Senior Paediatric Dietitian

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health Foundation Trust has an exciting vacancy for a Band 6 Senior Paediatric Dietitian, or a Band 5-6 developmental Dietitian, to join a paediatric dietetics team of 5 dietitians who support the paediatric service at Frimley Park. There may also be the opportunity for full time or alternative part-time hours.
The responsibilities within this role include the nutritional assessment and care of paediatric patients within the neonatal unit, children’s ward and in out-patient clinics. There is an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge within general paediatrics as well as gaining experience in areas such as gastroenterology and allergy and providing some information in virtual groups as well as
The paediatric dietetic work contributes towards best care approach and in turn the Frimley Health Foundation Trust strategy. This role will support this work and provide an opportunity to develop and practice skills within both inpatient and outpatient groups
Our department is a well-established team with dietitians working within 12 specialities. Our department values each individual within the team by supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision, which creates a supportive team environment. We have a focus on encouraging continued professional development by providing internal and external opportunities for learning.
Refer to attached job description and person specification for further details, please note addendum to job description for further details on the role.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Specialist clinical areas
To provide assessment, treatment and management of paediatric in- and outpatients, including knowledge and experience in oral and enteral nutrition.
To be an active member of multi-disciplinary teams for paediatric patients.
To work in partnership with paediatric dietitians to have regular clinical supervision.
To work closely with our community partners and tertiary centres to ensure safe and effective discharges and transfers of paediatric patients.
To co-ordinate and manage patient dietary information for the speciality
To act as an expert resource, providing dietetic advice and support to health care professionals working within paediatrics.
To support with the appropriate and timely triaging of outpatient referrals.
To support the paediatric team lead in maintaining relevant guidelines and pathways within this speciality
To support the paediatric team lead in the management of the inpatients on the children’s ward and neonatal unit
To be flexible in times of increased demand to the service and be willing to cover other areas of the hospital and work on other sites within Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust
Service development – audit, research and quality
To contribute to service development within paediatric services and to undertake audit and quality improvement projects as part of this role.
To monitor incidents within your clinical specialty and assist with incident investigation when required
Education
To supervise students and junior members of staff and provide shadowing opportunities on paediatric wards and in clinics.
Be willing to undergo, if required, training for student supervision and be part of a team of dietitians who supervise dietetic students on A, B and C placements and when required take on the lead supervisory role

Please refer the Job description for details