Job summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 dietitian or a Band 6 paediatric dietitian looking to expand your expertise in paediatrics? Are you passionate about making a positive impact on people's lives? We are seeking enthusiastic and innovative Dietitians who value teamwork and are dedicated to ensuring patients receive timely assessment and compassionate care. If you are eager to enhance your clinical and service development skills in the field of Dietetics for children and young people, we want you to join our team.
The Dietitians at Barnet, play a crucial role in supporting patients to optimise their abilities through therapeutic interventions and collaborative efforts. The dietetic team comprises of 4 Band 7 paediatric dietitians working in Neonates, allergy, diabetes and general paediatrics in and outpatient settings. We also work closely with the wider MDT.
The successful candidate will work across general inpatient and outpatient setting including an element of allergy and diabetes. You will also be supported to upskill to cover the neonatal ward when required.
We offer flexible working and some home working opportunities if the caseload allows.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
About us
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values
Education
Essential
- Recognised Dietetics Degree qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Evidence of portfolio of post graduate continued development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of paediatric allergy
- Experience of working with allergy (or another long term condition) and their families
- Experience of supervising junior staff and dietetic students
- Actively involved in teaching and challenging the multidisciplinary team
- Experience of delivering and evaluating group education to a range of client groups
- Awareness/experience of setting & maintaining clinical standards and clinical audit
- Evidence of presentation of own research/project work
- Evidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace
- Behavioural change/ motivational interviewing skills
- Evidence of managing continuous professional development whilst managing a busy caseload
- Advanced reasoning skills
- Evaluation and research skills
- Good level of organisational and time management skills despite an unpredictable working pattern
- Problem solving skills
- Competent IT skills including word processing, internet, email and dietary analysis
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times
- Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
Desirable
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
- Car Driver
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values
Education
Essential
- Recognised Dietetics Degree qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Evidence of portfolio of post graduate continued development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of paediatric allergy
- Experience of working with allergy (or another long term condition) and their families
- Experience of supervising junior staff and dietetic students
- Actively involved in teaching and challenging the multidisciplinary team
- Experience of delivering and evaluating group education to a range of client groups
- Awareness/experience of setting & maintaining clinical standards and clinical audit
- Evidence of presentation of own research/project work
- Evidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace
- Behavioural change/ motivational interviewing skills
- Evidence of managing continuous professional development whilst managing a busy caseload
- Advanced reasoning skills
- Evaluation and research skills
- Good level of organisational and time management skills despite an unpredictable working pattern
- Problem solving skills
- Competent IT skills including word processing, internet, email and dietary analysis
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times
- Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
Desirable
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
- Car Driver
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).
