Specialist Dietitian

**Job overview**:
An exciting permanent opportunity has risen for a Dietitian in the Paediatric General service

Are you a dietitian keen to expand your clinical experience in paediatrics? Do you have a passion for improving patient outcomes with the best nutritional care?

We are looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic dietitian to join our established teams of 22 paediatric dietitians, based at Nottingham Children’s hospital at NUH. You will become an integral member of our supportive multidisciplinary team delivering high quality, patient centred dietetic care.

You will manage a varied In-patient and Out-patient general paediatric caseload (0-19yrs) including allergies, growth faltering, cardiac babies who need varying degrees of dietary support and supplementation including naso
- gastric and tube
- feeding.

**Main duties of the job**:
Applicants should have excellent communication skills and the ability to manage their own time and workload within a supportive team.

You will also be able to build good working relationships with the wider team within the hospital in order to provide excellent care to patients and their families.

You will be part of an experienced paediatric team who will support development within this specialist area.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has close links with Nottingham University and takes dietetic students for A, B and C placements.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of NUH. We provide in-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, burns and plastics, neurological conditions, oncology, paediatric critical care, renal conditions and transplantation, gastroenterology, and spinal and orthopaedic care.

The Children’s Dietetic team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to supported by our Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
You must have experience of working as a Dietitian. You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload and that of other members of staff within a supportive team. You will work alongside dietitians as well as dietetic technicians and dietetic assistants. We expect you to be
enthusiastic, motivated and keen to develop your own skills and those of others. Experience of nutritional support is essential. Additional training will be provided.

As part of this role it is essential that you will be able to wear the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) accordingly to national and local guidance.

Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached.

**Person specification**:
**Training & Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent).
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Registered with the Health Professions Council.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Member of BDA including specialist group.

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working as a registered dietitian

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of working in relevant specialist area/s.

**Communication skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of good communication skills

**Analytical and judgemental**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of good analytical and judgmental skills
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

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