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An exciting vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Dietitian to work as a Specialist Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. This is a 1-year fixed term maternity leave cover starting in January 2025.
Your base will be Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Greenwich. We are looking for a dietitian who is keen to innovate and work together with our acute across site team. You will join a friendly department comprising 45 dietitians across the two Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust hospital sites and Lewisham community.
Main duties of the job
This post will be the inpatient lead at QEH, covering HDU (4 beds) and sharing the children's ward with our Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian who you will directly supervise.
The post will also provide 2 outpatient clinics a week, one general and the other consisting of neonatal graduates and the under 1's. You will be actively involved in training students from the London universities on the 1,2,3 Placement programme.
* Responsible for the 4-bedded HDU.
* Share the children's ward with the Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian.
* Provide two outpatient clinics a week:
o One general clinic.
o One for children under one year old and Neonatal graduates.
* Actively involved in training students from London universities on the 1,2,3 Placement programme.
* Provide Band 6 Paediatric supervision.
* Participate in audits, service evaluations, and continuous professional development.
* Take a lead in service improvements and developing policies and guidelines.
Lewisham and Greenwich is a very friendly supportive NHS Trust, with a strong focus on staff well being.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
* Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
* Improving the experience of staff with disability
* Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
* Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The post holder will be the clinical paediatric team lead for QEH. They will provide the HDU service (4 beds) on the children's ward and jointly share acute Paediatric inpatients. They will support the across site neonatal post and provide an outpatient clinic. You will be actively involved in training students from the London universities on the 1,2,3 Placement programme. All dietetic staff are encouraged to participate in audits, service evaluations, and continuous professional development. Band 7s take a lead in service improvements and developing policies and guidelines, offer supervision and support to Band 5 and Band 6 dietitians across the trust and develop specialist resources. This post is accountable to the Head of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities
* To provide expert, specialist, evidence-based, dietetic advice and care to paediatric patients and their carers.
* To work autonomously when assessing patients, making clinical decisions, selecting treatments and evaluating outcomes of dietetic interventions.
* To collaborate with team members to ensure the child receives care and advice on all aspects of feeding at home.
* To develop and maintain close communications with all health care professionals.
* To work with families who may have learning disabilities, mental health problems and challenging behaviours.
* To work with patients who have language barriers to effective communication.
* To empathise, communicate and reassure families who may be dealing with unpleasant circumstances/diagnosis relating to their child.
* To use motivational and negotiating skills to facilitate acceptance and ongoing compliance with nutritional treatment plans.
* To act as a keyworker to certain families.
* To be involved with children and their carers placed on the child protection register.
* To document all activities concerning patient care in the electronic paediatric dietetic patient record notes.
* To produce timely and informative reports for Consultants, Paediatrician, GPs and other health professional relevant to a specific family.
* To negotiate with carers, clients and other members of the multi-disciplinary team around individual case management.
Analytical and Judgement skills
* To make all clinical decisions and judgments autonomously guided by broad professional and organisational policies.
* To implement specialist clinical dietetic assessment, treatment and management of patients referred to the acute team.
* To analyse dietary intake and calculate nutritional requirements using clinical judgement and experience.
* To be trained to trainer level in the use of anthropometrics equipment for the assessment of nutritional status.
* To take anthropometric measurements and interpret as part of nutrition assessment of patients ongoing monitoring.
Planning and Organisational Skills
* To manage and act as an independent holder of the paediatric caseload ensuring high quality dietetic care is delivered.
* To liaise with health care professionals regarding hospital discharges or new referrals.
* To provide cover for the other dietitians within the across site paediatric team.
* To devise and implement specialist evidence/research-based guidelines and protocols.
Managerial and Administrative Responsibilities
* To be solely responsible for prioritising and managing own caseload.
* To supervise dietitians and dietetic assistants.
* To be involved in the development of, write and update, disseminate and implement policies and procedures.
* To ensure all equipment defects, accidents, complaints and clinical incidents are reported.
Education and Training Responsibilities
* To provide effective training to individual patients and their carers/families.
* To assist in the organisation and participate in formal study days.
* To participate in the training of student healthcare professionals.
* To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own work.
* To pursue an active programme of personal continuing professional development.
Research and Audit
* Regularly take lead in clinical audit using research methodology.
* Undertakes clinical trials as appropriate.
* To participate in any clinical research programmes.
* Clinical findings or scientific research should be presented at national conferences or study days.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
* 4 year degree in dietetics or equivalent
* Current State Registration
* Advanced BDA course in paediatrics (or equivalent)
* Specialist paediatric training/experience working to or at masters level
* Registration with Health Professional Council
* British Dietetic Association member or equivalent professional insurance
* Evidence of ongoing Professional development
Desirable
* Advanced British Dietetic Association Course in Nutritional Support
* Nutritional Support Training
* Interest in Research
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience of paediatric dietetics
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Evidence of training student dietitians
* Able to decide priorities for own work area
* Experience of working in a multi-ethnic and cultural setting
* Experience of working in complex safeguarding situations
Desirable
* Working in the community setting
* Previous experience of conducting audits and or research
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
* Understand and abide by standards of professional practice, including confidentiality
* Able to demonstrate awareness of current NHS changes and professional issues
* To have an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the other disciplines within the MDT team
* Computer Literacy, able to use Word, Excel
* Accurate anthropometrics measurement skills
Desirable
* Full driving licence
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich
Stadium Rd
London
SE18 4QH
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