Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people's homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.
Key details
Location
Site: Gee Business Centre
Address: Holborn Hill
Town: Birmingham
Postcode: B7 5JR
Major / Minor Region: Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7)
Specialty
Main area: Nutrition and Dietetics
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated and experienced Paediatric Dietitian to provide excellent care and develop new ways of working to our community paediatric caseload.
The Paediatric Dietitians have an excellent profile within the Trust. We are consistently shown to make a difference to the clinical outcomes and lives of the children we serve; in addition we receive excellent feedback from our service users. You will have a clinical role in the following settings - community clinics, home visits, child development centres and special schools. There are active links with local acute paediatric units, specialist community children’s services and excellent support from the safeguarding children’s team. This post will provide opportunities for training, research and project work in a supportive team environment. The service is due to move into an integrated children's service, as well as maintaining excellent existing links with other nutrition and dietetic services.
This post will work in collaboration with other lead dietitians and Professional Lead Paediatric Dietitian to further develop clinical outcomes, guidelines and pathways as well as supporting our current staff to develop their clinical skills.
If you are not sure if you are ready for this senior post, please contact to discuss. We may be able to discuss a graduated step up into the role on completion of competencies.
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· This post has a high degree of autonomy and is responsible for the highly specialist clinical assessment and ongoing dietetic management of children with a number of different clinical conditions within a community setting. Conditions include complex permanent disabilities, multiple pathologies, life-limiting conditions and challenging behaviours.
· To provide a high quality evidence based service to children with complex disabilities, life-limiting conditions and challenging behaviours.
· To provide therapeutic dietetic care to clients in a range of venues across the City including clinics, client’s own homes, special schools and respite/short breaks.
· To act as a source of clinical expertise/advice and guidance for client’s families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
· To raise nutritional awareness and promote the benefits of Paediatric Dietetic services with respect to children both within and outside of the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
The department has a comprehensive structure to support Clinical Governance and your personal development via annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust. Free parking is also available.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the Job Description attached to view the detailed job description and main responsibilities.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Degree or equivalent in Dietetics
* Registered Dietitian with current HCPC registration
* Post graduate training or equivalent relevant experience within Paediatric Dietetics
* Evidence of CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience of working within paediatric dietetics
* Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating projects and audits.
* Experience of supervising staff.
* Experience of student training
* Experience of clinical dietetics at senior grade
* Experience of dietetic leadership
* Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and practical application of current evidence based practice
* Excellent presentation skills
* Ability to reflect and appraise own performance.
* Ability to produce legible, written communication including reports
* Ability to work in a variety of setting and environments.
Other
Essential criteria
* Ability to travel to different locations within the city
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Sue Meredith
Job title: Professional Lead Paediatric Dietetics
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07816 135287
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