Paediatric HEF Dietitian, Band 5

Job summary

Paediatric Home Enteral Feed Dietitian, Band 5

Do you want to be part of an award-winning, innovative, friendly team?

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS foundation Trust Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT) has an exciting opportunity to join their well-established, experienced team. We are looking for a Dietitian with an interest in Paediatrics and enteral feeding to join our dynamic team.

This role is a 18 month fixed-term post to cover Maternity Leave.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

As a Paediatric Home Enteral Feed Dietitian, you will:

-Be provided with education and training to upskill in the field of paediatrics and home enteral feeding

-Have an exciting and varied caseload with the opportunity to care for paediatric patients who are enterally fed in the county of Gloucestershire

- Care for patients in different settings, including patients in their own homes, schools and respite centres

- Work towards becoming an autonomous practitioner caring for a dedicated caseload of enterally fed paediatric patients

-Be well supported to develop your skills in enteral feeding by highly specialist, experienced Dietitians

-Have the support of a dedicated mentor within the team to help develop your dietetic skills

- Work within the HEFT MDT and wider MDTs including learning from our Paediatric Enteral Nutrition Nurses within the team

- Utilise well developed communication skills to liaise with members of diverse MDTs

- Have the opportunity to undertake a Preceptorship programme integrated with by other AHP colleagues

- Have the opportunity of flexible working, with the possibility of some remote home working on occasion, within needs of the team

- Well-being support is available to you to help manage more complex caseloads.

About us

The HEFT is well-established, with over 20 years of experience in delivering high quality enteral feed care to patients in Gloucestershire. The team is multidisciplinary; including Dietitians, Enteral nutrition Nurse Specialists, Dietetic assistants and admin support. Each team is led by a dedicated, highly experienced and skilled leader who is able to provide you with the support, knowledge and skills needed to develop you as a member this dynamic team.

The HEFT can offer you a varied caseload of patients. The team care for both adult and paediatric patients, allowing you to develop your knowledge and skills across a range of clinical areas. We cover unique settings including a third level disability college and a highly specialist neurological centre. The teams is actively involved with research, both in-house and national projects. We conduct regular audit and service development work which has been presented nationally (at BAPEN) and internationally (at ESPEN congress).

The team can offer a number of unique opportunities including access to an educational bursary, apprenticeship opportunities and a preceptorship programme. Active involvement in further post-graduate education and research is encouraged, to ensure you are developing skills across all pillars of dietetic practice. From when you join the team, we offer a structured competency framework as well as having an in-team educational lead to help support your development. We are committed to investing in your CPD.