Job overview

Are you looking to develop your experience working in paediatric dietetics and have some paediatric dietetic experience?

We are looking for a temporary Paediatric Dietitian to join our team working part time at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The team is based at the hospital and provides a comprehensive service to inpatients on the neonatal and paediatric ward as well as to outpatients in clinics, community clinics and at home. 

We support MDT clinics for patients with diabetes, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease and allergy, as well as a specialist feeding clinic for children with severely restricted diet. We care for children and young people who are enterally fed. 

The job will give you excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical skills and knowledge in a range of areas of paediatric dietetics that are commonly seen, as well as in more specialist areas. We will support you to see you continue your professional development whilst in post. 

As a Trust and a team, we fully support flexible working; staff are provided with laptops to support them to work remotely. We can consider flexible working arrangements around the needs of the service. 

The dietetic team is small and friendly team of 28 staff including Dietitians, Assistant Dietetic Practitioners, a Nutrition Support Nurse and an Administrative Assistant. 

We will consider applicants who wish to work full or part time.

Applicants who applied for this role previously should not apply again.

Main duties of the job

For further details relating to the Job Description please see the attached Job Description Document which explains the role in more detail.

Working for our organisation

A successful Foundation Trust, Chesterfield Royal has over 5,000 dedicated colleagues serving a community of over 400,000 people in North Derbyshire.  In a workplace in which you can proudly be yourself, we won't just focus on your application - who you are, your talent and the potential you'll bring is equally important and we will support you to be the best you can be.

We are a values-led organisation and have embedded our Proud to Care Values: leading with care, openness, integrity and an inclusive culture, at the heart of everything we do, ensuring we provide patients with the best possible care and making our Trust a great place for our people to work. Our ambition is to provide consistently exceptional care for our patients and to achieve an “Outstanding” rating with the CQC and we developed our Royal Academy of Improvement, to ensure everyone can find the help and support they need to drive improvements.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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