Job summary
We are delighted to be expanding our team and are looking for a professional, confident, enthusiastic, team player who is passionate about working in paediatrics and contributing to our growing team.
This role involves seeing children and their families in community clinics, offering a mixture of face to face, video, telephone and email support to patients, GPs and other community health professionals, including the 0-19 Family Wellbeing Team.
TheChildren's Dietetic Teamis responsible for providing expert advice and support for children with food allergy, faltering growth, feeding difficulties, restricted eating including children with autistic spectrum disorder, micronutrient deficiencies, as well gastro issues such as, constipation, IBS and annual reviews for coeliac disease.
As well as providing dietary advice for a large range of nutritional needs, you will be expected to contribute to resources, audit and service development, as well as training for other health care professionals as necessary.
We are happy to explore flexible or hybrid working options, depending on operational needs.
This new permanent Band 6 post will play an integral role within the Community Dietetic Team.Join us in a rewarding role with part-time hours - perfect for fitting around other commitments!
Main duties of the job
This role will involve working closely with the current Band 6 Dietitian and the Paediatric Lead Dietitian to develop the existing Community Dietetic Service.As a key member of theCommunity Dietetic Team, you will:
Work closely with the Paediatric Lead Dietitian to develop and enhance paediatric dietetic services in West Essex
Manage your own clinical caseload, providing specialist dietary advice to children and families
- Use your clinical expertise and judgement to assess and support children with complex nutritional need
Receive clinical supervision from the Band 7 Community Paediatric Dietitian
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Dietitian, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and terms and conditions, including an NHS pension
- AFC Pension and terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Paediatric Dietitian who is eager to grow within a community setting. The ideal candidate will have:
- HCPC registration
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 1 year clinical experience (including at least 6 months inpaediatrics)
- Strong clinical competence in paediatric dietetics, including assessment, treatment, and counselling
- Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with children, families, and healthcare teams
- A flexible, organised approach, with the ability to manage workload under pressure
- IT proficiency to support digital service delivery and documentation
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Dietitian, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and terms and conditions, including an NHS pension
- AFC Pension and terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Paediatric Dietitian who is eager to grow within a community setting. The ideal candidate will have:
- HCPC registration
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 1 year clinical experience (including at least 6 months inpaediatrics)
- Strong clinical competence in paediatric dietetics, including assessment, treatment, and counselling
- Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with children, families, and healthcare teams
- A flexible, organised approach, with the ability to manage workload under pressure
- IT proficiency to support digital service delivery and documentation
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
Person Specification
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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.
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