals and agencies involved with the child and family.

Skills

Autonomy

Teamwork

Communication

Liaison

Negotiation

Influencing

Education

HCPC registration

Postgraduate dietetic study

BDA paediatric group member

Job description

First Community Health and Care invites an experienced paediatric dietitian to jointly lead the paediatric team. You will oversee complex child nutritional cases, develop clinics, and support students within a friendly, innovative community service spanning east Surrey and parts of West Sussex.

Based in Crawley, you will work collaboratively with paediatricians, nurses, and education partners to deliver high-quality dietetic care in clinics, schools and home settings, while supervising Band 6