Job summary
- Main area
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 318-24-D&S-T1666-B
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- GHNHST Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics (Beacon House)
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Dietitian - Weight Management (CYPS) & Neonatal /General
Band 7
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Band 7
Up to 0.4 WTE CYP Weight Management
Up to 0.2 WTE Neonatal 0.4 WTE General paediatrics
Are you an experienced and creative Paediatric dietitian, who is passionate about service innovation and development? We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of a brand-new multidisciplinary team of professionals (inc. Clinical psychologist, Consultant Paediatrician, Nursing and Family Support Worker) providing whole-family support for children and young people (CYP) living with severe and/or complex obesity in Gloucestershire.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate dietitian to work alongside the dietitian/s in the team who has the drive to develop the service and deliver training to healthcare professionals within the community. The post holder will have excellent leadership skills, extensive experience of multi-agency working and passion for delivering high quality nutrition and lifestyle interventions. You will have the opportunity to work within paediatric neonates or general paediatric inpatient/outpatients 1 day per week providing variety and enabling you to keep other paediatric dietetic skills up to date. If you want a rewarding and fulfilling career in paediatric dietetics this is the role for you. Part time applications welcome. There is the potential for this post to be combined with neonatal services to develop further services in conjunction with the support of the South West Network. The post holder is responsible for actively contributing to the delivery of an efficient, effective and compassionate weight management service (WMS) for children and young people (CYP) living with severe and/ or complex obesity. Specifically, this will include working alongside a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide integrated care alongside Gloucestershire’s Community Weight Management provider.
Working for our organisation
You will also form part of the Nutrition and Dietetic paediatric team at Gloucester Royal hospital. We are a friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team who have a fantastic reputation within the trust. We are a large friendly department based on 2 sites; Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) & Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH).The team is also made up of the Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT).
Within the department at GRH we have a team of Acute Dietitians, Paediatric Dietitians and a Home Enteral Feed Team. At CGH we have a team of Oncology Dietitians as well as the Acute team. We also have a Nutrition Support Team, a Specialist Gastroenterology Team and Specialist Diabetes Dietitians working on both hospital sites. Our teams include dietitians, dietetic support workers, dietetic assistants and nurses.
We are committed to continual professional development and support audit and quality improvement projects.
Gloucestershire is a great area of the country to live in, with many areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well as excellent travel networks to the rest of the country.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be directly responsible to the Paediatric Team Lead and working alongside the paediatric dietitians the CYP team the rest of the dietetic team.
You will be working to plan, implement and monitor high quality nutritional care to children with complex needs in the inpatient and outpatient settings, including community clinics .
You will be actively involved in the supervision, education and development of Band 5/6 staff and also contribute to the training of A, B & C students each year. Please see the job description and person specification for more details.
Additional Contact Details
June Beharry Service Lead Nutrition and Dietetics 0300 4228686
Person specification
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- Degree in dietetics
- Substantial paediatric experience NHS
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Educated to masters level
- Experience of using specialist clinical knowledge to deliver high-quality care to CYP.
- Non medical prescribing
- Experience of working with CYP/ families living with obesity and using trauma-informed behaviour change/ motivational interviewing techniques to enable sustainable change.
- Demonstrate knowledge/experience of service development, identifying development needs/ gaps for training provision.
- Demonstrate contribution to developing strategy and outcomes that have resulted in improvements.
- Experience of effectively maintaining working relationship within a team.
- Experience of implementing quality assurance.
- Ability to assess CYP with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care.
- Ability to deliver educational sessions to CYP, colleagues and staff across community organisations, health, education and social care.
- The ability to manage change and conflict to ensure resolutions with positive outcomes for the CYP/ service.
- The ability to inspire, influence, persuade and negotiate across organisational boundaries.
- Prioritisation, planning, organisational and time management skills with ability to meet deadlines amongst competing interests
- The ability to be human – adopting a person-centred and compassionate approach to care.
- BDA registered
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vicki Bittle
- Job title
- Team Lead Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5506
- Additional information
June Beharry Service Lead Nutrition and Dietetics 0300 4228686
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