Paediatric Dietitian (Gastroenterology and Special Needs)University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
We have a great opportunity for an HCPC registered dietitian to join our award winning paediatric dietetic team (approximately 25 dietitians) at Southampton Children's Hospital as a band 6 paediatric gastroenterology and special needs dietitian. This is a fixed term position covering maternity leave.
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You will either have previous experience of paediatrics or have relevant adult experience, transferable to the role. You will cover inpatients, outpatients and MDT clinics in special schools working in supportive, experienced teams.
Main duties of the job
Your Responsibilities:
1. Work as an integral member of the acute paediatric gastroenterology and community paediatric multidisciplinary teams, providing specialist clinical dietetic support in a variety of settings including inpatients, outpatients and special schools.
2. Work both autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams to optimise nutritional care.
3. Manage a case-load of children with special needs some of whom will require home enteral feeding.
4. Participate in community MDT feeding clinics and attend TAC and other meetings as appropriate.
Experience and skills required:
You must be an HCPC registered dietitian. Experience of paediatric dietetics is an advantage but if you have relevant adult dietetic experience, transferable skills and a desire to work in paediatrics, then we would encourage you to apply. You must have the ability to cope with unpredictable events and varying workload pressures and be able to plan and prioritise your workload within agreed boundaries.
Person SpecificationQualifications, knowledge and experience
* Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
* HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) registered dietitian (RD)
* Evidence of commitment to relevant ongoing CPD and development in relevant areas
* Evidence of relevant dietetic knowledge and expertise with recent experience demonstrating this
* Ability to communicate complex information fluently, confidently and effectively to a diverse range of people: e.g., with patients, carers, managers and other health care professionals
* Ability to demonstrate a practical and sensitive approach and flexibility in working style when applying clinical judgement to complex clinical issues
* Ability to create rapport and professionally manage relationships with colleagues, patients and carers and the emotional challenges this presents
* Demonstrate a holistic approach to treatment
* Ability to cope with unpredictable events and varying clinical and non-clinical work pressures, independently planning and prioritising own workload, managing own time and meeting deadlines
* Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant specialist groups
* Experience mentoring or supervising dietetic assistants or junior staff
* Experience and involvement with dietetic student training
* Experience of audit/project work
* Ability to cover "out of hours" commitments on agreed occasions
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.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year (Per annum - Pro rata)
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