Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate Paediatric Dietitian looking for a fantastic opportunity to develop your career?
We are looking for a dietitian with substantial clinical experience in paediatric dietetics, with experience, interest, and passion in supporting patients requiring enteral tube feeding at home, who will be able to take a leadership role within the team and work with our current paediatric HEF team to support and develop dietetic capacity in this highly specialist area.
Bradford Dietitians support 300 patients require enteral feeding at home, with the caseload growing over the past 5 years. The team are in need of clinical and operational leadership of this cohort of patients to ensure we continue to support this patient group. This role includes the direct care of a caseload of these patients, working with patients, their carers, district & community nursing teams, schools and the wider healthcare team to ensure the effective delivery of nutrition to support ongoing growth and development.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for the mentorship and supervision of dietitians new to paediatrics in the field of HEF supporting in their learning and development, as well as supporting the development of our HEF services alongside our HEF team lead.
We have just commenced a new contract period, which includes additional nursing provision and you will be expected to work closely with the supplier, the company nurses and the community nursing teams to ensure that optimal care is provided. You will need skills to effectively manage your own caseload whilst at the same time manage priorities including service delivery, patient and professional demands. Experience of service development, implementation of pathways and integration with a MDT is desirable.
This post offers excellent opportunities to work as part of an established and ever developing dietetic team within a busy acute Trust with strong community links.
About us
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.
We're a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.
In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We've received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand-new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children's unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached for the job description document for this post for further details in regards to the main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics/Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
- HPC Registered Dietitian
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate dietetic experience
- Recent experience of clinical/specialist area/s relevant to the post Including: paediatrics, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric allergy, paediatric home enteral feeding Service development and performance /outcome measurement
- Teaching and Training experience at a variety of levels
- Experience of developing evidence based resources, guidelines, protocols and policies
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of evaluating practice
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of patient & public involvement
Desirable
- Published author in relevant journal
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written skills
- Competent with IT : internet, literature searches, food analysis programmes
Desirable
- Competent with IT : word processing, power point & spreadsheets
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Competent in relevant specialist Area of Dietetic Practice
- Awareness of responsibility for own CPD
- Aware of the operational and organisational aspects of the NHS
- Knowledge of the different dietary and social needs of multi-cultural Bradford
- Clinical supervisory skills training
- Specialist & mandatory training relevant to the specialist area
Desirable
- Any Asian language
- Leadership training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics/Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
- HPC Registered Dietitian
Experience
Essential
- Substantial postgraduate dietetic experience
- Recent experience of clinical/specialist area/s relevant to the post Including: paediatrics, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric allergy, paediatric home enteral feeding Service development and performance /outcome measurement
- Teaching and Training experience at a variety of levels
- Experience of developing evidence based resources, guidelines, protocols and policies
- Experience of supervision
- Experience of evaluating practice
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
- Experience of patient & public involvement
Desirable
- Published author in relevant journal
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written skills
- Competent with IT : internet, literature searches, food analysis programmes
Desirable
- Competent with IT : word processing, power point & spreadsheets
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Competent in relevant specialist Area of Dietetic Practice
- Awareness of responsibility for own CPD
- Aware of the operational and organisational aspects of the NHS
- Knowledge of the different dietary and social needs of multi-cultural Bradford
- Clinical supervisory skills training
- Specialist & mandatory training relevant to the specialist area
Desirable
- Any Asian language
- Leadership training
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).
