Community Paediatric Lead Dietitian
NHS Jobs Nottingham
Job Purpose To lead a small team of community paediatric dietitians providing a clinical dietetic service within Nottingham City. To undertake the role of lead dietitian for the community paediatric team who provide the dietetic management of children within Nottingham City, supporting the team to provide expertise to service users, including parents and carers and other healthcare professionals in relation to nutrition and dietetics.
To act as a source of expertise supporting clinical supervision and continuing professional development within the specialist teams. To support the Clinical lead Dietitian on strategic projects involving development of clinical dietetic services.
To undertake paediatric clinics, to provide clinical advice and support to community paediatric services, primary care health teams, community child health and other stakeholders across Nottingham City. To develop, deliver and evaluate training programmes for healthcare professionals and students on clinical nutrition for infants, children, and young people up to the age of 19 years.
Dimensions To support the clinical lead with mentoring clinical staff and working within the service as appropriate. To be an expert source of nutritional advice in paediatrics for patients, families, nursing and other health professionals. Support appropriate patients registered with Nottingham City GP Practices, as defined by inclusion criteria for the service.
To offer a specialist resource to health care professionals working in Nottingham City. Key Responsibilities 1. Clinical Interpreting complex information provided from paediatric referrals, interviewing families in clinics, by telephone, video link or face to face clinics in Health Centres across the city, this will include domiciliary settings where appropriate.
To undertaking dietetic assessments-diagnosis to inform cost effective individualised treatment and follow up plans. Conducting, overseeing, and advising on triage of newly referred paediatric patients. Providing and receiving highly complex and potentially sensitive information from families and children from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
Advising on the diagnosis and medical management of nutritionally related conditions in infants particularly food allergy, gastro-oesophageal reflux in liaison with medical staff. To develop individual patients centered care plans based on nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition, growth parameters, medication, diet history, family, and social history.
To actively support the clinical lead dietitian on education and clinical updating of all health professionals including dietetic students. Communicating therapeutic dietary advice and treatment recommendations to a variety of health and social service professionals and making referrals to these professionals as appropriate.
Attending Multi-Disciplinary team case conferences as required. Maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records. Managing own clinical caseload. Undertaking data collection e.g. the use of SystmOne and other packages to collect patient data statistics and undertake audit.
Be competent in the use of Information Technology and its application to Dietetics; using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint effectively, as well as Clinical System Programmes for the accurate review, updates, and documentation of patient care plans.
Regularly undertakes performance management data collection and interpretation of the data in accordance with relevant service outcome measures and key performance indicators. 2. Education and Training Demonstrate knowledge of national guidelines and strategic direction concerning nutritional and dietetic support.
Empowering front line professionals to provide first line dietary advice to their patients on paediatric-related issues. Keep up to date with current nutritional knowledge and dietetic practice and take a lead role in updating colleagues as appropriate.
Developing, organising, and delivering evidence-based training, incorporating the provision of relevant educational materials and evaluation. Support the ongoing professional development of the Dietitians. Provide clinical supervision and mentoring of dietetic staff and students in collaboration with Clinical Lead Dietitian /Dietetic Service Manager.
Be responsible for managing own professional development and participate in the appraisal process in order to deliver evidence based best practice. 3. Professional Advice and Liaison Actively participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work and liaise with all key stakeholders as appropriate e.g., GPs, Non-medical prescribers, Medicines Management and 0-19 services.
Undertakes clinical audit and communicates changes to practice, strategic direction and new research-based evidence to colleagues and other healthcare staff. Effectively engage with individuals and groups to help them understand, accept, and implement dietary changes.
Through the use of negotiation and motivational skills, support the community and health professionals to identify and overcome barriers to change behaviour patterns in regard to diet and nutrition. 4. Competence to Practice Meet the requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council and maintain professional registration.
Work within the Health and Care Professions Council, British Dietetic Association, and local codes of conduct. Initiate and or contribute to professional or nutrition-related research, evaluation, and audit. Commit to continuing professional development, including the undertaking of mandatory and essential training and collection of evidence of competency to practice.
