Senior Dietitian/Dietitian (Paediatrics)

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Job overview

BAND 5 (28,407-£34,581 per annum)

BAND 6 (35,392-£42,618 per annum)

REPORTS TO Senior Dietitian (Paediatrics)

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in our well established Leicestershire paediatric, neonatal and women's nutrition and dietetic team for a Band 6 or Band 5 to 6 (with training and clinical supervision) Dietitian.

Are you wanting to develop your career in paediatric dietetics in an acute teaching Trust environment?

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, active team players with good communication skills, who enjoys working with children, to join our dedicated team.

The team provides a service to the Children's & Women's Clinical Management Group, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary site. This post will either be a training post to start your career off in Paediatric Dietetics as a band 5 Dietitian with progression to band 6 within a 9-12 month period on completion of a paediatric dietetic training programme including competency based assessments. Alternatively a Senior post at band 6 with previous experience in paediatrics. To provide a service on a rotational basis at band 5 or 6, alongside other team members, to a wide range of paediatric local and tertiary specialities.

Main duties of the job

You will have a great opportunity to develop broad experience in many aspects of paediatric, neonatal and women's dietetics in an acute setting as part of a high profile and valued team of 17 other Paediatric Dietitians working as core members of multi-professional teams with a dedicated Paediatric Dietetic Support Worker.

You will be joining our band 6 rotational programme spending half your time providing dietetic cover to our busy medical and surgical children's wards and general outpatient clinic and half working within one of 7 sub-specialities (Respiratory High Dependency care, Cardiology, Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Cystic Fibrosis, Ketogenic Diet Therapy, Paediatric Intensive Care and Diabetes) supported by band 7 senior specialist Dietitians.

These senior posts are fundamental to providing an inpatient and outpatient paediatric dietetic and nutrition service to children diagnosed with specific conditions who are managed on specialist diets.

You will be a core and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team for this speciality and group of patients.

Further responsibilities will include involvement in the pre-registration training of dietitians as we provide dedicated paediatric B and C clinical placements and you will play an active part in this.

Working for our organisation

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacanc...

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide nutrition and dietetic service into the Paediatric caseload with varying degrees of complexity including outpatients (MDT and Dietetic led clinics), inpatients, day case, resource development and training and education.

To work towards expertise in various paediatric specialities within the nutrition and dietetic team and service, and inform other Dietitians within the team and service of developments in these fields.

See Job Description for more details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Dietetic degree
• HCPC Registration
• Working towards completion of a validated course in a specialist area of practice
• Completion of a Clinical Supervisory Skills Course.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Dietetic experience in a varied dietetic environment
• some dietetic experience in the field of paediatric dietetics.
• Has developed practice in dietetics to include different ways of caseload management and delivering services.
• Can demonstrate the required competency in the post

Desirable criteria

• Previous involvement with the pre-registration practice training for Dietitians
• involved in QI activities ie clinical audit /PDSA cycles activities leading to improved patient care

communication

Essential criteria

• Written application, clear and concise and understandable
• Team working skills evident
• Evidence of being able to motivate and Influence

Desirable criteria

• Has undertaken post-registration training in behavioural change and motivational interviewing
• Presentation skills

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Spec (PDF, 480.3KB)
• Band 6 Job Description & Person Spec (PDF, 616.5KB)
• Advert (PDF, 216.4KB)
• Family Tree (PDF, 208.6KB)
• Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)