1.0wte Band 7 paediatric dietitian Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - Renal and critical care

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) is a tertiary Children's Hospital that provides regional and supra-regional services to include most dietetic clinical paediatric specialties.

We are based in a 371 bed, purpose built hospital in the centre of Manchester, and are continuing to expand and develop our paediatric dietetic service in the largest single-site children's hospital in the UK.

Dietitians are well respected and valued members of most RMCH multi-disciplinary teams, and we provide both IP and OP services to a comprehensive range of specialtiesOur paediatric dietetic service is led by a professional paediatric dietetic lead and comprises.

4 x B8a clinical specialist / paediatric dietetic team leads

1 x ACP in ketogenic diet therapies

28 x B7 paediatric dietitians

9 x B5-6 paediatric dietitians

4 x paediatric dietetic assistant and an apprentice dietitian

Special Feeds Unit supervisors and assistants

Administrative support

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 experienced paediatric dietitian to join our RMCH dietetic team. We can accommodate either a full time or 2 part time posts to join our established renal and / critical care dietetic teams

To meet the person specification to be considered for the post you should.

Possess a comprehensive range of skills, expertise and CPD in paediatric nutrition support including experience working with acute and chronic patients and their families with renal disease and intensive care caseloads.

be competent to work as an autonomous paediatric dietitian within professional practice guidelines and a structured supervision framework and delivering training to others.

be highly motivated, enthusiastic, and able to provide strong clinical leadership to the service and be able to line manage and support junior staff and students,

have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with good time management to be able to prioritize your work to meet deadlines in an often fast-paced pressured environment.

Our service is committed to helping you progress with your career and to develop advanced clinical and leadership skills.

We support this through continued professional development, access to regular clinical supervision, annual appraisals, audit, and service development opportunities in line with best practice guidelines

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of �2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Educational / Qualifications / Registration

Essential

• oRegistration via Healthcare Professions Council
• oEvidence of Advanced / masters level post graduate training in paediatric dietetics e.g masters level BDA paediatric modules , PENG course ,

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• oComprehensive clinical dietetic experience in an acute paediatric NHS hospital setting
• oPrevious knowledge and experience in nutrition support and dietetic management of children in a critical care /renal setting
• oSpecialist knowledge of dietetic assessment and treatment techniques
• oEvidence of on-going Continual Professional Development in paediatric dietetics
• oExperience of and commitment to interdisciplinary team working
• oExperience of supervision of students and assistants
• oEvidence of contribution to clinical education and in-service training of less experienced staff/students and assistants
• oUnderstanding of clinical effectiveness and its implications for services including experience of quality issues, audit and evidence-based practice and patient experience initiatives
• oDelivered MDT paediatric dietetic training both internally and externally

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

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