Band 6
Main area
Paediatric Dietitian Short Term Contract
Grade
Band 6
Contract
7 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
343-6890731-FM-AG
Site
Grenn Wrythe Lane Clinic
Town
Carshalton
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 pa pro rata inc. HCAS outer
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/01/2025 23:59
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Job overview
The post for Community Paediatric Dietitian sits within Children’s Services and the post holder will be responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of community paediatric clients registered with a Sutton GP under the care of Sutton Health and Care. You will provide a dietetic service to a caseload of children with general dietetic requirements. You will be required to provide dietetic care to a caseload of children with general dietetic requirements and will advise their carers in a range of locations including clinic settings, special or mainstream schools or at home.
This role is one of an autonomous practitioner but also involves joint liaison with other professionals involved with the child and their families both within health and other agencies.
Main duties of the job
To provide appropriate dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring regarding children with general dietetic needs including food allergies. There may be opportunities to also provide dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring children with complex special needs and those who require enteral tube feeding. To reflect on clinical practice, identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical judgment. To provide expert advice to patients, carers, and clinicians regarding provision of nutritional intervention for paediatric clients based on clinical evidence. This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) and the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals) and prescription of dietary therapy and use of ACBS products where appropriate. To interpret received information concerning medical and social history to ensure expert advice is given in a person centred, age and culturally specific way. To provide complex paediatric nutrition counseling and use of reassurance and motivational skills to overcome barriers to change, particularly where there is non-compliance. To train and support members of the multidisciplinary team to allow effective dietary assessment and treatment of all patients. To work as a member of the paediatric multidisciplinary team and to attend relevant multiagency meetings.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Essential criteria
* HCPC registration
* Degree in dietetics/PgD
* Good IT skills
* At least 1-2 years experience in paediatric dietetics
Desirable criteria
* BDA member
* Paediatric branch member
* Training skills to others
* Training/CPD skills
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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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.
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