Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-AHP186-0524
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grange University Hospital
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian
Band 6
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to expand their knowledge and skills in paediatrics. This post will be a split post working in both home enteral feeding and with the acute paediatric team in the Grange University hospital.
The post holder will have already attained a sound knowledge and understanding of either general paediatric dietetics or other specialities within dietetics. Paediatric experience is desirable but not essential as training and supervision will be provided. CPD opportunities will be provided including shadowing other specialities and relevant BDA modules.
The Aneurin Bevan paediatric team is a dynamic, highly specialised team of dietitians and supported by dedicated paediatric support workers and admin support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the opportunity to work in a range of locations across Aneurin Bevan including the Grange University Hospital and Serennu Children’s centre. They will work with the acute team covering the children’s wards and neonatal unit as well as manage a case load of home enteral feeding patients. They will be responsible for a general paediatric dietetic outpatient clinic and will have the opportunity to deliver group education to families.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical duties will include:
- Assessments of children and young people admitted to the children's ward including patients with conditions such as faltering growth, enterally feeding, eating disorders, iron deficiency anaemia, neurodisability, multiple allergies, Inflammatory bowel disesase, cystic fibrosis and inherited metabolic conditions
- Delivering ward training sessions
- Assessments of growth and nutritional needs and modifications of feeding regimes to meet requirements
- Joint home visits/assessments with speech and language therapy colleagues and home enteral feeding nurses to children with complex needs
- Supporting families with the provision of blended diet in the home and school environment
- Liaising with schools and education to support a child’s nutritional needs in school
- Working alongside a wider MDT team to meet a child’s needs
- Provision of a regular general paediatric dietetic outpatient clinic
- Provision of a regular clinic for children with complex and specialist needs
- As required involvement in complex care and safeguarding issues- with support as required
The postholder needs to be enthusiastic and passionate about paediatric dietetics and demonstrate that they are keen to learn and are able to work independently when required but also recognise their scope of practice and need to seek further advice and supervision.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Dietetics degree or Post graduate diploma or masters in Dietetics
- HCPC registration as a dietitian
Desirable criteria
- Completion of masters level paediatric dietetic training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a strong interest in paediatric dietetics
- Passionate and enthusiastic about paediatric dietetics
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing paediatric patients
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Baker
- Job title
- Paediatric dietetic manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 234288
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