Paediatric Dietician for Diabetes
The closing date is 03 June 2025
Job summary
To provide specialist dietetic input to the diabetes service and also to enable the team to meet the Diabetes Best Practice Tariff.
Provide highly specialist extended scope diabetes education and advice to children and their parents or carers
To educate and train other health care workers and professionals to give evidence based nutritional and diabetes education advice.
To provide a comprehensive dietetic service to children and young people with diabetes up to the age of 19 years
Main duties of the job
To be an integral member of the Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes multidisciplinary service team
Provided dietetic input at multidisciplinary diabetes clinics a variety of hospital and community settings
Educate and support children as in-patients with newly diagnosed and existing diabetes as required in line with Best Practice Tariff (BPT), National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) and NICE guidance
To take responsibility for the education of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes patients and their carers in terms of dietary advice to fit into patients' lifestyles including carbohydrate counting competency to ensure they meet nutritional competencies prior to pump training.
Participate in education for school staff supporting children with diabetes
Participate in education for other clinical staff with the PAH NHS Trust
Offer separate one to one appointments for dietary assessment to all children with diabetes in line with the BPT and NPDA standards
About us
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Details
Date posted
20 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum, plus 5% high cost area supplement
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
292-7180222-CHWS
Job locations
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
Employer details
Employer name
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Address
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Hamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX
Employer's website
https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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