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Interview will be held on 7th August 2024

Are you looking for a new and exciting community-based role, working within a supportive and friendly team?

We have a vacancy within our team for a Specialist Paediatric Dietetic Team Lead.

We are looking for somebody who is passionate about working with children and young people (CYP) with complex health needs who are enterally fed and/or those who have feeding difficulties across Berkshire.

You will be based at a University of Reading site but will be required to work with CYP and their families across a wide range of community settings within Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham including their home, special schools and respite or short break settings, delivering high-quality dietetic, support, training and advice.

You will manage a designated case load, working within a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency colleagues. You will provide day-to-day oversight and management of the Specialist Paediatric Dietetic Team service across West Berkshire, with support from the Community Children’s Nurse Manager and Head of Service.

For this role you will need to have good clinical and organisational skills and the ability to work independently and autonomously, whilst also remaining part of the wider team. Effective communication with the multi-disciplinary team is vital with a good knowledge of safeguarding. 

 Your working pattern will be 30 hours per week between Monday – Friday. Flexible hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

·       Home enteral feeding contracting and other services provided under a service level agreement.

·       Practice development of the team, leading on standard operating procedures and clinical development

·       Audit, patient feedback and service improvement.

·       To use specialist skills, knowledge and experience to provide clinical dietetic advice to CYP with complex health needs and disabilities

·       To clinically assess CYP’s dietetic needs by the calculation of nutritional requirements based on interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, physical and social aspects of the CYP.

·       To manage, plan, co-ordinate and deliver nutrition/dietetic training for parents, carers and professionals as required

·       To plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate / adjust specialised dietetic treatment to CYP across a range of community settings

·       Manage and organise a defined caseload.

·  To provide direct line management, including one to one supervision and annual performance reviews to specified members of the team.

·       You will have some experience of paediatrics and/or enteral feeding.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. 

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.