Senior DietitianNHS

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, active team players with excellent communication skills who enjoy working with children and their families, to join our well established Leicestershire paediatric and neonatal Dietetic and Nutrition service

Our high profile and valued team include 20 Dietitians working as core members of multi-professional teams, dedicated Paediatric Dietetic Support Worker, Dietetic Assistant Practitioner and Admin Support Workers. The team provides a service to the Children's & Women's Clinical Management Group, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country, which is primarily based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary site.

You will be working collaboratively with a dynamic team, contributing to a comprehensive service for paediatric patients with diverse needs across local and tertiary specialties.

This role offers flexibility based on your experience and career goals.

Main duties of the job

Senior Post: For candidates with prior paediatric experience, this opportunity is available at Band 6

This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad experience in various aspects of paediatric and neonatal dietetics in inpatient and outpatient settings.

You will be providing a service on a rotational basis at band 5 or 6 to a wide range of paediatric local and tertiary specialities. Each rotation involves working alongside a team of paediatric and neonatal dietitians in a range of busy medical and surgical children's wards and outpatient clinics.

Our band 5/6 rotational programme includes sub-specialities; Allergy, Neonatal, Cardiology, Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Cystic Fibrosis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Diabetes, Ketogenic Diet Therapy, Oncology, Respiratory High Dependency care, and Paediatric Intensive Care. You will be a core and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team for each speciality.

You will play an active part in the pre-registration training of dietitians by participating in our very popular dedicated paediatric A, B and C clinical placements.

Job description

To work as a member of the paediatric Dietetic and Nutrition Service team based at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

To be responsible for the development and provision of a high quality, evidence based, effective nutrition and dietetic service, for paediatrics, neonatology and/or maternal medicine services.

To manage the paediatric and/or neonatal caseloads with varying degree of nutritional complexity, without direct supervision and whilst exercising a large degree of autonomy.

To work as part of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service and the Womens and Childrens Clinical Management Group, at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL NHS Trust).

To provide a Nutrition and Dietetic Service to paediatrics, neonatology and maternal medicine children and their families and carers whilst under the care of Consultant Paediatrians and Consultant Neonatologists.

To be an expert in paediatric, neonatal and/or maternal medicine specialities within the nutrition and dietetic team and service, and inform other Dietitians within the team and service of developments in these fields.

To be responsible for nutrition and dietetic input into multi-professional groups and staff, and policy development within paediatric, neonatal and/or maternal medicine care.

The post holder will also provide continuity of care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland healthcare community, and advise other dietitians and healthcare professionals on nutrition and diet matters. The posts responsibilities will be set up on a rotational basis with other band 5/6 Dietitians in the clinical paediatric, neonatal and maternal medicine nutrition and dietetic team.

The role is flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the health and social care systems.

The post holder will have the underpinning knowledge and assessed level of competence to undertake such a role.

To maintain professional registration with the Health Care Professional Council.

Please see job description/person specification for further details on the role

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk