Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

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Job summary

Are you a band 5 dietitian with some diabetes experiences or an established band 6 dietitian looking for a change? If you have not worked in diabetes previously but have some experience in diabetes, paediatrics and behaviour change skills this knowledge and skills will be transferable to this post and we can support your learning needs.

This post is to deliver the dietetic inpatient and outpatients service at Kettering General Hospital to children with diabetes. As well as a sound knowledge of diabetes and new technological treatments available you will need to have behaviour change skills and be able to motivate patients to make dietary change. You will be a key member of the paediatric diabetes MDT and will work closely with children and their families both in 1:1 consultations and delivering group education sessions face to face and virtually.

Main duties of the job

We are keen to provide development opportunities for our staff to progress your dietetic career journey and as a trust we proactively promote your wellbeing.

Consider working in Northamptonshire for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, who have received an outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission. We are a diverse service and have an enthusiastic dietetic team which covers the whole of the county to deliver acute and primary care services.

If you are interested in a full time post we also have a 0.4wte band 7 adult diabetes dietitian advertised and you may want to consider this post too

We are very accessible by rail and road so take a look at what we can offer. Interested? Please contact Alison.Scott@nhft.nhs.uk phone 07732 405715 or Clare.Morris-McCarthy@nhft.nhs.uk phone 07851 382741 for more information on this post.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

02 March 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£32,306 to £39,027 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TC1120-ACS

Job locations

Kettering General Hospital

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

HCPC registration

Essential

1 years experience minimum

HCPC registration

Essential

1 years experience minimum

Desirable

Experience in paediatrics or diabetes

communication

Essential

demonstrates ability to communicate/engage with children

Person Specification

HCPC registration

Essential

1 years experience minimum

HCPC registration

Essential

1 years experience minimum

Desirable

Experience in paediatrics or diabetes

communication

Essential

demonstrates ability to communicate/engage with children

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.