Highly Specialist Dietitian in Paediatrics in Burton upon Trent

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff, you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients. University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust are fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit. The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

The post will provide a dietetic service to both inpatient and outpatient paediatric patients and will include cross site working, however, will be predominantly based at Queens Hospital. Additionally, the post holder will lead clinical service provision for children with eating disorders and extreme food refusal.

Main duties of the job:

• This role oversees the paediatric dietetic service at Queens Hospital, providing supervision and support to the other paediatric dietitians and working in collaboration with the paediatric team leader at RDH.
• The post holder will run a specialist feeding clinic delivered in collaboration with the speech and language therapist for children with severely restricted eating.
• It will also include overseeing the dietetic service to paediatric eating disorders in the acute wards cross site.

You will work as an active member of the Paediatric Dietetic team and wider department. We are a welcoming, forward thinking and supportive team of paediatric dietitians with support from dietetic admin. We are routinely involved in project work and service improvement and follow evidence-based practice.

We pride ourselves on having a very close relationship with the wider MDTs within the hospital, including working with consultants, specialist nurses, speech and language therapy, physiotherapists, psychologists and the play team. This gives us the opportunity for advanced clinical supervision as respected members of the team.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.