This nine-month fixed-term secondment covers maternity leave in King's College Hospital's dietetics team, with a paediatric caseload. The core work is assessing, treating and planning discharge for complex, nutritionally vulnerable infants and children, with inpatient work and two weekly outpatient clinics at Denmark Hill. Experience and shadowing are on offer in cystic fibrosis, allergy, neurology, critical care, neonates and liver and gastroenterology. Significant complex enteral nutrition experience and current HCPC registration decide fit.
What the job involves
- Assess, treat and plan timely discharge for a complex caseload of infants and children
- Formulate and deliver individual dietetic treatment plans with the dietetic and multidisciplinary teams
- Assess, treat and monitor nutritionally vulnerable infants and children with complex medical needs
- Evaluate patient progress and alter treatment regimens as required
- Manage clinical risk within own caseload
- Assess patient understanding, obtain valid informed consent and work within the legal framework for patients who lack capacity
- Contribute to the local development and delivery of structured education programmes
- Keep accurate, comprehensive patient records to BDA and HCPC standards
- Work within Trust clinical guidelines, know national and local standards and monitor quality of practice
- Remain professionally and legally accountable, following the HCPC ethical code of practice
What’s required
Qualifications
- BSc or postgraduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
- Paediatric experience
- Significant experience with complex enteral nutrition support
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS
- Good oral and written communication with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Ability to work in a complex, busy environment and prioritise caseload
- Ability to be flexible, adaptive and solution focused
- Ability to maintain effective relationships with distressed children and families or carers
Nice to have
- Postgraduate BDA paediatric module or modules
- Relevant postgraduate courses or study days
- Experience of nutrition support in children and infants, including safe and timely discharge to the community
- Formal lecturing or teaching experience
- Motivational and counselling skills
What’s offered
- Support to continue CPD and audit
- Opportunities to gain experience or shadow in specialist areas such as CF, allergy, neuro, critical care, neonates and liver/gastro
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Specialist Paediatric Dietitian in London employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
