Job overview

Team Leader Highly Specialised Paediatric Dietitian- FEDS service, Band 8a

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, fixed term, 10 month maternity cover of the current Band 8a Team Leader Highly Specialist Dietitian position within the Feeding and Eating Disorder Service (FEDS) team at the world-famous Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust. Our FEDS service is a national centre for patients requiring multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment for the management of complex feeding and eating disorders. This includes covering both the inpatient unit and attending MDT outpatient assessments, providing expert dietetic input to treatment plans, leading on dietetic led outpatient clinical assessments. The post holder will lead a team of highly specialist dietitians and rotational dietitians to develop a world-class expert service. You will have the opportunity to work as part of a large and supportive MDT 
team and have the opportunity to develop audit, outcomes and clinical service evaluation to improve practice. Opportunities would include teaching and representing the service at a national and international level. We are looking for a dynamic individual with significant previous experience working with children with feeding and eating disorders alongside experience of leading a team

Main duties of the job

• Leading a comprehensive and quality dietetic service for outpatients working to agreed standards, policies and procedures
• Providing expert practice in the provision of dietetic input for feeding and eating disorders
• To provide expert advice to patients, carers and clinical staff regarding the nutritional adequacy of the diets of children attending the FEDS service. This may include advising on consideration of enteral feeding and/or use of nutritional supplements.
• Ensuring a consistent and reliable service for all children through assessment of the patients’ needs and making clinical decisions regarding the necessary nutritional support and dietary interventions for all children with feeding and eating disorders  their diet history, growth and biochemical parameters and in conjunction with the 
  MDT. This includes assessment and management of refeeding risk
• Development and updating of diet sheets and other educational resources for patients and healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust
• Leading and organising the training and support of specialist dietitians in all aspects of nutritional management in the highly complex field of specialist diet therapy other dietitians in the team Freedom to act interpreting the Health and Care Professions Council code of conduct and working to all agreed standards, policies and procedures within the department and the Trust

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.