Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 205-6211912
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke On Trent
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Dietitian Development role
Band 5
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen due to internal promotion for a dietitian to join the paediatric dietetics team in a Band 5 development post.
You will be working with children, babies and their families and carers who rely on Home Enteral tube feeding.
You will have an interest in Paediatric dietetics and we will support you through our development programme, which when successfully completed you will be a Band 6 dietitian
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for providing dietetic care in the management of children with a variety of conditions who require tube feeding at home to provide specialised skills, knowledge and advice in this area.
You will support the service lead and dietetic HEF team in the development, organisation and delivery of care within this area.
You will support the paediatric team lead in delivery of the children’s services at UHNM.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Support the the provision of a comprehensive and high quality paediatric dietetic service for both inpatients (where appropriate) and outpatients, working to agreed standards, policies and procedures.
- To provide support to the development, implementation and audit of dietetic protocols and pathways for infants and children with specialties.
- Providing specialist advice for dietitians locally .
- To implement policies, evidence based protocols and guidelines on behalf of UHNM. To participate in service development including pathways of care and clinical policies to optimise service provision.
- To provide dietetic input to the Multidisciplinary team and provide a safe, evidence based and cost effective nutrition service to paediatric patients within the Trust
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered dietitian (with relevant BSc, postgraduate diploma or masters)
- Health Care Professions Council registration
Desirable criteria
- BDA Paediatric modules or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate relevant experience in dietetics within the NHS.
- • Demonstrates evidence of MDT working
- • Demonstrate good IT skills including competence in use of specialist dietary analysis software
- • Demonstrate an ability to use own initiative within scope of practice
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in paediatric dietetics including home enteral feeding.
- • Demonstrate relevant experience of developing and delivering services related to dietetics
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Willingness to support pre-registration practice training for student dietitians
- • Demonstrate an ability to work within and contribute to a team
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paige Carroll
- Job title
- Paediatric Home Enteral feeding Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782676030
- Additional information
Stephanie France, Paediatric Dietitians Team Lead
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