Paediatric Dietitian

First Community Health and Care

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Job summary

First Dietitians are a friendly, approachable team of 20 dietitians, 2 dietetic assistants and 2 administrators delivering adult and paediatric services across East Surrey and parts of West Sussex in a range of community settings, including, face to face and virtual clinics, specialist schools, and patients own homes.

Our vision is to be a trailblazer for food and nutrition and we are committed to service development, through public involvement, quality improvement and innovative new service models. We encourage all members of the team to be involved in service development and support innovative ideas to improve the efficiency of our services and patients experience. This is a new post which has come out of a recent, detailed service and caseload review by the paediatric dietetic team.

The post holder will manage their own varied caseload providing dietetic services to patients in a variety of settings, including clinics, parent/carer groups, specialist schools and patients own homes. Some services are delivered virtually and we support hybrid working. You will play a key role in the nutritional management of patients with a variety of diagnoses and provide education and support to children, their families and other health care professionals. We want a team player who cares about their patients to help us achieve our mission, changing lives through food.

Main duties of the job

As a community dietitian, you will be a key member of the MDT and uniquely placed to build relationships with children and their families, positively influencing their health and wellbeing through offering expert nutritional advice. Your clinical case load will comprise home enterally fed patients requiring nutrition support and patients with a variety of clinical needs including allergy, complex feeding difficulties, premature babies (after discharge), weight management and other specialist dietetic interventions.

We pride ourselves on the wide variety of skills and knowledge the team possesses, providing opportunities to shadow and partake in CPD with the wider team and with other paediatric dietetic teams. We recognise the importance of flexible working and would encourage candidates to discuss opportunities for this with us.

Candidates with previous experience in either the acute or community settings are encouraged to apply, as skills are transferrable. We would also encourage applicants interested in either full or part-time hours. Please do get in touch if you would like any further information.

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation that was rated best provider of NHS care to work for nationwide? (2023 staff survey results)

First Community is a staff owned social enterprise rated Good by CQC, which delivers NHS community services across east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. We are looking for individuals who share our values First-rate care, First-rate people, First-rate value.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS pension, flexible retirement options and various employee benefits.

Please talk to us before applying or at interview about the flexibility you need. We may not be able to meet your needs exactly, but we do promise to fully consider your request and meet your needs where possible. Please note, flexible working options may vary depending on the role.

At First Community we welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. We ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target.

Date posted

20 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9078-FC963

Job locations

Crawley & Horsham Nhs Trust

West Green Drive

Crawley

West Sussex

RH11 7DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for managing a paediatric caseload and contributing to the First Dietitians Team for First Community Health and Care. This includes:

Responsibility for providing clinics (face to face and virtual) and domiciliary visits within First Dietitians localities where you will assess nutritional problems and manage and treat children with medical conditions requiring nutritional management.

To manage a caseload of home enterally fed and complex community paediatric patients.

To undertake child protection cases as required - attend team around the family, core groups & case conferences and ensure nutritional needs are highlighted and actioned with the support of the childrens safeguarding team and senior colleagues.

To work autonomously as a dietitian but also to be part of the wider paediatric MDT to provide holistic, appropriate patient care, even if they are part of a different organisation.

To liaise with other dietitians and HCPs from the local acute trust and tertiary care centres, possibly providing shared care for patients.

To act as source of expertise to members of Secondary/Primary Health Care Paediatric Teams, other health professionals, local authority professionals and community groups.

To develop and provide nutrition education and training to professionals within our locality, student dietitians and possibly community groups.

To support the development of paediatric skills within the department.

When completing your application please refer to both the Application Guide and full Job Description - these can be found under supporting documents.