Employer: Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Sir Robert Peel Hospital
Town: Tamworth
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/11/2024 23:59
Community Paediatric Dietitian NHS AfC: Band 6 Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Dietitian who would like to develop their skills in paediatric dietetics. You will be working alongside and supported by our Band 7 Paediatric Dietitians to deliver the dietetic service to our paediatric patients in a variety of settings including community clinics, special schools, child development centres, and patients' own homes.
Your caseload will be varied and include allergy, faltering growth, ARFID, autism, nutrition support, and enteral feeding. You will regularly be required to travel and must therefore have the ability to attend sites across a defined geographical area to meet the needs of the service.
In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to plan and deliver training to other professionals from a variety of backgrounds e.g. health, education, and social services.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience and contribute to the delivery and development of a comprehensive community paediatric dietetic service in Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide a comprehensive and quality dietetic service for all infants and children across the paediatric range (0-19 years) within South Staffordshire and East Staffordshire area for Home Enteral Feeding, in accordance with the Service Specification.
We are happy to offer a welcome bonus whereby the Trust will make a payment of your Professional Registration Fees for the first year of employment. Main duties of the job Please see attached job description for further details regarding the main duties for this role.
Working for our organisation By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return for this, we will support you by:
Supporting your career development and progression Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave Options for flexible working Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k Free car parking at all trust sites Free flu vaccinations every year Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification Qualifications BSc Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics approved by the British Dietetic Association Health and Care Professions Council Registration as Dietitian Member of the British Dietetic Association Member of specialist interest groups e.g. Paediatric group, etc. Knowledge Knowledge of health and social care legislation and guidelines e.g. Department of Health documents, National clinical guidelines and application to Dietetic practice Competency in provision of Dietetics in line with current best practice. Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS Knowledge of the dietary requirements of children to promote healthy growth and development. A knowledge of working with children (and their families) with specific dietary needs including failure to thrive, complex feeding difficulties, allergies, enteral feeding ARFID, and autism. Work Experience Relevant experience of general post-registration clinical dietetics in the NHS. Demonstrate ability to contribute to the development of information e.g., leaflets, audit, or other evaluation of own dietetic work Experience of providing training and education for others (patients/carers, health professionals, and other community health workers from various organisations external to health). Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and coordinating care. Awareness of different safeguarding (adult/children) issues. Dietetic management of paediatric patients. Experience of working in Primary Care/Community settings. Skills Demonstrate highly developed written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to adapt this appropriately for the target audience (e.g. patients, health professionals, Trust management teams, etc.). Demonstrate presentation skills and the ability to work effectively with individuals and groups. Demonstrate highly developed skills such as cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing, and dietetic counselling to initiate change/overcome barriers to change Excellent interpersonal skills. Demonstrate the ability to organise and manage a clinical caseload. Demonstrate the ability to plan and organise the receipt of patients in to the community who require home enteral feeding coordinating patient care with relevant healthcare professionals, other agencies, etc. Initiating multi-disciplinary team meetings when appropriate. Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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