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Paediatric Specialist Dietitian (Band 5 to 6 progression role)
NHS AfC: Band 5
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Are you passionate about the care of the children and looking to progress your career as a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian?
We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic Dietitian to join our service to help shape our continuously growing and evolving team. You will be supported to manage a general paediatric caseload with exposure to regular clinics and ward work, under the supervision of a Highly Specialist Band 7 Dietitians. You will work through competencies to support your progression towards a band 6 post. You will also get the opportunity to gain experience in other specialist areas, such as Diabetes, complex feeding difficulties and tube feeding and Neonates as your skills progress.
We would encourage candidates with an interest in paediatrics to apply, as relevant experience and training would be embedded to support your development.
You will be joining fun and friendly a team of dietitians, dietetic assistants and clerical support staff who currently provide a proactive, developing service across a range of specialities. You will receive excellent peer support and opportunities for personal and professional development from both the dietetics team and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
The team is actively involved in dietetic student training placements and there is scope for the successful candidate to contribute significantly in this.
The department offers excellent support for your professional development, and you will be actively supported to engage in CPD and training.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- To provide specialist dietary advice to children and their families, in the outpatient/clinic and ward settings.
- To play an active role in wider training of school staff, nursery staff and ward staff on relevant topics
- To support patients and families during the transition from paediatric services through to young adult services
- To contribute to MDT meetings and service development projects where appropriate
- Working within the dietetic team; to be an educator in diet; providing up-to-date dietary information and training for health professionals, medical and non-medical staff, and students, to help improve evidence based and best practice
- To educate children and their parents/ carers e.g. regarding the use of specialist feeding equipment, adjustment of feeding regimens, carbohydrate counting etc
- To plan and provide clinical support and competency training for junior dietitians/dietetic assistants/specialist therapy assistants. To undertake the role of an assessor in evaluating and checking competencies of student dietitians. To be actively involved in their training plan.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- Managing a varied caseload of general paediatric patients in an outpatient setting
- Seeing inpatients on the ward
- Delivering education to newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic patients on the ward
- opportunities to gain experience within specialist roles such as home enteral feeding (HEF) and Neonatal under the supervision of a band 7 Dietitian
- Supervision of students and band band 3/4 team members
- involvement in audit and service development
- Delivering education to other health professionals e.g. training to ward staff, health visitors etc
Manyleb y person
Clinical experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- are you a HCPC registered Dietitian?
- previous experience working as a band 5 Dietitian
- Up-to-date clinical knowledge of the nutritional management of a wide variety of clinical conditions based on current best practice
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload to achieve deadlines
- experience plotting and interpreting paediatric growth charts
Meini prawf dymunol
- Previous experience as a paediatric Dietitian
- Post-graduate qualification in paediatrics
- Experience with the range of clinical conditions that may be found in general paediatric clinic such as cows milk protein allergy, nutritional support, weight management, coeliac disease etc
- Attendance of BDA Modular Courses for Paediatric Dietitians
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit
- Supervisory and / or mentorship skills
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- band 5 dietetic experience
- postgraduate CPD
Meini prawf dymunol
- completed BDA Paediatric modules
Skills knowledge and competencies
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Up-to-date clinical knowledge of the nutritional management of a wide variety of clinical conditions based on current best practice
- supervision experience
- clinical audit experience
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Naomi Frost
- Teitl y swydd
- Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian/Team lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01925 662459
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
working days Wednesday-Friday
Rhestr swyddi gyda Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau perthynol i iechyd neu bob sector