Job summary
We are looking to recruit an outstanding, experienced and motivated Dietitian to lead the Dietetics Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, ensuring high quality and innovative practice is provided.
As the Head of Dietetics, you will be responsible for the strategic direction, clinical leadership and overall operational performance for the service and provide professional leadership to all dieticians.
You will play a pivotal role in overseeing and advancing our Dietetics Department, including our Special Feeds Unit and Diet Kitchen. Your expertise and leadership will shape the provision of nutritional care throughout our organisation, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based practices and exceptional patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
This role retains 0.2 WTE clinical work and you would be expected to be an inspirational Dietitian with demonstrable extensive experience of Paediatric Dietetics and effective collaborative leadership skills, to maintain and deliver a world-class expert Dietetic Service.
The Dietetics Department has a commitment to clinical research strategy and you would support and have oversight of research opportunities, continuing the department's high output of clinical audit and service evaluation to ensure cutting edge evidence based dietetic practice.
You will have excellent communication and influencing skills, leadership experience working across a broad range of services and have worked successfully with other professionals and service users. You will be a highly motivated leader with proven improvement experience.
About us
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
oAcademic/Professional Qualification/Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent with further specialist professional qualifications in relevant Therapy discipline at Masters level or equivalent
- Health Professions' Council Registration to practice
- Registered member of the Royal College of profession
Desirable
- Research active with publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience within area of clinical specialty
- Experience of management/professional leadership including change management
- Experience of supervising postgraduate students
- Evidence of professional activity at national level with contribution to policy and practice development e.g. member of Special Interest Group and/or Clinical Guidelines Project, representation on national committees/expert groups
- Experience of audit and quality cycle
- In depth knowledge-of other multidisciplinary team members' specialist areas
Desirable
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, principles of evidence-based practice
- Experience of strategy development
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Expert skills in gaining children's cooperation with investigations and their interpretation
- Excellent negotiation, reflective, analytic, problem- solving and influencing skills
- Ability to work across professional boundaries, advocating multi- and cross-disciplinary team working and role modelling effective team leadership
- Vision and creativity in relation to service delivery and professional practice.
- Well-developed strategies for containing personal, team and organisational stress, and abilities to support other with this
- Capable of working with a wide audience for teaching/training and simultaneous skill (of e.g. assessment and demonstration)
- Proven leadership skills, including conflict and change management
Desirable
- Coaching and mentoring skills to support development of colleagues
Combined Values
Essential
Person Specification
oAcademic/Professional Qualification/Training
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent with further specialist professional qualifications in relevant Therapy discipline at Masters level or equivalent
- Health Professions' Council Registration to practice
- Registered member of the Royal College of profession
Desirable
- Research active with publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant post-qualification experience within area of clinical specialty
- Experience of management/professional leadership including change management
- Experience of supervising postgraduate students
- Evidence of professional activity at national level with contribution to policy and practice development e.g. member of Special Interest Group and/or Clinical Guidelines Project, representation on national committees/expert groups
- Experience of audit and quality cycle
- In depth knowledge-of other multidisciplinary team members' specialist areas
Desirable
- Knowledge of research design and methodology, principles of evidence-based practice
- Experience of strategy development
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Expert skills in gaining children's cooperation with investigations and their interpretation
- Excellent negotiation, reflective, analytic, problem- solving and influencing skills
- Ability to work across professional boundaries, advocating multi- and cross-disciplinary team working and role modelling effective team leadership
- Vision and creativity in relation to service delivery and professional practice.
- Well-developed strategies for containing personal, team and organisational stress, and abilities to support other with this
- Capable of working with a wide audience for teaching/training and simultaneous skill (of e.g. assessment and demonstration)
- Proven leadership skills, including conflict and change management
Desirable
- Coaching and mentoring skills to support development of colleagues
Combined Values
Essential
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street, London
London
WC1N 3JH
Employer's website
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
