Paediatric Dietitian

To deliver a Specialist Dietetic Service for children and young people being looked after by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) and ensure that the criteria for best practice are being met. To act as a specialist source of advice and expertise, in the management of the nutritional wellbeing of paediatric patients, such as nutritional support, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders, premature infants, home enteral feeds, diabetes and children with complex needs and to in-patients on Children’s Ward. To co-ordinate and develop the dietetic service for paediatrics with the support of the Lead Paediatric Dietitian and Head of Nutrition & Dietetics.

Work within the Community setting delivering outpatient clinics and acting as a specialist source of advice and expertise in the management of paediatric patients, such as nutritional support, home enteral feeds, children with complex needs and diabetes, as well as delivering a service on the Children's Ward.
- Areas of Specialism:

- Work independently and as a team member of the dietetic and paediatric teams.
- Develop, organise and manage clinics as required
- Prioritise own workload and manage own time schedule.
- Have specialist knowledge of paediatrics and diabetes.
- Have a wide range of nutrition experience and clinical expertise to provide optimum dietetic care.
- Update clinical knowledge using reflective and evidence based practice.
- Have evidence of continuous professional development.
- Undertake regular practice supervision.
- Design, plan, organise and evaluate nutrition related health promotion initiatives, as required.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourpolicyfor eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

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