Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time

We are seeking 0.5 wte Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian on a fixed term contract for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

This post will manage our across site cow's milk allergy A&E pathway triaging immediate IgE allergy babies into a Dietetic led allergy clinic.

This clinic will sit alongside the allergy MDT clinic so skin prick testing and clinical supervision can be provided. You will join a friendly department comprised of 35 dietitians across the two sites of Lewisham

Allergy IgE clinic

Virtual non IgE telephone clinics covering referrals across site

Virtual group clinics

All dietetic staff are encouraged to participate in audits, service evaluations, and continuous professional development. Band 7s take a lead in service improvements and developing policies and guidelines, offer supervision and support to Band 5 and Band 6 dietitians across the trust and develop specialist resources.

Lewisham and Greenwich is a very friendly supportive NHS Trust, with a strong focus on staff well being.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

**Job Summary**:
**Key Result Areas & Performance**:
The post holder will be the clinical paediatric team lead for QEH. They will provide the HDU service (4 beds) on the children’s ward and jointly share acute Paediatric inpatients. They will support the across site neonatal post and provide an outpatient clinic. You will be actively involved in training students from the London universities on the 1,2,3 Placement programme. All dietetic staff are encouraged to participate in audits, service evaluations, and continuous professional development. Band 7s take a lead in service improvements and developing policies and guidelines, offer supervision and support to Band 5 and Band 6 dietitians across the trust and develop specialist resources. This post is accountable to the Head of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Clinical

**Responsibilities**:
Communication and Relationship Skills

To provide expert, specialist, evidence based, dietetic advice and care to paediatric patients and their carer’s. Communicating highly complex and sensitive information on nutrition using negotiation, counselling and behavioural change skills.

To work autonomously when assessing patients, making clinical decisions, selecting treatments and evaluating outcomes of dietetic interventions.

To collaborate with team members to ensure the child receives care and advice on all aspects of feeding at home. This will require particularly close liaison with the Children’s Community Nursing Team and Speech and Language therapists, Occupational Therapists, Feeding Team and Consultant Paediatricians.

To develop and maintain close communications with all health care professionals (Consultants, GPs, Acute Dietitians, HEN Team, Children’s Community Nurses, SALTs, OT’s, Physio’s, School Teachers, School Nurses, Health Visitors, Social workers, Portage workers), private sector companies and other agencies as necessary in order to provide co-ordinated patient centred care.

To work with families who may have learning disabilities, mental health problems and challenging behaviours

To work with patients who have language barriers to effective communication. This may often require the use of interpreting services via the telephone or with a relevant interpreter at the patient’s place of care.

To empathise, communicate and reassure families who may be dealing with unpleasant circumstances/diagnosis relating to their child. This may include relaying additional unwelcome information relating to the long-term nutritional requirements of a child.

To use motivational and negotiating skills to facilitate acceptance and ongoing compliance with nutritional treatment plans.

To act as a keyworker to certain families. Besides acting as an emotional support for the family the Dietitian will be responsible as the organisational link between all health professionals involved in the acute and community settings ensuring consistency of services.

To be involved with children and their carers placed on the child protection register. The dietitian will be responsible for receiving highly confidential, complex and sensitive in

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