Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Dietitian - Paediatric Diabetes
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 225-Div3-6385531
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New Cross Hospital
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Dietitian - Paediatric Diabetes
Band 6
Job overview
We are delighted to advertise a vacancy for a Registered Dietitian with experience in paediatric diabetes to join our growing team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with a passion for making a difference in the lives of children and families.
We are a friendly, supportive and dynamic team of 35 clinical staff with excellent admin support. We pride ourselves on growth and development, and support members of the team to undertake relevant training. We support Level 6 apprenticeship programmes and also provide clinical dietetics placement for learners from local universities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work closely with another Dietitian and the supportive and highly motivated paediatric diabetes MDT on the children's ward, outpatient and community settings to deliver a high quality dietetics service to children with diabetes, this will include education for them and their carers.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide a dietetics service to children and young people across Wolverhampton, this will involve, but not be limited to:
- MDT clinics
- Education of children on the ward with newly diagnosed diabetes
- Support children with various therapies including hybrid closed loop systems
- Work with families, carers, healthcare professionals and schools to optimise diabetes control through carbohydrate counting
This role includes responding to queries from carers, health visitors, schools and GPs, and community visits for children with other co-morbidities, working closely with members of the MDT.
You will support the training & development of student dietitians on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior members of the team.
You will undertake and contribute to projects and audits to ensure continued quality of care and service development.
Keep up to date by participating in continuous professional development.
Work with colleagues to act upon national service trends and innovations in the field of nutrition and diabetes to prioritise, risk assess and implement service redesign as required.
Support service developments, audits, etc with senior members of the dietetics team and the wider MDT
Please see the attachment for detailed job description/person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications & registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration in Dietetics
Experience and learning
Essential criteria
- Experience in paediatrics
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience in diabetes
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in paediatrics diabetes
- Post graduate learning in paediatric diabetes
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written & spoken English
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between community sites
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathryn Robinson
- Job title
- Head of Nutrition & Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 695335
- Additional information
If you would like to chat through any queries, or find out more about this opportunity, please do get in touch.
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