Paediatric Dietitian Short Term Contract

Job summary

The post for Community Paediatric Dietitian sits within Children's Services and the post holder will be responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of community paediatric clients registered with a Sutton GP under the care of Sutton Health and Care.You will provide a dietetic service to a caseload of children with general dietetic requirements.You will be required to provide dietetic care to a caseload of children with general dietetic requirements and will advise their carers in a range of locations including clinic settings, special or mainstream schools or at home.

This role is one of an autonomous practitioner but also involves joint liaison with other professionals involved with the child and their families both within health and other agencies.

Main duties of the job

To provide appropriate dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring regarding children with general dietetic needs including food allergies. There may be opportunities to also provide dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring children with complex special needs and those who require enteral tube feeding.To reflect on clinical practice, identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical judgment. To provide expert advice to patients, carers, and clinicians regarding provision of nutritional intervention for paediatric clients based on clinical evidence. This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) and the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals) and prescription of dietary therapy and use of ACBS products where appropriate.To interpret received information concerning medical and social history to ensure expert advice is given in a person centred, age and culturally specific way.To provide complex paediatric nutrition counseling and use of reassurance and motivational skills to overcome barriers to change, particularly where there is non-compliance.To train and support members of the multidisciplinary team to allow effective dietary assessment and treatment of all patients. To work as a member of the paediatric multidisciplinary team and to attend relevant multiagency meetings.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.