Community Paediatric Dietician

Main area Dietetics Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: Part Time Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (days of work are negotiable) Job ref 220-WHT-8332614

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Tynemouth Road Health Centre Town London Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 08:00

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This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and dynamic team in the London Borough of Haringey, working for Whittington Health NHS Trust. The post is a part time (22.5 hrs/week) based at Tynemouth Road Health Centre in Tottenham and in the special schools within the borough. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to babies, children and young people with a range of needs including those who are enterally fed, autistic young people and babies and children with feeding difficulties. The trust offers excellent opportunities to develop personal and professional skills through well supported training and development initiatives.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide direct clinical care to babies and children in the community with a range of conditions and disabilities. We deliver services in the community from our base in Tynemouth Road and our special schools from ages 0-19. The caseload consists of children who are enterally fed as well as autistic young people with restricted eating and babies and younger children with complex needs.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To hold a case load and provide, dietetic assessment, advice and monitoring regarding children who have complex health and/ or neurodisability (cerebral palsy, syndromes, profound and multiple learning disabilities.
• To provide specialist intervention to neonatal patients requiring Home Enteral Tube Feeding or Oral Nutritional Supplements.
• To reflect on clinical practice, identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical judgement.
• To act professionally and adhere to national best practice guidance and BDA guidance at all times
• To maintain accurate and comprehensive records of dietary advice given to patients and record clinical decisions in accordance with BDA and Trust/ legal standards, and to communicate treatment outcomes with other professionals as appropriate.
• To be professionally and legally responsible/ accountable for the management of your own clinical caseload and to organise this effectively with regards to clinical priority.
• To calculate Body Mass index, protein/ energy intakes, vitamin and nutritional intake of children, in order to meet the nutritional demands and expected reference nutrient intakes.
• To carry out growth measurements on children through height and weight assessments, and ensuring correct equipment is used whilst carrying out growth assessments.
• To monitor and review the progress of children in caseload and facilitate the development of care plans as appropriate using evaluation and outcome measures.
• To work autonomously, carrying out full dietary assessments providing comprehensive treatment/ care plans, and giving specialist advice to patients, carers and clinicians.
• To develop skills, to be able to cover and monitor enteral fed children as required.
• To support the effective transition of children between children’s centres/ nurseries, between schools and post school provisions to adult services with regards to aspects of nutrition.
• To ensure the practice is adapted to meet individual/ client needs/circumstances; taking into account cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• To undertake home visits, as necessary, in compliance with the Trust Home Visiting Safety Policy.
• To be responsible for maintaining up to date knowledge of Child Protection procedures and attend professional or strategy meeting at the request of the Area Child Protection Team/Social services. To ensure mandatory child protection training is attended
• To understand and interpret the medical assessments and treatments i.e. medications, investigations, surgical treatments which may affect the nutritional management

Education / Qualifications

• Professional Degree/diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
• HPC registration

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to assess and treat children and young people who have severe and complex disabilities
• Ability to evaluate intervention programmes.
• Knowledge of providing HETF in the community

Knowledge & Experience

• Sufficient post graduate experience to meet the clinical knowledge skills and experience required
• Broad range of Paediatric experience at band 5 and band 6 level
• Understanding of child protection procedures and responsibilities in regard to this

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Other important information –

• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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