Main area: Dietitian Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent (Fixed term maternity cover roles are also available)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Other
37.5 hours per week (1x37.5hrs perm, 1x 37.5hrs fixed term 12months, 1x22.5hrs fixed term 12months)
Job ref: 387-WC-7198-NG
Site: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Town: Bristol
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/01/2025
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Band 6 (fixed term 12 month maternity cover)
37.5hr (1.0WTE) and 22.5hr (0.6WTE) posts available
Are you looking for more experience as a Paediatric Dietitian and want to join a dynamic, forward-thinking team? We have three exciting opportunities for you. We are a large and friendly department of dietitians, dietetic support workers, special feed unit staff, and administration staff. You will gain broad experience in Paediatric Dietetics, dealing with a wide variety of specialities.
Fast track band 5-6 will be considered dependent upon experience.
Main duties of the job
The permanent band 6 role will be within our band 6 rotations, which includes BMT and oncology, general medicine, renal, cardiology, surgery, burns, PICU, neonatology, neurology, obesity, diabetes, and community. The successful candidate will work within one of these specialities for the 12-month period. There may be opportunities for experience within other teams, if desired. Our other teams’ specialities include gastroenterology, cystic fibrosis, inherited metabolic diseases, ketogenic diets, and Barth’s syndrome. We also have a rapidly growing outpatient service which includes feeding problems, faltering growth, allergy, and complex needs.
The fixed-term posts will be based in our neurosciences team encompassing both paediatric ketogenic dietetics and the delivery of the inpatient neurosciences service including major trauma, and will be fully supported by the ketogenic team.
The department is committed to the continuum of professional development throughout your career with us; we take A, B, and C students, have a developing apprenticeship programme at both level 6 and level 7, alongside various professional development opportunities.
You ideally should have at least one year’s paediatric experience or a good grounding in Dietetics along with a passion to learn about paediatrics within a tertiary unit. Additionally, you should be a good communicator and team worker who can learn and self-direct your learning quickly. You should be computer literate.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston, and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Paediatric Dietitian provides a comprehensive hospital service which includes relevant education and training to all healthcare professionals, carers, and other workers involved in the care of the referred child. The Paediatric Dietitian will be supported, supervised, and mentored by a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to help contribute to all relevant activities involved e.g., clinics, ward rounds, meetings, and audit.
The Paediatric Dietitian will be committed to a self-directed learning programme initiated by the Specialist Paediatric Dietitian which is current, relevant, and accessible.
The Paediatric Dietitian undertakes any other reasonable duties, which may be identified in consultation with the Specialist Paediatric Dietitian and the Head of Paediatric Dietetics.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Good grounding in previous post as a qualified Dietitian
* Working as part of a multi-professional team
* Student training experience
* Working with supervision
* Experience working with enteral feeding (Ketogenic & Neurosciences Dietitian)
Skills and Abilities
* Good communication skills at all levels
* Good organisational skills
* Time Management
* Teaching / Presentation skills
* Computer skills and use of dietary analysis programs
* Clinical reasoning
* Behaviour & motivational interviewing skills
Qualifications and Training
* HCPC registration
* Degree / Postgraduate qualification in nutrition & / or dietetics
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* BDA membership
* Postgraduate diploma / MSc or evidence of advanced dietetic practice
* Module 1 and 2 Paediatric course or equivalent experience
* Clinical Supervisory Skills Course (Basic)
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
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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.
Name: Rowan Clemente
Job title: Apprentice ACP Dietitian
Email address: rowan.clemente@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01173421185
Additional information:
Phillipa Thomas - Specialist Paediatric Dietitian
Email: Phillipa.thomas@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0117 3428115
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