Job summary
Expected Shortlisting Date : 11/02/2025
Planned Interview Date: 25/02/2025
Are you an enthusiastic, recently or soon to be qualified, motivated Dietitian with a keen interest in paediatrics? Do you want to start your career supporting children and families? We are looking for a Dietitian to join our Paediatric Dietetic Department team to take up this exciting post.
This post will contribute to the dietetic services within the childrens diabetes service and the general paediatric service, working in multidisciplinary teams working closely with other health professionals. You will work with both in and outpatients, have opportunities for ward staff education, continuous learning and career development.
Main duties of the job
The dual focuses of this job are paediatric diabetes and general paediatrics, in a full time role, with designated days for each area. It is across 2 separate sites. You will provide nutrition and dietetic care to infants, children and young people, primarily as outpatient work, but also some inpatient work. General paediatrics includes simple allergies, faltering growth, nutrient deficiencies, simple nutritional support. Diabetes care will be to patients with both T1 and T2 diabetes. There will be support and supervision from other dietitians as this is a role for someone recently qualified in dietetics. The post holder will also have opportunities for teaching and education of healthcare staff, parents and other carers.
Excellent communication skills and an understanding and strong commitment to multi-disciplinary team working are essential.
About us
We
are currently 28 full and part time Childrens Dietitians, providing a wide
range of secondary and tertiary care, and supra-regional services based at
the Leeds Childrens Hospital. We are part of the wider Nutrition and
Dietetic Service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals. You will contribute to provide
appropriate cover for colleagues within the multi-speciality Childrens
dietetic team at times of annual leave or sickness. We will support you with
appropriate training opportunities to facilitate this. You will be involved
in student training, contributing to the provision of training programmes for
A placement learners. Our team has
excellent support from four dietetic assistants and the admin team. You will
have access to IT and library facilities.
The
Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Team is a large multiprofessional team
with a national reputation for excellence. You will be an integral part of
this team.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service, which
includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student Dietitians.
To work within the Dietetic Service providing effective interventions to specific clinical areas.
To provide a patient focussed service using Dietetic core skills.
The post holder will be professional accountable to the HCPC and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service, which
includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student Dietitians.
To work within the Dietetic Service providing effective interventions to specific clinical areas.
To provide a patient focussed service using Dietetic core skills.
The post holder will be professional accountable to the HCPC and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.
Person Specification
Other criteria
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post . This includes clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.
Experience
Essential
- Willing to undergo any training required to enable performance in the job.
- Experience of paediatrics or diabetes dietetics
- If re-entrant to service, has taken re-entry training.
Desirable
- Behaviour change/MI training as part of university education
- Experience of participation in childrens activities e.g voluntary work, activity holidays, parenting
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate interest of paediatric dietetics.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of type 1 diabetes
- Able to work in a team, demonstrating time management skills and initiative.
- Self motivated and able to motivate staff, patients and families.
- Committed to personal and professional development
- Confident and caring approach.
- Innovative and willing to exchange, develop and implement ideas.
- Committed to being proactive within own team and wider multidisciplinary team.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Basic computer key board skills.
- Experience of delivering education and training
- Knowledge of dietary analysis programmes
- Good organisational skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment and continuing quality improvement
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) or MSc Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Dietetic experience with some knowledge of the work of a paediatric dietitian
Desirable
Person Specification
Other criteria
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post . This includes clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.
Experience
Essential
- Willing to undergo any training required to enable performance in the job.
- Experience of paediatrics or diabetes dietetics
- If re-entrant to service, has taken re-entry training.
Desirable
- Behaviour change/MI training as part of university education
- Experience of participation in childrens activities e.g voluntary work, activity holidays, parenting
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate interest of paediatric dietetics.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of type 1 diabetes
- Able to work in a team, demonstrating time management skills and initiative.
- Self motivated and able to motivate staff, patients and families.
- Committed to personal and professional development
- Confident and caring approach.
- Innovative and willing to exchange, develop and implement ideas.
- Committed to being proactive within own team and wider multidisciplinary team.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Basic computer key board skills.
- Experience of delivering education and training
- Knowledge of dietary analysis programmes
- Good organisational skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment and continuing quality improvement
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) or MSc Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Dietetic experience with some knowledge of the work of a paediatric dietitian
Desirable
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).
