Job summary
We have an opportunity for a band 7 Paediatric Dietitian to work in anexciting and challenging post. We are looking for anenthusiastic, self motivated, confident and flexible team player to fill this position.We are a small friendly team able to support flexible working. We would be interested in considering candidates with some paediatric experience who are interested in progressing to a band 7 role and could support them in this. The Whittington Hospital is centrally located, close to a tube station and within area for the London weighting.
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Main duties of the job
This post holder would become an integral member of the clinical paediatric team providing a clinical service to inpatients on the Children's ward, in our Paediatric Rapid Access Clinic (PRAC), the Neonatal Intensive Care NICU and Special Care Baby Unit SCBU. The post holder will also run outpatient clinics and attend joint appointments with consultant paediatricians in paediatric outpatient clinics. They will also run the feeding clinic alongside the Speech and language therapist. This will involve seeing infants and children with a wide variety of conditions including faltering growth, nutritional deficiencies, feeding difficulties, food allergy, gastrointestinal symptoms, prematurity and diabetes. The Paediatric Dietitian is also a key member of the Paediatric Oncology team. Experience in paediatric dietetics is therefore essential.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the nutrition and dietetics paediatrics team at the Whittington Hospital. The post provides highly specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals.
To be responsible for providing specialist nutritional care within paediatrics, including assessment, nutrition therapy and monitoring to patients and their carers.
To act as an expert resource for the management of paediatric patients and educate and train dietetic students and other health care professionals within the organisation.
To be actively involved in the trusts clinical governance programme by taking lead responsibility for ensuring continuing professional development, audit, research and service development activities within this specialist area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work within the nutrition and dietetics paediatrics team at the Whittington Hospital. The post provides highly specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals.
To be responsible for providing specialist nutritional care within paediatrics, including assessment, nutrition therapy and monitoring to patients and their carers.
To act as an expert resource for the management of paediatric patients and educate and train dietetic students and other health care professionals within the organisation.
To be actively involved in the trusts clinical governance programme by taking lead responsibility for ensuring continuing professional development, audit, research and service development activities within this specialist area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma Nutrition & Dietetics.
- Current HCPC registration.
Desirable
- Practice Educators courses e.g. facilitating learning etc.
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in paediatric dietetics e.g. MSc, or working towards MSc (accredited paediatric / neonatal / allergy modules).
- Attended Behavioural change / therapy management course.
- Member of BDA Paediatric Special Interest Group.
Other
Desirable
- Member of the BDA.
- Member of specialist groups e.g. BDA Paediatrics Specialist Group, Neonatal Dietitians Interest Group (NDIG).
Experience
Essential
- Wide experience in paediatric dietetics to including neonatal, oncology, and feeding specialist.
- Working with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Health promotion and nutrition facilitation.
- Experience of student training e.g. facilitating learning and under- taking assessments.
- Experience conducting education / training sessions to carers and patients, nurses and doctors, other health care professionals
- Experience of conducting audits/research.
- Evidence of CPD: To keep a professional portfolio of CPD activities undertaken to comply with HPC requirements.
- Involvement in staff appraisal schemes.
skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work independently.
- Demonstrate computer literacy.
- Organisational and time management.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise & demonstrate clinical reasoning based on experience & knowledge.
- Skills in the assessment and treatment of paediatric patients.
- Ability to liaise and communicate well with professionals and patients at all levels.
- Team worker.
- Ability to evaluate work and undertake research and audit projects.
- Flexible approach to service provision.
- Motivated, accepts a challenge and shows initiative.
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound clinical nutrition knowledge in paediatrics including neonatal, oncology and feeding difficulties.
- Knowledge of current research and guidance locally, nationally and internationally in paediatric dietetics.
- Knowledge of research appraisal and analysis and interpretation of statistics.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Knowledge of current NHS issues.
Other qualities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Flexible and adaptable in different situations.
- Enthusiastic, motivated and shows initiative and assertiveness.
- Able to work to promote the service.
- Able to manage work pressure and workload effectively.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant science subject plus post-graduate diploma Nutrition & Dietetics.
- Current HCPC registration.
Desirable
- Practice Educators courses e.g. facilitating learning etc.
- Evidence of further postgraduate study in paediatric dietetics e.g. MSc, or working towards MSc (accredited paediatric / neonatal / allergy modules).
- Attended Behavioural change / therapy management course.
- Member of BDA Paediatric Special Interest Group.
Other
Desirable
- Member of the BDA.
- Member of specialist groups e.g. BDA Paediatrics Specialist Group, Neonatal Dietitians Interest Group (NDIG).
Experience
Essential
- Wide experience in paediatric dietetics to including neonatal, oncology, and feeding specialist.
- Working with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Health promotion and nutrition facilitation.
- Experience of student training e.g. facilitating learning and under- taking assessments.
- Experience conducting education / training sessions to carers and patients, nurses and doctors, other health care professionals
- Experience of conducting audits/research.
- Evidence of CPD: To keep a professional portfolio of CPD activities undertaken to comply with HPC requirements.
- Involvement in staff appraisal schemes.
skills and abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work independently.
- Demonstrate computer literacy.
- Organisational and time management.
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to problem solve, prioritise & demonstrate clinical reasoning based on experience & knowledge.
- Skills in the assessment and treatment of paediatric patients.
- Ability to liaise and communicate well with professionals and patients at all levels.
- Team worker.
- Ability to evaluate work and undertake research and audit projects.
- Flexible approach to service provision.
- Motivated, accepts a challenge and shows initiative.
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound clinical nutrition knowledge in paediatrics including neonatal, oncology and feeding difficulties.
- Knowledge of current research and guidance locally, nationally and internationally in paediatric dietetics.
- Knowledge of research appraisal and analysis and interpretation of statistics.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Knowledge of current NHS issues.
Other qualities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Flexible and adaptable in different situations.
- Enthusiastic, motivated and shows initiative and assertiveness.
- Able to work to promote the service.
- Able to manage work pressure and workload effectively.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
