Join an exciting opportunity as a Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian within Dietetics, based in Banbury, earning a competitive £26.00 per hour. This full-time, ongoing role invites you to bring your expertise to a community setting, offering a countywide role across Oxfordshire in Community Paediatric Home Enteral Feeding. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact while enjoying the flexibility of locum work, adapting to service needs within homes, schools, and digital clinics.
Perks and benefits:
- Full-time: Enjoy the stability and commitment of a full-time role while having the flexibility that suits your lifestyle.
- Professional Development: Expand your skills and knowledge by working within a multidisciplinary team and engaging in diverse training opportunities.
- Diverse Work Environment: Experience a dynamic work setting by conducting consultations at homes, schools, or digitally. No two days are the same!
- Work-Life Balance: Relish in the flexibility locum work provides to better balance your personal and professional life.
What you will do:
- Provide specialist dietetic assessment and treatment for paediatric home enterally fed patients.
- Manage a complex caseload of babies, children, and young adults needing enteral nutrition support.
- Develop and review enteral feeding regimens and nutritional care plans.
- Assess nutritional requirements using a variety of clinical, biochemical, and dietary methods.
- Advise on weaning, blended diets, thickened fluids, and modified textures.
- Attend MDT meetings and contribute to decision-making and capacity assessments.
- Conduct home, school, telephone, and digital consultations.
- Monitor growth, nutritional status, and treatment outcomes.
- Offer specialist dietary advice to families, carers, and professionals.
- Deliver training to community nurses, school nurses, health visitors, and allied health professionals.
- Support clinical audit, quality improvement, and research projects.Supervise students and support junior staff where appropriate.
Requirements:
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- Paediatric caseload experience
- Previous experience at Band 5 or Band 6 level
- Knowledge of enteral feeding and nutritional support
- Knowledge of PEG, NG, and PEG-J feeding
- Assessment and care planning skills for complex cases
- Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
- Experience in multidisciplinary teams
- Competence in teaching and training
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of safeguarding and risk management
- Ability to work autonomously and manage a specialist caseload
- Experience with Home Enteral Feeding
- Familiarity with babies, neonates, and transition patients
- Community or primary care experience
- Experience managing Band 5 staff or Dietetic Assistants
- Research, audit, or quality improvement experience
- Experience presenting at events
- Membership of the BDA or relevant Specialist Interest Group
- Completion of post-registration paediatric clinical courses
- Skills in motivational interviewing and behavioural change
- Experience supervising students
Banbury is not only a charming and lively town surrounded by the picturesque Oxfordshire countryside, but it also offers a thriving community, excellent schools, and rich history. It is a fantastic place to both live and work, offering a welcoming atmosphere and plenty of leisure activities just waiting to be explored. Come, be a part of something extraordinary in Banbury!
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Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian in Banbury employer: Sanctuary Personnel Ltd
Sanctuary Personnel Ltd is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises the well-being and professional development of its staff. With flexible hybrid working arrangements in vibrant Haringey, employees benefit from a collaborative environment, comprehensive training, and opportunities for growth within the social care sector, making it an ideal place for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of young adults.
