Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

NHS Jobs; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a paediatric Dietitian to manage an allocated caseload across hospital, community and school settings.

You will train dietetic students (A, B and C placements), work with paediatric dietitians and multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to service development and planning.

New graduates are welcome to apply; the role is Band 6 Annex 21 with progression after successful completion of a competency-based training programme.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload referred by community or secondary care health professionals.
• See patients with parents/guardians in hospital, community clinics, telephone clinics and specialist school clinics.
• Collaborate with paediatric Dietitians, the dietetic team and multidisciplinary teams.

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload, referred to the service by community or secondary care health professionals. Patients will be seen with parents, guardians or care givers in a variety of settings. These may include hospital setting, community clinics, telephone clinics and specialist school clinics. The post holder will work closely with other paediatric Dietitians, the wider dietetic team and the multidisciplinary teams. The department trains dietetic students (A,B and C placement) and the post holder will have an active role in student training planning, co-ordination and assessment. The service comprises of 6 teams with 49 Dietitians, 3 Dietetic Assistants and admin services. The Nutrition and Dietetic service is structured into teams; paediatrics (incorporating Home Enteral Feeding and paediatric weight management), adult & paediatric diabetes, adult Home Enteral Feeding, secondary care (incorporating nutrition support and critical care), bariatrics and primary care (incorporating care home training). New graduates are welcome to apply and take up this position as a training and development role, with responsibilities and role adjusted accordingly. Please note that the appointment will be made at Band 6 Annex 21 (which will be 75% of top of band 6 as per NHS Agenda for Change) or Band 6 dependent on qualifications and experience. If you are appointed under Annex 21 conditions, once you have successfully completed our 12 month competency based training programme you will progress to a permanent Band 6 grade. (The contract ends if an applicant does not successfully complete the required learning objectives within this time frame under the Annex 21 scheme

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust