Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for a specialist Paediatric Dietitian to join our 3 Paediatric Dietitians. You will lead on the management of eating disorders, ARFID and feeding difficulties within inpatient services of acutely ill children and young people across the Trust Hospital sites. As your caseload allows, you may work in areas according to experience/ interests, such as allergy, cardiology, Cystic Fibrosis, & gastroenterology, alongside supporting a general paediatric dietetic service. Based at Peterborough City Hospital with a requirement to travel between Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke Hospital sites. Development post would be considered, dependent upon previous Band 6 experience.
We are a supportive and diverse team of 23 staff. The Dietetic team has close working links with CAMH teams, health visiting, Community Children’s nurses, Community Dietetic team and colleagues in the paediatric tertiary centres. We support the training of Students from the University of Hertfordshire.
- Provide a highly specialist paediatric Dietetic role in the management of eating disorders (ED), disordered eating, feeding difficulties and inpatient services of acutely ill children and young people (CYP) within North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) Hospital sites.
- Provide a highly specialised paediatric dietetic service to the paediatric units based at Peterborough City Hospital and working cross-site at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
- Work effectively and efficiently independently as well as co-working with hospital staff and the in-reach Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) teams in the hospital setting.
- Provide support, training and direction to the Trust multidisciplinary team (MDT), ensuring safe and effective delivery of patient focussed care in line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards.
- Support and guide the dietetic teams Band 6, 5 and support staff in the management and delivery of therapeutic care plans and training of dietetic students.
- Support the Team Lead in promoting the development of a Trust wide evidenced based service, leading on developing clinical pathways, guidelines and education within their area of expertise.
- Participate in relevant research, audit and development projects.
Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
- Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
- Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
- In-house Physiotherapy Services
- Career development and training opportunities
- Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
- Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
- Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the post.