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Job summary

Main area
Dietetics
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours will be considered)
Job ref
164-6170661
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queens Medical Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 £40,057-£45,839 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

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Highly specialist Dietitian - Neonates

Band 7

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian to support Neonates at NUH as part of Nottingham Children's hospital . We have been fortunate to gain additional funding to expand the dietetic service provision to the Neonatal service at NUH 

This is a permanent 1 WTE and will cover the neonatal units at both the QMC and City campuses of NUH . This post will also include working with neonatal out patient reviews  and attendance at consultant led clinics.

You will also be working closely with our AHP colleagues in Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetics as well as the wider MDT including the neonatal  outreach nurses to deliver a comprehensive Neonatal service.

Are you…

  • enthusiastic about working as a highly specialist  within Neonates?
  • confidently able to demonstrate the value of dietetics  for neonates, as a key profession within the MDT?
  • experienced in working within neonatal care/paediatrics with knowledge of developmentally sensitive care and keen to build on these skills to work within neonates?
  • able to work autonomously and provide specialist dietetic assessment and interventions to infants and their families?

If yes, come and join our expanding neonatal AHP team at Nottingham University Hospitals!

 

Main duties of the job

You will be a highly specialist dietitian supporting babies and their families under the  neonatal services . Your post will include the dietary assessment and advice for neonates requiring nutritional support related to their prematurity or complex neonatal needs . The advice may include supplementation , enteral and parenteral nutrition . Nottingham has a surgical centre and you will lead on the nutritional management of infants requiring surgery in the neonatal period .

You will work closely with the Neonatal MDT including  medics, allied health professionals,  nursing and outreach teams  . 

You will have a clinical leadership role and this will include the development of clinical guidelines in line with evidence based practice .

You will be part of the established Children's Hospital  Dietetic team  of 32 dietitians , assistants , technicians and administrative staff . You will be seen as a clinical lead within the team and will contribute to team development whilst supporting other members of the team .

Working for our organisation

The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.

The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to supported by our Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for further details

You will be required to wear PPE as guided by local and national policy

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registration
  • Diploma or degree in relevant qualification

Experience

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

Other

Essential criteria
  • Undertake out of hours duties as required.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dilyana Kraleva
Job title
Dietetic highly specialist dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812269754
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