Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Neonate Dietitian

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 paediatric dietitian with an interest in neonates to be part of our paediatric team at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. The successful post holder will work with the Band 7 Neonatal Dietitian, the neonatal AHPs and wider MDT contributing clinical expertise to the management of neonates who have complex needs and specialist nutritional requirements. We are looking for a dynamic and flexible dietitian who will be supporting the service delivery on the neonatal unit.

We welcome enquiries from potential candidates who would like to discuss the above post and /or link as a dual role with additional hours in paediatrics.

Main duties of the job

To manage a dietetic caseload of neonatal inpatients.
To provide specialist dietetic expertise to the neonatal MDT with support from the Lead Neoantal Dietitian.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

16 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-23-0444-2

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as an experienced autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
To plan and deliver a high quality service to babies and their families/carers.
To participate in student training, supervision and assessment.
To contribute to the therapy clinical governance agenda to improve the quality of the paediatric/neonatal service.
To assist with the day- to- day planning co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of the neonatal dietetic service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as an experienced autonomous practitioner to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
To plan and deliver a high quality service to babies and their families/carers.
To participate in student training, supervision and assessment.
To contribute to the therapy clinical governance agenda to improve the quality of the paediatric/neonatal service.
To assist with the day- to- day planning co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of the neonatal dietetic service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Dietetic degree Registered Dietitian with the HCPC BDA Paediatric Dietetic Post Registration Module 2 Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

Post registration clinical dietetic experience in paeditratics Experience of multi-disciplinsary team work Experience of supervising students Experience of teaching groups of patients and healthcare staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Dietetic degree Registered Dietitian with the HCPC BDA Paediatric Dietetic Post Registration Module 2 Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

Post registration clinical dietetic experience in paeditratics Experience of multi-disciplinsary team work Experience of supervising students Experience of teaching groups of patients and healthcare staff

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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)