Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

4 weeks ago

Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Paediatric Dietitian to join our team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, you will play a key role in providing a high-quality nutrition and dietetic service to children attending our outpatient clinics.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Deliver a specialist nutrition and dietetic service to children attending the outpatient clinic service, including allergy diagnosis and management, gastrointestinal issues, nutritional assessment, limited diet, and nutrient deficiencies.
  2. Co-ordinate service improvement projects within paediatric dietetics, working closely with the team lead to develop new ways of working and improve patient outcomes.
  3. Represent the dietetic department at MDT meetings, case conferences, and child protection meetings, ensuring delivery of co-ordinated multi-disciplinary care.
  4. Oversee the management of patients assigned to the dietetic assistant practitioner in the paediatric team.
  5. Develop and maintain a specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice, common conditions, and national and local standards within paediatric dietetics.
  6. Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with complex presentations and multi-pathologies, and use clinical reasoning skills to set nutritional goals.
  7. Negotiate and agree dietary interventions with patients and their carers, using appropriate counselling and motivational skills to optimise their nutritional status.
  8. Make recommendations for appropriate prescription of nutritional products, following local guidelines.
  9. Ensure adequate monitoring and review of patients, and assess the suitability of incoming referrals according to agreed referral criteria.
  10. Co-ordinate appropriate follow-up, discharge arrangements, and outward referrals to other services, ensuring safe and timely discharge/transfer of care.
  11. Recognise and act appropriately if vulnerable patients are at risk or deemed to be in need.
  12. Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records, and provide statistics of patient contacts in a timely fashion.
  13. Liaise with healthcare professionals within paediatrics, the wider community, and across the network, particularly to support patients under shared care.
  14. Communicate complex, specialised, and sensitive information with empathy and understanding to patients and their parents, guardians, and carers or other family members where appropriate.
  15. Work as an integral part of the paediatric dietetics team, supporting other dietetics teams and working alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team.
  16. Plan, deliver, evaluate, and develop training and education sessions to patient and multi-disciplinary staff groups, in conjunction with the team lead.
  17. Represent the dietetics department at multi-disciplinary meetings and case conferences, ensuring delivery of high-quality co-ordinated multi-disciplinary care.
  18. Work within Trust, departmental, HCPC, and BDA clinical and professional guidelines, policies, and procedures.
  19. Contribute to the development and updating of policies, guidelines, patient information, and other resources related to paediatric dietetics, in conjunction with the team lead.
  20. Support the team lead in ensuring guidelines relating to paediatric dietetics are fully implemented across the department/MDT.
  21. Report and review information required for managing and monitoring the service, including referral numbers, key performance indicators, waiting list management, prioritisation of caseloads, DNA rates, outcome measures, and user satisfaction surveys.
  22. Plan and deliver audit, research, and service evaluations to help deliver improvement in service delivery and clinical practice, following discussion with the team lead.
  23. Work with colleagues to help the Trust meet the CQC standards for nutrition.
  24. Maintain own development and competency to practice through CPD activities.
  25. Participate in and contribute to the organising and delivery of the department's CPD programme, in collaboration with senior staff.
  26. Be an active member of the department, attending and presenting at staff meetings, attending and facilitating tutorials and training sessions.
  27. Participate in the department appraisal scheme and be responsible for complying with agreed Personal Development Plans to meet knowledge and competencies.
  28. Participate in regular supervision and provide supervision and support for the paediatric dietetic assistant practitioner.
  29. Support the induction and recruitment of new staff members within the paediatric dietetics team.
  30. Contribute to the upskilling of the paediatric dietetic assistant practitioner, in order to maintain staff skill mixes and ensure adequate resilience across the paediatric dietetics team.
  31. Be responsible for the supervision and assessment of students during their placement, including the role as practice educator and weekly supervisor.
  32. Comply with the lone worker policy.
  33. Work flexibly to support the paediatric dietetics team.
  34. Provide cover for other wards/departments at short notice, to cover unplanned and planned absences within the post holder's competency and skill level.
  35. Undertake any other duties as identified by the team lead, as required for the successful delivery of the paediatric dietetics service.

About Us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas, across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity, and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region, you will have access to a programme of high-quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the-art facilities, placing us at the heart of cutting-edge healthcare. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient numbers of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.

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