You should have excellent interpersonal and time management skills, with an ability to be flexible and have a strong commitment to teamwork whilst also being confident about working independently in primary care. Ideally you will already have experience of working with primary care professionals. You will be joining our wider dietetic team based at MKUH of over 30 registered dietitians, dietetic support workers and admin staff covering acute, community, paediatric and learning disability services. You will be joining a forward-thinking department that is itself developing at a great rate; this opportunity could enhance your dietetic experience towards your new career. Medicines management: To develop, implement and monitor prescribing guidelines, protocols and care pathways for paediatric nutritional products in Milton Keynes. Clinical advice: To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for advice relating to the nutritional needs of patients in the community. Responsibility for resources: To evaluate patient information in line with current evidence and produce new patient information as required. Communication: Using high level skills based on extensive training to motivate, counsel and support patients, clients, staff and carers in behaviour change. This will require well-developed skills in negotiation, persuasion, tact and diplomacy and will include group work and one-to-one contacts. Responsibility for research: To collect data for audit and research purposes as required. Education and training responsibilities: To be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluation training for health care staff (GPs, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, non- medical prescribers) on the assessment of patients, cost effective prescribing of paediatric nutritional products and patient monitoring. Strategic and service responsibilities: To attend, be active and interactive in Medicines Management departmental meetings as required. Organisational/administrative responsibilities: To work with the Medicines Management team administrator and practice systems to identify caseload and record activity. Please refer to the job description for further details We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.