Job overview

We require a Paediatrics Dietitian to join our friendly department of Dietitians providing the nutrition and dietetic service to Hounslow Borough.  

The Children’s Community Dietetic team is responsible for providing highly specialist dietetic advice in a diverse range of nutritional areas. To support to a complex caseload of infants, children, young people 0-18years and their carers in a range of settings including clinics, community venues, special needs schools and in the patients’ own homes. 
Each Dietitian is responsible for their own clinical caseload – clinical supervision is provided by the Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian. There will be 3 members of Paediatrics Dietitians in the Hounslow team.
To provide training on a range of nutritional areas to health professionals and staff from other agencies. 
To contribute to service development, evidence-based policy and guidelines procedure development and participate in audit and research.

Main duties of the job

•    To manage a complex caseload within Hounslow Paediatric Community, primarily in a clinic setting including allergy, faltering growth, home enteral feeding, autism, weight management, metabolic and neurological conditions affecting child development. 
•    To work as an independent practitioner and be responsible for managing and prioritising a clinic caseload
•    To undertake comprehensive dietetic assessments, including patients who have barriers to communication, using a range of methods, including interview skills, calculation of nutritional requirements and anthropometrical measurements. 
•    To undertake nutritional counselling with children and their families/carers including: 

➢ Communication of complex nutritional information and adapting information for a wide range of learning abilities. 
➢ Discussion around sensitive, and difficult to accept information e.g commencement of tube feeding. 
➢ Use of motivational interviewing techniques and psychological behaviour management for motivation, empowerment and negotiation of a treatment plan and adapting as appropriate for children with complex communication issues, learning disabilities and challenging behaviours. 

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. 

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.  

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’. 

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.