Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 26.25 hours per week

Job ref: 220-WHT-2306-B

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Whittington Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 (pro rata) Per Annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/04/:59

Job overview

Here at Whittington Health, we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Specialist Paediatric Dietitian working within Paediatric Diabetes. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, confident, and flexible team player to fill this position.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide specialist paediatric diabetes dietetic advice to patients, their carers, and HCPs through formulation of treatment and education plans and prescription of dietary intervention.
2. Interpret, extract and analyse available patient information from a variety of sources.
3. Be responsible for the dietetic and nutritional management of patients under the care of the Paediatric Diabetes Multidisciplinary team.
4. Be an autonomous practitioner delivering highly specialist dietetic input within multidisciplinary and undisciplined settings.
5. Actively engage with the trust's clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework by taking responsibility for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.
6. Cover both inpatients and outpatients' cohorts.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is for a Highly Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian. As a member of the paediatric diabetes multidisciplinary team and paediatric dietetic team, the post holder will need to demonstrate a high level of general paediatric dietetic knowledge and provide a specialist dietetic service to children and young adults with diabetes and associated conditions.

This post is based at the Whittington Hospital and covers both inpatient and outpatient cohorts. The Whittington Hospital is a busy District General Hospital, with Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU), SCBU and care of children and young adults with a wide range of conditions requiring nutrition support, including Diabetes, Neonatology, Oncology, Allergies, Coeliac disease, and other Complex needs.

Person specification Qualifications

• Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent, acceptable for registration with Health Care Professions Council e.g. BSc Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) or equivalent association and Member of the HCPC.
• Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field of diabetes within dietetics.

Skills

• In-depth post-registration experience within clinical paediatric dietetics or other relevant field of dietetics.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to communicate using a variety of methods to a range of professionals, non-professionals, and patients.
• Advanced approaches to support clients & carers with challenging behaviour including advanced counselling skills.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.
• Application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of a paediatric and young persons' caseload.
• Ability to influence others.
• Experience in the support and development of junior members of staff.
• Evidence of participation in clinical governance issues in relation to dietetic practice.
• Evidence of active participation in audit activities and quality improvement projects in dietetic practice.
• Experience of working with a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team setting.
• Proven organisational skills.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures, and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

Other important information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.