Job summary
The Community Paediatric Dietitian will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive and evidence based dietetic service for infants and children referred to the service.The post holder will be supported by specialist and experienced community paediatric dietitians. The service accepts a variety of primary care referrals including infants and children with food allergy, faltering growth, fussy eating and common nutritional deficiencies. Part of this role will be to gain experience in delivering virtual parent groups in designated pathways such as Cow's Milk allergy and Fussy Eater parental groups. The service runs from well-established health centres across the borough however the role may involve lone working at times.
Main duties of the job
- To provide nutritional and dietetic advice to children and their parents/ carers referred to the outpatient service under the care of GPs, consultants or other healthcare professionals.
- To demonstrate dietetic knowledge underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
- To develop individual patient-centred care plans based on nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical conditions, medication, diet history, family and social history.
- To work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care.
- To be responsible for obtaining client and/or carer consent prior to dietetic intervention in accordance with professional guidelines.
- To attend statutory and mandatory training annually
- To keep electronic records of all patient contacts on an electronic information system in accordance with trust and departmental standards for record keeping.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To monitor, review and continually re-assess infants and childrens nutritional care plans and objectives against clinical outcomes measured in order to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable the achievement of their goals.
- To provide nutritional advice and education to clients, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence.
- To maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised database in accordance with local and professional standards and also writing comprehensive discharge and progress reports to GPs and referrers.
- To provide training and education programmes for medical and nursing colleagues, allied health care professionals, therapy assistants, and health care assistants, in the form of lectures, tutorials and presentations.
- In conjunction with colleagues, review and produce evidence based dietetic resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To monitor, review and continually re-assess infants and childrens nutritional care plans and objectives against clinical outcomes measured in order to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable the achievement of their goals.
- To provide nutritional advice and education to clients, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence.
- To maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised database in accordance with local and professional standards and also writing comprehensive discharge and progress reports to GPs and referrers.
- To provide training and education programmes for medical and nursing colleagues, allied health care professionals, therapy assistants, and health care assistants, in the form of lectures, tutorials and presentations.
- In conjunction with colleagues, review and produce evidence based dietetic resources.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in a healthcare setting
Desirable
- Experience working in the NHS
- Experience in working with children in healthcare/ NHS
- Experience in Experience in working in the community setting/ Primary care in NHS
Experience of working in a MDT
Essential
- Experience of working in MDT
Desirable
- Experience of working in MDT in the NHS
Experience of working with patients
Essential
- Experience of working with patients
Desirable
- Experience of delivering dietetic information online groups
- Experience of working with patient on tube feeding
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in a healthcare setting
Desirable
- Experience working in the NHS
- Experience in working with children in healthcare/ NHS
- Experience in Experience in working in the community setting/ Primary care in NHS
Experience of working in a MDT
Essential
- Experience of working in MDT
Desirable
- Experience of working in MDT in the NHS
Experience of working with patients
Essential
- Experience of working with patients
Desirable
- Experience of delivering dietetic information online groups
- Experience of working with patient on tube feeding
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).
