If you have a passion for paediatrics which focuses on excellent nutritional care and optimal patient experience, this could be the opportunity for you. This is maternity leave cover until April 2025 and can be either a 4 or 5 day role. This post is responsible for patients on Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) within Harrow community. This role is hosted by London North West NHS Healthcare University Trust and you will be part of the wider paediatric team of 7 dietitians. Your caseload will consist of babies and children in Harrow community on home enteral nutrition and you will review them across different settings as appropriate: community health centres, special schools, patient homes and hospital outpatient clinics alongside consultants. The role also includes a paediatric outpatient clinic at Northwick Park Hospital.

You will be a core and valued member of Harrow community multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The Harrow community paediatric service is run by Central and North West NHS Trust and therefore you will work closely with these colleagues and use CNWL systems for recording patient information and activity. To enable this your time will be split between the Northwick Park Hospital site and Harrow Community Sites: Caryl Thomas Clinic and Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre. This will allow the provision of seamless care for patients and optimal MDT working.

Main duties of the job

You will be a core and valued member of Harrow community multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The Harrow community paediatric service is run by Central and North West NHS Trust and therefore you will work closely with these colleagues and use CNWL systems for recording patient information and activity. To enable this your time will be split between the Northwick Park Hospital site and Harrow Community Sites: Caryl Thomas Clinic and Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre. This will allow the provision of seamless care for patients and optimal MDT working.

Your role will also include a monthly HEN nutrition clinic with the paediatric gastroenterologist, regular attendance at MDT meetings, supervision of a band 5/6 dietitian, participation in audit, research and service improvement projects and educating and training others on best practice in paediatric HEN.

The dietetic department at London North West is a large department split across 3 sites covering a range of specialities including critical care, head and neck surgery, gastroenterology, stroke, mental health, oncology and HIV. The department is welcoming, friendly and committed to continuing professional development through an established clinical governance programme, including evidence based clinical groups, audit and clinical supervision. We are a well-established student trainer, and the post will involve supervision of students in the clinical area.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• 4 year degree in dietetics or equivalent
• Current HCPC registration

Desirable

• Evidence of further postgraduate study in dietetics

knowledege and experience

Essential

• Sound knowledge in paediatric enteral feeding
• BDA module 2 or equivalent knowledge and skills
• Sound clinical knowledge in paediatric dietetics
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Experience of training student dietitians
• Evidence of teaching and training
• Evidence of service improvement work
• Experience of audit/research

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to plan and reorganise workload as required to meet changing needs
• Ability to communicate sensitive information
• Able to work under own initiative
• Evidence of high level team working

Other

Essential

• Computer literate
• Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values

Desirable

• Car driver
• Car owner

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital and Harrow Community

Watford Road

Harrow

HA1 3UJ

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