Job summary
Would you like an opportunity to advance your dietetic career as a clinical lead working across both paediatrics and adults service working in the community?
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic dietitian to join our friendly team of innovative community paediatric and adult dietitians.
The clinical element of this role will involve work clinically in the community paediatric dietetic service offering expert advice and support for children with food allergy, faltering growth, feeding difficulties and obesity including children with autistic spectrum disorder. It will involve seeing children and their families in community clinics and offering video, telephone and email support to patients, GPs and other community health professionals, including collaboration with the public health nutritionist in the 0-19 Childrens community nursing team.
This permanent Band 7 post plays an integral role within the overall Community Dietetic teams both children and adults, supporting delivery of training to students and Band 5 and 6 dietitians and other health care professionals such as the 0 -19 service, alongside service development, sourcing and developing relevant resources, guidelines and input into strategic pathway development.
The role is suitable for those looking to progress their career and gain experience in community dietetics at a senior level.
Interviews are expected to take place on 17th April 2024.
Main duties of the job
The role requires you to have good knowledge and practical experience in nutrition and dietetics. You will need to have some knowledge of working with children and families and ideally experience of working in the community, this it is not essential.
You will need to demonstrate strong leadership skills to support and drive the team of Adult and Paediatric Dietitians. Working closely with the Clinical Service Manager to develop the existing community service to ensure delivery of safe, efficient and effective services.
You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, a flexible approach, and the ability to manage your own workload under pressure.
We are looking for a professional, confident, enthusiastic, team player who is passionate about their speciality and able to motivate the team to strive for high standards.
We support and encourage team members to take the initiative and work together to support continuous service improvement.
About us
We are a provider of NHS
Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing
of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to
achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence.
Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health
& wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust
and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together
with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate
care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the
future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples
lives.
CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive
workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled,
LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are
currently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive
about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a
different format please contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is
committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To lead a small team of community paediatric and adult dietitians providing a clinical dietetic service within Nottingham City.
- To undertake the role of lead dietitian for the community adult and paediatric teams who provide the dietetic management of adults and 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 lead on strategic projects involving development of clinical dietetic services.
- To undertake paediatric clinics delivering a clinically effective, community paediatric service to 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 19years.
- To support the adult team to maintain, develop and provide education and training on Long Term Conditions and related co morbidities to health care professionals, other relevant professions, students, patients, and the public.
Dimensions
- To lead the paediatric and adult dietetic teams, mentoring clinical staff & 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
Clinical
- Interpreting complex information provided from paediatric referrals, interviewing families in clinics, by telephone, video link, 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 support the adult team, interpreting and prioritising relevant referrals from a variety of health and social service professionals for patients requiring LTC management and ONS
- 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 lead on the 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.
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 and carry out appraisals.
- Provide clinical supervision and mentoring of dietetic staff and students in collaboration with other Community Dietitian Leads/Dietetic Service Manager
- Be responsible for managing own professional development and participate in the appraisal process in order to deliver evidence based best practice.
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 Commissioning teams
- 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.
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.
Management
- Lead in the recruitment and selection of clinical staff within the department.
- Lead with the induction, supervision, and individual performance management of clinical and non-clinical staff within the department. Undertaking appraisals, 121s, sickness and authorise expenses for clinical staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To lead a small team of community paediatric and adult dietitians providing a clinical dietetic service within Nottingham City.
- To undertake the role of lead dietitian for the community adult and paediatric teams who provide the dietetic management of adults and 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 lead on strategic projects involving development of clinical dietetic services.
- To undertake paediatric clinics delivering a clinically effective, community paediatric service to 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 19years.
- To support the adult team to maintain, develop and provide education and training on Long Term Conditions and related co morbidities to health care professionals, other relevant professions, students, patients, and the public.
Dimensions
- To lead the paediatric and adult dietetic teams, mentoring clinical staff & 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
Clinical
- Interpreting complex information provided from paediatric referrals, interviewing families in clinics, by telephone, video link, 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 support the adult team, interpreting and prioritising relevant referrals from a variety of health and social service professionals for patients requiring LTC management and ONS
- 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 lead on the 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.
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 and carry out appraisals.
- Provide clinical supervision and mentoring of dietetic staff and students in collaboration with other Community Dietitian Leads/Dietetic Service Manager
- Be responsible for managing own professional development and participate in the appraisal process in order to deliver evidence based best practice.
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 Commissioning teams
- 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.
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.
Management
- Lead in the recruitment and selection of clinical staff within the department.
- Lead with the induction, supervision, and individual performance management of clinical and non-clinical staff within the department. Undertaking appraisals, 121s, sickness and authorise expenses for clinical staff.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training.
- Awareness of communication needs of people from differing cultures and those with differing physical and learning abilities
Desirable
- Experience of using behavioural change and counselling techniques to promote lifestyle changes with individuals and/or groups
- Experience of using Systmone for record keeping purposes
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent).
- Registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
- BDA Paediatric Dietetics Course, Module 1 and 2
Experience
Essential
- Broad variety of post registration work experience as a registered dietitian.
- Previous clinical experience working with children requiring a variety of therapeutic diets.
- Previous leadership experience leading on initiatives or service development.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care/ community settings
- Experience of working in the fields of food allergy and feeding difficulties
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training.
- Awareness of communication needs of people from differing cultures and those with differing physical and learning abilities
Desirable
- Experience of using behavioural change and counselling techniques to promote lifestyle changes with individuals and/or groups
- Experience of using Systmone for record keeping purposes
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent).
- Registered dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
- BDA Paediatric Dietetics Course, Module 1 and 2
Experience
Essential
- Broad variety of post registration work experience as a registered dietitian.
- Previous clinical experience working with children requiring a variety of therapeutic diets.
- Previous leadership experience leading on initiatives or service development.
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care/ community settings
- Experience of working in the fields of food allergy and feeding difficulties
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
