Paediatric Dietitian

Job description

Job summary

We are excited to offer a fixed-term Band 5 Paediatric Dietitian maternity cover post. We are a small yet dedicated community paediatric dietetic team covering the East Riding of Yorkshire. Our service offers flexible working patterns, including virtual, telephone, and face-to-face clinical sessions.

We use telephone and video consultations and work closely with our multidisciplinary team via MS Teams to ensure safe and effective practice. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a positive attitude who is as passionate about our work as we are. We work with a range of children, including those who are looked after and those who may have complex healthcare needs.

Our service covers one-to-one clinic sessions, telephone clinics, input into special schools, MDT meetings, and group education sessions. We work with a variety of clinical presentations, including allergies, nutritional support, very restrictive food intake, nutritional deficiencies, enteral feeding, and learning disabilities. The team is committed to training and keeping skills up to date so that we can be as specialist as possible within our area of practice.

We strive to provide excellent student training to A, B, and C placement students and work closely with universities and our Humber Dietetic colleagues.

For secondment opportunities, applicants must obtain approval from their substantive line manager prior to applying and evidence of this approval must be provided as part of the application process.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will provide a high standard of evidence-based therapeutic care while working within a specific service area. They will be responsible for their own autonomous practice and ensure that effective patient care is maintained.
• To manage a mixed paediatric clinical caseload across a variety of clinical settings, delegating to Associate Practitioners and Dietetic Assistants where appropriate.
• To provide routine clinical interventions for a range of paediatric dietetic conditions, including allergies, nutritional support, complex feeding needs, enteral feeding, and nutritional deficiencies.
• To provide group education sessions as required.
• To provide supervision and support to students.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range ofbenefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• A broad understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area of dietetics
• A broad general knowledge of clinical dietetics
• BSc(Hons) Dietetics or PG Dip Dietetics
• Current professional registration with HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests

Desirable

• Evidence of post-registration professional practice

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills

Desirable

• Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites

Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• A broad understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area of dietetics
• A broad general knowledge of clinical dietetics
• BSc(Hons) Dietetics or PG Dip Dietetics
• Current professional registration with HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests

Desirable

• Evidence of post-registration professional practice

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills

Desirable

• Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address

East Riding Community Hospital

Swinemoor Lane

Beverley

HU17 0FA

United Kingdom

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