Job summary
Do you want to join an innovative and progressive dietetic department and expand your paediatric and supervisory skills in a community setting? We have this exciting opportunity for you to work in Ealing employed by CNWL working under the umbrella of Ealing Community Partners.
You will work closely with the Child Development Team, paediatricians, community paediatric nurses, school staff, allied health professionals and other staff working under Ealing Services for Additional Needs (ESCAN) and other agencies within Ealing Borough.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting tube fed children in their own homes or in special schools and nurseries and running paediatric clinics, face to face, virtual telephone or video consultations, for conditions including faltering growth, allergies and obesity.
You will also support and train dietetic students and other health care staff and junior paediatric staff.
The Ealing community team include 2 other paediatric dietitians, specialist Nutrition Support Dietitians, Diabetes, Obesity andCardiovascular disease Dietitians as well as nutrition practitioners, an assistant and administrative staff.
You will be part of a wider peer supervision group of paediatric dietitians working across CNWL to support evidence based practice, innovation and patient centred care.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and extensive experience of working with children with additional needs including tube feeding.
Main duties of the job
To provide and develop the Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service for children in the Borough of Ealing.
To be responsible for providingdietetic clinics and domiciliary visits within agreed localities, within special schools and nurseries for the department's commissioned criteria.
Ealing have tube feeds and oral nutritional supplements off FP10 and you will therefore be responsible for the provision of tube feeds (without GP prescription) and equipment for Ealing patients
To act as a source of expertise to members of child Development Team and paediatric staff, Primary Health Care Teams, allied and other health professionals, local authority professionals, education, community groups and private industry
To develop and provide nutrition education and training to professionals within Ealing, student dietitians and community groups
To develop the specialist clinical service by contributing to quality improvement including carrying out audits and research.
To clinically supervise and develop the band 6 paediatric dietitian and nutrition assistant
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and responsibilities , please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and responsibilities , please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a dietitian
- Post registration BDA Paediatric Specialist Courses
- Degree in Dietetics
- MSc in Advanced Dietetic Practice including paediatrics or extensive clinical dietetic experience in Paediatrics
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical dietetic paediatric experience including enteral feeding in children
- Advanced knowledge of evidence based practice in paediatrics
- Extensive experience of training/teaching healthcare professionals & Students
- Experience of contributing to service development and quality improvement
- Knowledge and application of counselling skills/motivational interviewing/behavioural change
- Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Knowledge and application of safeguarding principles
- Experience of clinical audit, methods of evaluation and critical appraisal
Desirable
- Clinical supervision of junior staff
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Understanding of team dynamics, ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi-disciplinary/multi agency working
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Highly developed planning and organisational skills
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances e.g. terminal illness, aggressive clients, child abuse
- IT literate and competent (word, powerpoint, excel, internet, dietary analysis packages)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Self motivated and flexible and adaptable
- Leadership skills and the ability to develop others
- Excellent group work and presentation skills
- Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and deal with work pressures/demands
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration as a dietitian
- Post registration BDA Paediatric Specialist Courses
- Degree in Dietetics
- MSc in Advanced Dietetic Practice including paediatrics or extensive clinical dietetic experience in Paediatrics
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical dietetic paediatric experience including enteral feeding in children
- Advanced knowledge of evidence based practice in paediatrics
- Extensive experience of training/teaching healthcare professionals & Students
- Experience of contributing to service development and quality improvement
- Knowledge and application of counselling skills/motivational interviewing/behavioural change
- Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Knowledge and application of safeguarding principles
- Experience of clinical audit, methods of evaluation and critical appraisal
Desirable
- Clinical supervision of junior staff
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Understanding of team dynamics, ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multi-disciplinary/multi agency working
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Highly developed planning and organisational skills
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances e.g. terminal illness, aggressive clients, child abuse
- IT literate and competent (word, powerpoint, excel, internet, dietary analysis packages)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Self motivated and flexible and adaptable
- Leadership skills and the ability to develop others
- Excellent group work and presentation skills
- Ability to manage time effectively, meet deadlines and deal with work pressures/demands
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).
