An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paediatric Dietitian to join our team in Ipswich Hospital.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitian to provide a paediatric dietetic service to children with complex feeding difficulties, many who require home enteral tube feeding.

You will be providing a dietetic service to children aged between 4-16 years who have a wide range of communication, physical, profound and multiple learning difficulties.

This job provides the opportunity to apply a variety of clinical skills including enteral feeds, nutrition support, healthy eating and allergies. The job involves a mixture of outpatient clinics and home visits. In addition you will have your own caseload of home enteral tube feeds.

You will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary teams based in the schools and wider community. Within the dietetic department you will join a supportive team of paediatric dietitians. There will also be the opportunity to practice some general paediatrics.

You will require a range of skills including the ability to manage a busy workload and should be someone who enjoys working within a team and is eager to provide support to others.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk

To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.

To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.

Provide supervision and support to the band 4 paediatric dietetic assistant practitioners.

To contribute to the dietetic service providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To provide specialist input into the planning, development and evaluation ofdieteticservices within your team and for defined projects.

Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk

To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.

To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

You will benefit from being part of a large department consisting of 23 Dietitians and 8 Dietetic technicians/ Dietetic Assistant Practitioner,as well as administrative and secretarial support staff, working across both acute and community settings, covering a number of specialities including renal, paediatrics and oncology. The department gives a high priority to continuing professional development and is well recognised as a provider of student training.

Informal visits or enquiries are welcomed. Please contact Catherine Dyson or Louise Jordan, Team leader on 01473 704000.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oDegree / Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics
• oRegistration with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• oCurrent full UK driving license

Desirable

• oMember of British Dietetic Association
• oMember of the BDA Paediatric specialist group
• oLeadership qualifications e.g. LEO and Supervisory Skills
• oEvidence of other post registration education and training e.g. BDA paediatric MSc Modules 1-5
• oTraining in Safeguarding Children

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant post-registration experience in a range of clinical areas.
• oPortfolio of evidence of CPD
• oExperience of working within Paediatric Dietetics.
• oExperience of delivering nutrition education and training to public and health care professionals

Knowledge

Essential

• oBroad up to date knowledge and practical application of paediatric dietetics.
• oKnowledge and understanding of BDA professional standards
• oAwareness of current issues in: Nutrition and Dietetics, The NHS and Department of Health, The Health and social care agenda
• oAbility to analyse complex professional, clinical and ethical issues and apply in practice
• oAbility to lead student training within speciality
• oIntermediate IT skills e.g. keyboard skills, PowerPoint

Desirable

• oClinical supervisory skills
• oCompleted audit and research projects and have applied in practice

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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