We have a new secondment opportunity within the Paediatric Renal Dietetic Team at NUH, 0.64 WTE (3 or 4 days a week, with flexible hours) part-time for 6 months to cover a period of planned sick leave.

You will work as a member of the renal multi-professional team (MDT), supporting the other paediatric renal dietitians, the renal dietetic technician, and the wider renal MDT.

You will look after a complex group of children and young people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and on dialysis, and work closely with their caregivers. Covering our outpatient CKD services, inpatient wards, transplants, home enteral nutrition, peritoneal dialysis, and supporting other staff members with their own professional development, are all part of this post.

You will promote the role of the paediatric renal dietitian in our dynamic and supportive MDT.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

NUH is looking for an experienced paediatric renal dietitian with an ability to work independently, as well as part of the MDT. The post holder will be required to work mainly with inpatients and outpatient clinics, including patients receiving home enteral nutrition and peritoneal dialysis. You will be solely based at the Queens Medical Centre.

This post is ideal for a dietitian wishing to develop their clinical, leadership and service development skills. You will take part in education events, student training/staff teaching and lead renal dietetic service developments, in collaboration with other members of the MDT.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team.

We expect you to be enthusiastic, motivated, able to evidence continuing professional development and keen to develop yourself and others. Experience of nutritional support and evidence of a varied clinical experience is essential.

Please refer to full Job description for details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registration
• Diploma or degree in relevant qualification

Experience

Essential

• Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team

Analytical and judgement skill

Essential

• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes

Communication

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors

Planning & organisational skil

Essential

• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand

Other

Essential

• Undertake out of hours duties as required.

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queens Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

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