Paediatric Diabetes and General Dietitian

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical.

1.

To provide a client centred nutrition & dietetic service to children and their carers at various locations according to need.

2.

To participate in the team approach to the care of individuals referred to the service and attend specialist paediatric multidisciplinary clinics as appropriate.

3.

4.

5.

To attend multidisciplinary team meetings across the health community as required.

To liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary teams within the trust and the health community to ensure the dietetic needs of clients can be met.

To provide clinical knowledge and expertise to the wider multidisciplinary teams based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice.

6.

To accurately collect relevant activity data required for service monitoring, management, and evaluation.

7.

To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the dietetic team.

8.

To provide cover for dietetic colleagues as appropriate.

9.

To work with other members of the dietetic and catering teams to develop menus to meet the needs of inpatients.

Person Specification

Other requirements

Essential

• Ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements for the post.

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registered
• Postgraduate training relevant to the role

Experience

Essential

• Significant post graduate dietetic experience in an NHS acute and community setting
• Experience working with children and young people individuals who require oral and artificial nutrition support
• Experience of developing and delivering presentations
• Experience of supervising dietetic students on practice placement

Desirable

• Experience of working with children with Type 1 diabetes
• Experience of managing staff

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
• oEvidence of leadership and team building skills

Attributes

Essential

• Professional appearance and manner.
• Ability to reflect and appraise own practice.
• Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Flexible and adaptable.

Values

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Top Road

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.chesterfieldroyal.nhs.uk/

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