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Senior Dietitian
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (weekend working may be required)
Job ref
275-2503PTLD
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2025 23:59

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Paediatric Team Lead Dietitian

Band 7

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver theÌýBest of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Paediatric Team Lead Dietitian

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 7

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Paediatric Team Lead Dietitian who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best PeopleÌýand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

Support in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Paediatric Service, primarily for inpatients, the paediatric assessment unit and work on the neonatal intensive care unit.

As an autonomous practitioner to take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have acute, complex and/or chronic presentation, and to tailor dietetic treatment as indicated.

To develop the dietetic service within this area to raise nutrition awareness, create nutritional pathways and report to / be responsible to the Lead Dietitian.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theÌýBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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ÌýTo provide timely dietetic care to patients, carers and parents who have acute or chronic health conditions – educating on the impact in their health, development and well-being.

To work effectively as part of the Dietetic team and contribute towards the MDT working within paediatrics.

To manage a caseload of patients independently, with minimal supervision. This will include dietetic care on the paediatric assessment unit, in addition to the inpatient ward and a cystic fibrosis outpatient caseload/ clinic.

To educate members of the Medical team, Nursing staff, Student Nurses and other health care professionals as relevant to role.

Provide supervision to more junior dietetic team members, aiding rotations and supporting their development.

Supervise students and dietetic apprentices during placements.

Produce and deliver educational material and dietetic resources to the team and wider MDT.

To liaise with catering companies, providing dietetic input on the catering service on the paediatric wards.Ìý

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Develop and support education of the dietetic team in paediatric dietetics through CPD sessions.Ìý

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma/degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Current Health Professions Council registration
  • Member of British Dietetic Association, ideally including relevant specialist group

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Competency in nutritional assessment of patients in paediatric patients in a variety of settings
  • Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the issues involved with high caseload numbers management
  • Understanding of clinical governance and relevant national guidelines
  • Evidence of carbohydrate counting and management of diabetes using different methods

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate experience of working with a variety of clinical specialities and range of population groups, for children, this may include coeliac disease, fussy eating, malnutrition and obesity
  • Experience of supervising Dietetic students
  • Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload in fast moving environment
  • Involvement of developing department and service protocols
  • Experience of managing patients within an MDT setting
Desirable criteria
  • experience of working with neonatal patients
  • experience of working with children who have cystic fibrosis

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverNHS Rainbow badge

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rose Ross
Job title
Lead Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 833848
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