Job overview

The Community Paediatric Dietetic Department at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust invites applications from dietitians with some paediatric experience or an interest in paediatrics.  This B6 role can be offered as a B5 to B6 training post depending on experience .

This role will  involve working as part of the specialist eating disorder and ARFID service and covering the in-patient Tier 4 children's mental health unit at Alder Hey. This dietetic team sits within the wider Community Paediatric Dietetic service in the Community and Mental Health division at Alder Hey.  This role provide the opportunity to work as part of a  friendly team, consisting of B7's, B6's and dietetic assistant colleagues where you will have the opportunity to utilise your paediatric dietetic knowledge and skills across a wide range of clinical conditions within a specialist community service. 

You will deliver the service predominantly through clinics, group education sessions and inpatient work, where you could encounter a wide range of clinical conditions requiring dietetic intervention. There is also going to be a newly created day case unit for supporting children and young people with eating disorders which the dietetic team will be part of.  

 We are committed to continuous professional development and support opportunities to facilitate this such as attending relevant courses and receiving product update training. 

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist dietetic services to community patients and their families across Liverpool & Sefton. This includes nutritional assessment, development and implementation of care plans and on-going review of paediatric patients.
• To provide dietetic management for highly complex paediatric patients with clinical supervision from the specialist dietitians.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based protocols, standards of care and patient education information within identified areas of paediatric sub specialities.

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.