Specialist Paediatric Dietitian in Southend-on-Sea

Are you passionate about working with children and their families? We have an exciting part time permanent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our small but friendly and experienced paediatric team. This role gives you a chance to work in a variety of specialties within paediatrics, including general paeds, home enteral feeding and diabetes, alongside Band 6 and Band 7 colleagues.

You will work within established multidisciplinary teams providing expert nutritional advice to professionals, patients and carers. It will be based at Southend Hospital and will cover both inpatients and outpatients. There will also be an opportunity to train and work across other hospital sites within the wider MSEFT paediatric dietetic team.

This role would be ideal for someone with established paediatric clinical experience who will be considered for a Band 6 role. We also encourage applications from individuals with less experience but have a firm interest in working with children and their families. You will join us at Band 5, progressing to Band 6 after successfully meeting paediatric competencies and obtaining relevant clinical experience.

You will join a friendly and enthusiastic paediatric dietetic team. We are looking for someone who is motivated with good communication and team working skills who is excellent, compassionate and respectful.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner in providing dietetic assessment, treatment, and management to your own designated caseload of patients and to maintain up to date dietetic records. Use evidence-based principles and current best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate dietetic interventions.

Act as a source of expertise and provide a nutrition and dietetic service into the Paediatric caseload at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Work as an enthusiastic and effective team member, communicating appropriately with patients, carers, other team members and with members of the MDT as required.

Responsible for a defined area of the service and be confident undertaking all aspects of clinical duties including assessing, treating and managing your own caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, working without direct supervision and maintaining comprehensive records.

You will be responsible for supervising, educating and assessing the performance of students and supporting the development of junior staff. Undertake evidence-based projects to further the clinical practice of self and the team, and to enhance patient care. To participate in clinical audits and service development.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application.

• HCPC
• Member of BDA
• Member of BDA Paediatric/Diabetes Specialist Group

• Experience or interest in Paediatrics/Diabetes
• Previous experience of working in an Acute Trust as a dietitian
• Evidence of Multi Professional Team Working
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Experience working in diabetes as a dietitian
• Experience working in paediatrics as a dietitian

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.