Community Paediatric Dietitian Children with Special Needs

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Community Paediatric Dietitian (Children with Special needs)

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We are looking for dynamic, motivated, enthusiastic paediatric dietitian to embrace this exciting opportunity, to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering services for children with special needs.

This is exciting opportunity for a band 6 dietitian that would like to gain paediatric dietetic experience in the community, by working with highly skilled band 7 paediatric dietitians .

The dietitian will work in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) at a consultant led feeding clinic at Sunshine House, Children and Young People's Development Centre, and and Mary Sheridan centre respectively, as well as provide expert advice to Multi Disciplinary Teams ( MDT) working groups.

Furthermore, the dietitian will see children referred for dietary assessment and advice at special needs schools in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. Also, there is opportunity to work on service improvement projects as well as evaluation of our service.

The post holder will work closely with other band 7 community paediatric dietitians, advanced dietetic assistants, and other health professionals including allied health professionals, safeguarding team, school staff, SENCO, children centre staff as well as early help team, to improve the health outcomes of children referred to the service.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

This post exists to provide specialist clinical advice and support to children with special needs who live or attend special school in the boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark This will involve working in the community with schools, parents, carers, community paediatricians and other health care professionals. The aim of the service is to ensure that children with special needs have optimum nutrition, which will prevent complications leading to morbidity and mortality.

To participate in training other community health professionals on nutritional requirements, assessing nutritional needs, as well as how to meet the nutritional needs of these children.

About us

Children's community services

We provide a comprehensive range of services for the 121,000 children and young people that live in Lambeth and Southwark. This includes universal services - health visiting, family nurse partnership, school nursing, nutrition and dietetics, and a new born hearing screening programme. Our specialist services cover community paediatrics, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complex needs nursing, sickle cell and audiology. As well as part of statutory services including looked after children, child protection, safeguarding, and adoption and fostering.

We have two main health centres, Mary Sheridan Centre in Lambeth and Sunshine House in Southwark but we have many more across Lambeth and Southwark. We also provide services to schools, community buildings, in and occasionally in hospital. Through group sessions and individual appointments, face-to-face and virtual, we hold over 176,000 appointments every year.

Date posted

30 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,154 to £52,936 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS7981

Job locations

Gracefield Gardens Health & Social Care Centre

2-8 Gracefield Gardens

London

SW16 2SP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities will fall into the following categories. see Job description for details:

Professional responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

Operational responsibilities

Collaborative and Partnership Working

Data Collection, audit and benchmarking

Education & Professional Development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Responsibilities will fall into the following categories. see Job description for details:

Professional responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

Operational responsibilities

Collaborative and Partnership Working

Data Collection, audit and benchmarking

Education & Professional Development.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Paediatric dietetics experience
Working in a multi professional/multi-agency team.
Experience working within a diverse multicultural community
Sound clinical knowledge, evidence based practice.
Knowledge of the complexities in community dietetics
Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise case load and work to deadlines.
Responsive to change and new ideas; adapt to new systems;
Evidence of Continuous professional development.

Desirable

Experience of Service evaluation
Training Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

Nutrition & Dietetics Degree Bsc(Hons)
Clinical Paediatric Dietetics Course
Registered Dietitian Health Professions Council

Desirable

Evaluation of service
Staff Training Experience

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Paediatric dietetics experience
Working in a multi professional/multi-agency team.
Experience working within a diverse multicultural community
Sound clinical knowledge, evidence based practice.
Knowledge of the complexities in community dietetics
Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise case load and work to deadlines.
Responsive to change and new ideas; adapt to new systems;
Evidence of Continuous professional development.

Desirable

Experience of Service evaluation
Training Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential

Nutrition & Dietetics Degree Bsc(Hons)
Clinical Paediatric Dietetics Course
Registered Dietitian Health Professions Council

Desirable

Evaluation of service
Staff Training Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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