Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

at  Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate about diabetes and weight management in paediatrics? We are looking for an experience paediatric dietitian that wants to specialise in this area or an adult diabetes or weight management dietitian looking to move into paediatrics to join our growing team based at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. The successful candidate will work within a small team of paediatric dietitians and will job share a variety of paediatric Diabetes- and weight management clinical activities.
This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with paediatric Consultants, Specialist Nurses and other AHPs in the Children’s Centre, and across the community settings whilst also having the advantage of being based in a new, purpose built, integrated therapies department.
We have a busy Children’s Centre and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and contribute to the care of children and young adults with a wide range of conditions requiring nutrition support, including Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, Neonatology, Oncology, Allergies, Coeliac disease and other Complex needs.
The trust strongly supports a commitment to CPD and the Adult Therapy Department has Education Facilitators who support student activity for all our Therapists and Dietitians.
We welcome enquiries from potential candidates wanting to discuss the role in more detail. Please contact Elmarie van Wyk at e.vanwyk@nhs.net
The specialist paediatric dietitian shares the dietetic clinical caseload for paediatric diabetes – and weight management services across the Bath community health area with experienced Senior Dietitians. The post holder is responsible for providing highly specialised nutritional and dietetic advice in this area and will:
Share on the dietetic outcomes of care which are required for the Paediatric Diabetes Best Practice Tariff
Provides Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes education, to children, young people and families requiring insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring and delivering expert clinical care in paediatrics with diabetes.
Responsible for supervising and providing clinical support to junior paediatric dietitians and - students.
To work as an independent practitioner using an advanced level of knowledge and skills in leading the provision of a highly specialised paediatric dietetic service to inpatients and outpatients. This includes having shared responsibility in deciding complex dietetic treatment plans for these patients and reducing the need for hospital admissions.
To work within the wider multidisciplinary team across community and acute settings, being a support for the lead team member in the responsibility for key medical decisions with the provision of the specialised dietetic services. To support and train junior dietitians in providing a service to paediatric dietetic patients.
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath , learn about our extensive package of staff benefits , and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research .
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