Participate in individual performance reviews. Complete risk management assessments as required. Comply with policies, procedures, and statutory regulations. 5. Management To support the Clinical Lead in the recruitment and selection of clinical staff within the department.
To act as a source of expertise supporting clinical supervision and continuing professional development within the specialist teams. To support the Clinical lead Dietitian on strategic projects involving development of clinical dietetic services.
To undertake paediatric clinics, to provide clinical advice and support to community paediatric services, primary care health teams, community child health and other stakeholders across Nottingham City. To develop, deliver and evaluate training programmes for healthcare professionals and students on clinical nutrition for infants, children, and young people up to the age of 19 years.
Dimensions To support the clinical lead with mentoring clinical staff and working within the service as appropriate. To be an expert source of nutritional advice in paediatrics for patients, families, nursing and other health professionals. Support appropriate patients registered with Nottingham City GP Practices, as defined by inclusion criteria for the service.
To offer a specialist resource to health care professionals working in Nottingham City. Key Responsibilities 1. Clinical Interpreting complex information provided from paediatric referrals, interviewing families in clinics, by telephone, video link or face to face clinics in Health Centres across the city, this will include domiciliary settings where appropriate.
To undertaking dietetic assessments-diagnosis to inform cost effective individualised treatment and follow up plans. Conducting, overseeing, and advising on triage of newly referred paediatric patients. Providing and receiving highly complex and potentially sensitive information from families and children from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
Advising on the diagnosis and medical management of nutritionally related conditions in infants particularly food allergy, gastro-oesophageal reflux in liaison with medical staff. To develop individual patients centered care plans based on nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition, growth parameters, medication, diet history, family, and social history.
To actively support the clinical lead dietitian on education and clinical updating of all health professionals including dietetic students. Communicating therapeutic dietary advice and treatment recommendations to a variety of health and social service professionals and making referrals to these professionals as appropriate.
Attending Multi-Disciplinary team case conferences as required. Maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records. Managing own clinical caseload. Undertaking data collection e.g. the use of SystmOne and other packages to collect patient data statistics and undertake audit.
Be competent in the use of Information Technology and its application to Dietetics; using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint effectively, as well as Clinical System Programmes for the accurate review, updates, and documentation of patient care plans.
Regularly undertakes performance management data collection and interpretation of the data in accordance with relevant service outcome measures and key performance indicators. 2. Education and Training Demonstrate knowledge of national guidelines and strategic direction concerning nutritional and dietetic support.
Empowering front line professionals to provide first line dietary advice to their patients on paediatric-related issues. Keep up to date with current nutritional knowledge and dietetic practice and take a lead role in updating colleagues as appropriate.
Developing, organising, and delivering evidence-based training, incorporating the provision of relevant educational materials and evaluation. Support the ongoing professional development of the Dietitians. Provide clinical supervision and mentoring of dietetic staff and students in collaboration with Clinical Lead Dietitian /Dietetic Service Manager.
Be responsible for managing own professional development and participate in the appraisal process in order to deliver evidence based best practice. 3. Professional Advice and Liaison Actively participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work and liaise with all key stakeholders as appropriate e.g., GPs, Non-medical prescribers, Medicines Management and 0-19 services.
Undertakes clinical audit and communicates changes to practice, strategic direction and new research-based evidence to colleagues and other healthcare staff. Effectively engage with individuals and groups to help them understand, accept, and implement dietary changes.
Through the use of negotiation and motivational skills, support the community and health professionals to identify and overcome barriers to change behaviour patterns in regard to diet and nutrition. 4. Competence to Practice Meet the requirements of the Health and Care Professions Council and maintain professional registration.
Work within the Health and Care Professions Council, British Dietetic Association, and local codes of conduct. Initiate and or contribute to professional or nutrition-related research, evaluation, and audit. Commit to continuing professional development, including the undertaking of mandatory and essential training and collection of evidence of competency to practice.
Participate in individual performance reviews. Complete risk management assessments as required. Comply with policies, procedures, and statutory regulations. 5. Management To support the Clinical Lead in the recruitment and selection of clinical staff within the department.
To support the Clinical Lead with the induction, supervision, and individual performance management of clinical and non-clinical staff within the department including 1-2-1s and PRDs.
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