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Senior Psychological Practitioner - Developmental Post, Maidstone
Client:
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Maidstone, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
13.04.2025
Expiry Date:
28.05.2025
Job Description:
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a confident and enthusiastic Dietitian with experience or interest in paediatrics, to become an integral member of the North East London Foundation Trust's (NELFT) Children's Feeding and Dietetic Service (CFADS) providing a service to the Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock regions of Essex within the Mid and South Essex ICS.
The Children's Feeding and Dietetic Service includes the Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock Community Dietetic team, The Mid Essex HEF Team, The community non-IgE under 1 milk allergy pathway and the MDT Physical Feeding Team. The teams work together, supporting each other to ensure the patients and families experience is seamless. CFADS consists of dietitians, speech and language therapists, an occupational therapist, a children’s nurse, assistants and administrative support. The team has grown from 4 dietitians to 10 in the last 12 months.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work within the established community dietetic team providing paediatric dietetic advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals within NELFT’s communities, with a range of needs including: Enteral feeding, faltering growth, nutrition support, food allergies, coeliac disease, fussy eaters / limited diets, nutritional deficiencies and disordered eating/ ARFID.
The role requires dietetic assessment and management in children aged 0-18 (19 in SEN), across a range of settings including clinics, home visits, education settings and virtually, autonomously and in partnership with other clinicians when indicated and is supported by the Band 7 Team leader and Dietetic Assistant, as well as by the wider team. Our working model includes opportunities to work agilely but you will be based in Wickford.
You will also be actively involved in the development and implementation of evidence based guidance in order to deliver best practice. Currently some of our in-house developed Blended Diet and general feeding resources are being used by other Dietetic Departments within the UK.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT:
* We are kind.
* We are respectful.
* We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 pro rata for part time).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 pro rata for part time).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential criteria for the post:
Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent post graduate degree
Up to date registration with HCPC
Paediatric experience is desirable.
Excellent communication skills & organisational skills
Main responsibilities from the Job Description
To provide high quality, evidence based dietetic assessment and management to children.
To be able to cope with, be sensitive and be non-judgemental with patients and their families who have a variety of medical conditions.
Person specification
Experience
* Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
* Registered as a Dietitian with the Health Professions Council
* Minimum 2 years experience in Dietetics
* Evidence of the dietetic management of a wide range of complex clinical conditions
* Evidence of further relevant postgraduate study paediatric course tier 1 / 2
* UK NHS experience (minimum 1 year)
* Experience of working in a community setting, with paediatric experience
Skills
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
Other
* To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
* To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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