Job summary
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Dietitian: Paediatric Metabolic and ketogenics
Band 7
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian within the Children’s team.
This individual will be the dietetic lead for the Ketogenic service and will additionally work within the newly expanded metabolic team at Nottingham Children's Hospital.Ìý
This role is permanent at 0.9 WTE (33.75hours Monday-Friday).
We are seeking a proactive and innovative individual who has an interest in working in a specialist and learning-rich environment. The successful applicant will demonstrate compassion and empathy for our children, young people and their families in their work. The individual will be working within the neurology team to lead on the dietetic care of children requiring a medical ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy. ÌýAdditionally the successful individual will be joining an expanding multi-professional team as we begin to collaborate with Leicester to form the East Midland’s Paediatric Metabolic Service.Ìý
If you would like to work in a friendly environment and are motivated and enthusiastic about making a difference to the care of patients, we would like to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will manage a complex clinical caseload; working across both inpatient and outpatient settings, providing care to infants and children in collaboration with their families/carers and the wider MDT. As a visible leader, you will be a role model for the Dietetic team ensuring high standards of quality care for patients and their families.
Working for our organisation
The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.
With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.
The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.
Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for further details.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
- Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
Analytical and judgement skill
Essential criteria
- Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
- Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
Planning & organisational skil
Essential criteria
- Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
Other
Essential criteria
- Undertake out of hours duties as required.
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
- Giana De Sousa
- Job title
- Clinical Specialist Paediatric Metabolic dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812276574
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