Highly Specialist Dietitian - General/Respiratory Paediatrics
Job overview
We are looking for a 0.8 WTE Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to work as a clinical lead within general paediatrics and cystic fibrosis (CF). You should be an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication and team-working skills.
You will be required to have experience of working within paediatrics. The paediatric CF centre at NUH cares for children and young people in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, seeing patients at the QMC and other hospitals across the East Midlands through a system of shared care.The successful candidate will have a caseload which will cover children’s wards, outpatient CF clinics at QMC and regional CF clinics. You will also help to guide and develop our general paediatric team, and will be responsible for planning and contributing to the delivery and improvement of the general paediatric dietetic service.
You will help to provide expert dietetic advice, managing complex paediatric cases within a varied inpatient caseload, which can include children with allergies, faltering growth and children who need nutrition support.
You will be a core and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, comprised of consultants, other allied health professionals, specialist nurses and social workers, delivering high quality evidence-based care.
You will be responsible for the supervision, training, and support of students and more junior members of the team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for a busy complex caseload. You will be required to work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, to provide specialist care to infants and children in collaboration with their families/carer and the wider MDT.
As a visible leader, you will be a role model for the Dietetic team ensuring high standards of quality care for patients and their families.
This post is ideal for a dietitian wishing to develop their clinical, leadership and service development skills. You will take part in education events, student and staff training and lead dietetic service developments, in collaboration with other members of the MDT.
Working for our organisation
The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.
The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence-based care and innovative ways of working. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.
We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.
With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team.
Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- HCPC registration
- Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
- Evidence of post registration education in specialist clinical area
Experience
Essential criteria- Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
- Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
Analytical and judgement skill
Essential criteria- Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
- Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
Communication
Essential criteria- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
- Able to present clinical information to health professions at National Conference level or equivalent
Planning & organisational skil
Essential criteria- Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
Other
Essential criteria- Able to travel to required areas within NUH including cross campus and occasionally beyond the Trust when requested. (
- Will be required to work occasional weekend days as per bank holiday rota
___________________________________________________________________________________
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications
If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
- Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
- Start an Apprenticeship
- Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment.The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
- For more information about our organisation and the career opportunities available, please visit our website and/or follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook