Job summary
Advanced Specialist Community Paediatric DietitianBand 7 or Band 6 Preceptorship PostThe Community Paediatric Dietetic Department at Alder Hey Children's Hospital is excited to invite applications for a newly created Band 7 Community Paediatric Dietitian post. This role may be offered as a B6 post and once you have completed a competency based training programme you will progress to a permanent B7 post. This role will support children and families across the Liverpool & Sefton areas with complex health needs.We have two office bases, one in Liverpool and one in Sefton area.As a key member of this busy community team, you will work alongside other B7's, B6's and dietetic assistants. You'll have the opportunity to provide a clinical leadership role within the team, whilst applying your dietetic expertise across a wide range of conditions in a community setting. These include:o Faltering growtho Food allergieso Feeding difficultieso Nutrition supporto Gastrointestinal conditionso Tube feeding and complex needso Group education sessionsYou'll deliver care primarily through out-patient clinics, alongside home or school visits/clinics as needed.This role offers strong professional support, including regular clinical supervision. You'll also have the chance to supervise junior team members and student dietitians, contributing to the development of future professionals. The team has wider support from our Preceptorship and Learning and Development teams.
Main duties of the job
- To use an advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience to provide highly specialist evidence based clinical dietetic service within community services within the Trust. This includes assessment, treatment and monitoring of patients and the provision of nutrition support and the giving of appropriate dietetic advice.
- To communicate effectively within the multi-disciplinary care teams within the community settings both at an individual patient level and regarding wider aspects of dietetic and nutritional care.
- To continuously review the evidence base for nutrition and dietetic interventions in children and young people within the community service.
About us
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Accept clinical responsibility for the dietetic management of children and young people with a broad range of complex clinical conditions. Organising workload effectively and efficiently according to clinical priorities.
- Undertake comprehensive assessment of clinical and nutritional status including anthropometrics, biochemistry, clinical condition and nutritional requirements.
- Analyse and interpret the results of the nutritional, biochemical and clinical assessment to help formulate both a diagnosis and a treatment plan taking into account clinical, social and cultural factors.
- Plan and implement dietetic intervention based on the results of the nutritional assessment to achieve the expected clinical outcome.
- Comprehensively assess patients requiring nutrition support including parenteral nutrition and be able to manage all the dietetic aspects of these interventions.
- Provide suitable written and verbal information to families, carers and other professionals to ensure the provision of correct dietary treatment for patients.
- Continuously evaluate the young persons clinical parameters and outcomes and modify the dietetic treatment plan as necessary to achieve expected long term dietetic and clinical outcome.
- Advise medical staff on the prescribing of appropriate medications and nutritional supplements to support treatment e.g. vitamins, minerals, protein and energy substitutes.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to children and their families in a way which is understandable to them and which may include unwelcome or difficult to accept information.
- Engage and negotiate with children and their families to enable and motivate them to agree and achieve the required dietetic intervention in a supportive and empathetic framework.
- Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings appropriate to the needs of the community work and ensure that the dietetic aspects of care are communicated effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure safe and timely follow up of patients following discharge from hospital including liaison with GPs, community nursing teams and other key agencies.
- Undertake community, school and home visits when necessary to support the dietetic treatment of the child.
- Continuously monitor and review the dietetic management and other associated medical treatments against outcome measures adjusting treatment and goals as appropriate to the clinical situation.
- Develop and maintain a range of educational resources to support dietetic advice which have a clear evidence base and which are understandable by children, young people and their families.
- Liaise with medical teams when clinically appropriate to arrange admissions when clinically necessary.
- Record accurately all dietetic intervention in line with the agreed record keeping standards of the HCPC and the department.
- Communicate orally, and in writing where appropriate, relevant patient information to all relevant health professionals and agencies.
- Develop evidence-based protocols and standards of care for dietetic care of children with specific conditions.
- Evaluate regional, national and international standards of care to ensure that dietetic care is delivered effectively to current accepted standards.
- Work with the dietetic assistants to ensure accurate and up-to-date nutritional product data is maintained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Accept clinical responsibility for the dietetic management of children and young people with a broad range of complex clinical conditions. Organising workload effectively and efficiently according to clinical priorities.
- Undertake comprehensive assessment of clinical and nutritional status including anthropometrics, biochemistry, clinical condition and nutritional requirements.
- Analyse and interpret the results of the nutritional, biochemical and clinical assessment to help formulate both a diagnosis and a treatment plan taking into account clinical, social and cultural factors.
- Plan and implement dietetic intervention based on the results of the nutritional assessment to achieve the expected clinical outcome.
- Comprehensively assess patients requiring nutrition support including parenteral nutrition and be able to manage all the dietetic aspects of these interventions.
- Provide suitable written and verbal information to families, carers and other professionals to ensure the provision of correct dietary treatment for patients.
- Continuously evaluate the young persons clinical parameters and outcomes and modify the dietetic treatment plan as necessary to achieve expected long term dietetic and clinical outcome.
- Advise medical staff on the prescribing of appropriate medications and nutritional supplements to support treatment e.g. vitamins, minerals, protein and energy substitutes.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to children and their families in a way which is understandable to them and which may include unwelcome or difficult to accept information.
- Engage and negotiate with children and their families to enable and motivate them to agree and achieve the required dietetic intervention in a supportive and empathetic framework.
- Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings appropriate to the needs of the community work and ensure that the dietetic aspects of care are communicated effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure safe and timely follow up of patients following discharge from hospital including liaison with GPs, community nursing teams and other key agencies.
- Undertake community, school and home visits when necessary to support the dietetic treatment of the child.
- Continuously monitor and review the dietetic management and other associated medical treatments against outcome measures adjusting treatment and goals as appropriate to the clinical situation.
- Develop and maintain a range of educational resources to support dietetic advice which have a clear evidence base and which are understandable by children, young people and their families.
- Liaise with medical teams when clinically appropriate to arrange admissions when clinically necessary.
- Record accurately all dietetic intervention in line with the agreed record keeping standards of the HCPC and the department.
- Communicate orally, and in writing where appropriate, relevant patient information to all relevant health professionals and agencies.
- Develop evidence-based protocols and standards of care for dietetic care of children with specific conditions.
- Evaluate regional, national and international standards of care to ensure that dietetic care is delivered effectively to current accepted standards.
- Work with the dietetic assistants to ensure accurate and up-to-date nutritional product data is maintained.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or post-graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics (2)
- oRegistered dietitian with HCPC (2)
- oDemonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics or in the defined sub specialty at Band 6 or above (2)
Desirable
- oDemonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics at Band 7 level (2)
- oAttainment of validated post-registration training in paediatric dietetics preferably at Masters level (2)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- oIn- depth level of knowledge of nutritional requirements and required dietetic interventions for children and young people including all aspects of enteral and parenteral nutrition support (2)
- oEvidence of experiential learning through continued professional development (2)
- oKnowledge of audit and research methodologies (2)
- oHighly developed oral and written communication skills in a breadth of clinical settings. (2)
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/motivational interviewing
- Skilled to deliver both formal and informal teaching to a range of health care professionals
- Ability to Identify and complete projects within agreed deadlines
- Ability to contribute to operational service delivery and the development of departmental structures and systems
- Car owner and driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or post-graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics (2)
- oRegistered dietitian with HCPC (2)
- oDemonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics or in the defined sub specialty at Band 6 or above (2)
Desirable
- oDemonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics at Band 7 level (2)
- oAttainment of validated post-registration training in paediatric dietetics preferably at Masters level (2)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- oIn- depth level of knowledge of nutritional requirements and required dietetic interventions for children and young people including all aspects of enteral and parenteral nutrition support (2)
- oEvidence of experiential learning through continued professional development (2)
- oKnowledge of audit and research methodologies (2)
- oHighly developed oral and written communication skills in a breadth of clinical settings. (2)
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/motivational interviewing
- Skilled to deliver both formal and informal teaching to a range of health care professionals
- Ability to Identify and complete projects within agreed deadlines
- Ability to contribute to operational service delivery and the development of departmental structures and systems
- Car owner and 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).
