Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 323-AHP2624-ED
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Peters
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 per annum inc. HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join our paediatric dietetic team at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian.
This established post offers an exciting opportunity to lead and continue to develop a high-quality, evidence-based nutrition and dietetic service for children and young people across North West Surrey. The role will primarily focus on outpatient care but will also support paediatric inpatients, ensuring continuity of nutritional support throughout their healthcare journey. You will work closely with paediatric diabetes multidisciplinary team at Ashford and St Peter's and and wider paediatric team.
As the Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian, this role is responsible for developing and delivering a specialist, evidence-based paediatric diabetes dietetic service including care for patients on insulin pump therapy. The post holder provides the dietary component of structured education for newly diagnosed children and young people with type 1 diabetes, covering carbohydrate counting and exercise management. The role involves offering dietary advice for patients using insulin pumps, glucose monitors, and hybrid closed-loop systems.
For further information please contact:
Kirsty Barrett - Clinical Lead for Paediatric Dietetics - [email protected]
Main duties of the job
1. To contribute to the development of an effective and innovative dietetic service to children and young people with diabetes using a high level of knowledge, skill and experience.
2. To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised dietetic service to paediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes requiring nutritional intervention
3. To be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based dietetic service to a complex case load of children and young people with diabetes in a variety of settings.
4. To provide specialist input to the Diabetes Multi-disciplinary Team by contributing to the strategic development of the Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes service, to meet the requirements of the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and training of other health professionals.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specification for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications and Further Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in Dietetics (or equivalent qualification)
- Current registration with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant post registration training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters degree equivalent
- Membership of BDA + appropriate specialist group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post qualification experience and ability to work independently with complex patients in an adult acute NHS healthcare setting
- Extensive enteral nutrition experience
- Experience of working in an MDT team and contributing to team decisions and complex decision making
- Experience of line managing and mentoring junior colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of audit and service improvement
- Parenteral nutrition experience
- Experience of working alongside catering department
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of clinical dietetics and its practical application in an acute NHS Hospital
- Able to demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of national clinical and professional policies, guidelines and procedures, e.g. NICE;/BDA/HCPC Code of Conduct
- Specialist knowledge of nutritional support
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective time management and the ability to prioritise a busy caseload
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Able to deal with difficulties involving colleagues / clients
- Able to work flexibly across specialities as the need arises
- Demonstrates an understanding of different treatment approaches and the evidence base
Desirable criteria
- Motivation and counselling skills
- Ability to review and collect performance data, to analyse and develop services.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between sites
- Driving licence and access to car for work
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
- Kirsty Barrett
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07927578605
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