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You will join our Paediatric Neurology service as dietetic lead and an integral member of the regional multidisciplinary Neuro-rehabilitation (SCIRT) team, working on our dedicated neurology rehabilitation unit. You will be responsible for developing the dietetic service in the Neuro-Muscular service, with fortnightly multidisciplinary outpatient clinics.

You will also be part of the well established Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology MDT teams. The Children's diabetes team provide medical advice and support for children with diabetes from 0-19 years of age, alongside their families and carers. The service is part of the Wessex Paediatric Diabetes Network and participates in a number of large multi-centre trials. Our children's endocrinology service takes referrals from across the Wessex region and provides a service to  infants, children, and young people from across the south and the Channel Islands. 

Role and Responsibilities

•    Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing highly specialist clinical dietetic expertise to infants and children with neurological conditions, including acute brain injury on an inpatient and outpatient basis
•       Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing highly specialist clinical dietetic expertise to infants children and young people with diabetes and other  endocrine conditions
•    Provide advanced dietetic assessments and individualised treatment plans for a complex specialist caseload
•    Support the clinical and professional development of junior dietetic staff and students
•    Support the development of policies and resources to support delivery of evidence-based dietetic advice
•    Identify and lead service improvement, audit and research, and disseminate results and best practice through publication and presentation
•    You will be a highly skilled  paediatric dietitian with recent  and significant experience of working in acute paediatrics. with an excellent knowledge of  paediatric nutrition support
•    You must be able to demonstrate advanced analytical thinking, show attention to detail and possess excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
•     You must be able to voice your professional opinion and provide advice and guidance to dietetic and other health care professional colleagues
•    Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work is desirable
•    To accommodate clinic times, some flexibility regarding working hours will be needed

Experience and skills needed

•      You will be a highly skilled paediatric dietitian with recent and significant experience of 
        working in acute paediatrics, with an excellent working knowledge of paediatric nutrition
•    You must be able to demonstrate advanced analytical thinking, show attention to detail and 
        possess excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
•    You must be able to voice your professional opinion and provide advice and guidance to 
        dietetic and other health care professional colleagues
•    Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research is desirable
•       Some flexibility in working hours will be needed to accommodate timings of outpatient clinics