Community Paediatric Dietitian

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

JOB OVERVIEW

Community Paediatric Dietitian Part time Band 6 Part Time Fixed Term Contract
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated paediatric dietitian to join our team and contribute to the development of the nutrition and dietetics service in the community setting. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in paediatric dietetics. You will be based at Green Wrythe Lane Clinic in Sutton, working with a mixed caseload of children registered with a Sutton GP, aged 0-18 years. The clinical caseload includes a variety of dietetic and medical conditions. There may be some domiciliary and nursery visits and you will be required to deliver relevant education sessions for both parents / carers and other healthcare professionals.
You will be working alongside a Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian and supported by a Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian. There will be opportunities for joint working with paediatric OTs, SLTs and Physios also based in the clinic.
Paediatric experience is essential for this post. Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn is also important. Training will be given to support the successful candidate. This is an excellent opportunity to further your paediatric experience at Band 6 level.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Ability to deliver presentations and training as required
  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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• To be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of children and young people as identified by the service specification, managing this independently and prioritising own workload to ensure effective service provision
• To provide appropriate specialist dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring for children with general dietetic needs including food allergies.
• To provide expert advice to patients, carers, and clinicians regarding nutritional intervention for paediatric clients based on clinical evidence. This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history), the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals), prescription of dietary therapy and use of ACBS products where appropriate.