Senior Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Paediatric Dietitian to join their Cystic Fibrosis service. This role involves providing specialized dietary advice, working within a mixed team environment, and supporting research initiatives. The ideal candidate should have HCPC registration and significant experience in paediatrics and nutrition. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary ranging from £56,276 to £63,176 annually.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge in nutrition support and paediatrics.
• Experience with respiratory/CF patients.
• Significant experience in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialized dietetic advice to children with Cystic Fibrosis.
• Undertake inpatient work and outpatient clinics.
• Conduct research and audits to ensure evidence-based practice.

Skills

Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups

Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/motivational interviewing

Accurate anthropometric measurements

Ability to provide highly specialised advice

Proven Audit skills

Effective presentation skills

Initiative and leadership for clinical speciality

Participation in research

Education

HCPC registration

Qualification in Paediatrics or Cystic Fibrosis/Respiratory

Job description

This senior paediatric post will cover our well-established Cystic Fibrosis service which has excellent outcomes. You will work as an integral member of the CF/respiratory team. In addition you will support the other paediatric caseloads as required in supporting the wider team and help to line manage the general dietitians. You will join a supportive team including a 0.4 WTE band 4, 1 WTE band 7 Gastro/Respiratory/PCCU Dietitian and 2 WTE band 6 and 1 WTE band 5 Dietitian. You will ideally have good clinical dietetic experience including acute paediatric experience. Experience working within a respiratory or CF team is highly desirable. You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment. You will join a friendly department of 31 paediatric dietitians, across three acute sites. We have a well-established programme of quality improvement and research, and fully encourage CPD. This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop your career within the CF/Respiratory specialities. For more information please contact Charlotte Walker, Senior Paediatric Dietitian [e-mail] 02035941541 (Mon/Tues) or Sophie Aubrey, Head of Paediatric Dietetics [e-mail] 0203 5941532 (Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday)

Main duties of the job

To work within the multidisciplinary team, to provide highly specialized dietetic advice to children and young people with Cystic Fibrosis.

To undertake inpatient work and outpatient clinics in these areas.

The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

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.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• HCPC registered
• In-depth knowledge in nutrition support and paediatrics.
• Member of relevant special clinical interest group
• Supervision training.
• Qualification in Paediatrics or Cystic Fibrosis/Respiratory

Experience

• Significant experience working in Nutrition and Dietetics and experience within paediatrics.
• Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team.
• Experience of working with respiratory/CF patients
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of speciality.
• Experience of Supervision of junior members of clinical staff.

Skills

• Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups.
• Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing.
• Accurate anthropometric measurements and skills eg weights, heights, skinfold calipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan.
• Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients.
• Proven Audit skills
• To have effective presentation skills.
• Regularly undertakes R&D activity eg. Critical Appraisal.
• Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality.
• To have participated in research.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearper annum inc. (pro rata)