Job summary
Are you an experienced paediatric dietitian with a passion for service development and leadership? We're looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team as theCommunity Children's Dietitian Service Lead (Job Share).
This is a unique opportunity to co-lead our innovative and patient-focused Services:
- TheChildren's Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Servicefor children with Lambeth, Southwark, or Lewisham GPs
- TheLewisham Community Dietetic Servicefor Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
You'll provide strategic and clinical leadership, and operational management to ensure high standards of care and service development; working closely with stakeholders, managing teams, and contributing to service planning and contract negotiations.
Based in Lewisham, with travel across sites in Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark.
PLEASE NOTE: We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post
Main duties of the job
We are Looking For a
- Dietitian with significant experience in paediatric dietetics, preferably in HEN and SEND with leadership and management experience
- Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Passion for innovation, quality improvement, and collaborative working
Join Us to be
- Part of a forward-thinking, supportive team
- A leader of a service that's nationally recognised for its innovative approach
- Supported in your professional development and to be regularly involved in strategic projects
- Involved in shaping the future of community dietetic care for children in South East London
This post is based at Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Lewisham, SE14 6LD
PLEASE NOTE: We may not be able to offer sponsorship for this post
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job description:
- To be responsible for co-ordinating the strategic direction for service development liaising with both internal and external stakeholders.
- To provide clinical leadership and operational management to secure a high standard of care.
- To provide autonomous, specialist dietetic care and treatment to children on the caseload, working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team around the child
- This post will be based in Lewisham but will include working at and travelling to all hospital and community sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job description:
- To be responsible for co-ordinating the strategic direction for service development liaising with both internal and external stakeholders.
- To provide clinical leadership and operational management to secure a high standard of care.
- To provide autonomous, specialist dietetic care and treatment to children on the caseload, working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team around the child
- This post will be based in Lewisham but will include working at and travelling to all hospital and community sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oBSc (Hons) or MSc in Dietetics or equivalent
- oCurrent registration with Health and Care Professions Council
- oMember of British Dietetic Association
- oPostgraduate training in nutritional support and/or paediatrics
- oManagement qualification, experience of post graduate study or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development- professional portfolio
Desirable
- oTraining in motivational interviewing or similar
- oMember of BDA specialist group
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of significant experience in paediatric dietetics, including nutrition support, HEN and SEND
- oManagerial/supervisory experience
- oSignificant practitioner experience
- oSignificant operational experience of managing a service
- oSignificant experience of recruitment and selection, performance managing staff.
- oSignificant experience of workforce and business planning and implementing service developments
- oExperience of training students and other Healthcare Professionals.
- oSignificant experience of working as part of the multidisciplinary team
- oPrevious experience of conducting audits and improving quality of service
- oExperience in assessment, treatment and management of patients with complex feeding problems
- oExperience of managing own caseload
Desirable
- oExperience of integrated working across organisational boundaries i.e., Acute and community; health, education and social care.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse and monitor activity data and budget reports.
- oAbility to analyse and problem solve complex clinical and non-clinical problems and demonstrate creativity in producing practical solutions.
- oManage own time effectively and delegate as necessary.
- oExperience of evaluating workforce development and skill mix.
- oAbility to meet deadlines and prioritise competing demands.
- oExperience of Change management and implementing service developments.
- oKnowledge of a range of methods to engage service users in service planning and development
- oDemonstrate the ability to communicate at all levels, from patients and carers to senior management level, across organisational boundaries.
- oAbility to negotiate and influence effectively.
- oAbility to deliver formal presentations to large groups.
- oAbility to negotiate and discuss complex and contentious issues
- oAbility to present complex facts and statistics which require interpretation and analysis.
- oExperience of using interpreters/advocates.
- oAnthropometrics
Desirable
- oAble to drive, full driver's licence.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oBSc (Hons) or MSc in Dietetics or equivalent
- oCurrent registration with Health and Care Professions Council
- oMember of British Dietetic Association
- oPostgraduate training in nutritional support and/or paediatrics
- oManagement qualification, experience of post graduate study or equivalent experience.
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development- professional portfolio
Desirable
- oTraining in motivational interviewing or similar
- oMember of BDA specialist group
Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of significant experience in paediatric dietetics, including nutrition support, HEN and SEND
- oManagerial/supervisory experience
- oSignificant practitioner experience
- oSignificant operational experience of managing a service
- oSignificant experience of recruitment and selection, performance managing staff.
- oSignificant experience of workforce and business planning and implementing service developments
- oExperience of training students and other Healthcare Professionals.
- oSignificant experience of working as part of the multidisciplinary team
- oPrevious experience of conducting audits and improving quality of service
- oExperience in assessment, treatment and management of patients with complex feeding problems
- oExperience of managing own caseload
Desirable
- oExperience of integrated working across organisational boundaries i.e., Acute and community; health, education and social care.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to analyse and monitor activity data and budget reports.
- oAbility to analyse and problem solve complex clinical and non-clinical problems and demonstrate creativity in producing practical solutions.
- oManage own time effectively and delegate as necessary.
- oExperience of evaluating workforce development and skill mix.
- oAbility to meet deadlines and prioritise competing demands.
- oExperience of Change management and implementing service developments.
- oKnowledge of a range of methods to engage service users in service planning and development
- oDemonstrate the ability to communicate at all levels, from patients and carers to senior management level, across organisational boundaries.
- oAbility to negotiate and influence effectively.
- oAbility to deliver formal presentations to large groups.
- oAbility to negotiate and discuss complex and contentious issues
- oAbility to present complex facts and statistics which require interpretation and analysis.
- oExperience of using interpreters/advocates.
- oAnthropometrics
Desirable
- oAble to drive, full driver's licence.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
