Senior Specialist Paediatric Metabolic Dietitian
Closed for applications on: 6-May-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 6-May-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Evelina London Childrens Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road London
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 p.a. inclusive of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Interview date
- 17/05/2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic paediatric dietitian to join our team, working closely within the paediatric metabolic MDT to provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals.
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The paediatric metabolic dietitian is a member of the dietetic and paediatric multidisciplinary teams. The post holder will play a key role in the nutritional management of this patient group and will provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals within the multidisciplinary team.
The role involves covering outpatient clinics as well as inpatients and the post holder will provide support to dietitians looking after patients under the care of the Evelina team if they are admitted to their local hospital.
The post holder will work within the metabolic MDT, working closely with the metabolic dietitians (1.6 WTE band 8a, 1.4 WTE band 7 and 1.0 band 6), specialist nurses and consultants providing support and training and be actively involved in the Trust’s clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will join a wider paediatric dietetic team of 39 dietitians and dietetic assistants who cover a wide range of specialties including inherited metabolic disease, diabetes, renal, gastroenterology, complex feeding clinic and allergy.
The service is overseen by the Evelina London Lead Dietitian and the Paediatric team form part of the wider dietetic department of over 100 dietitians, with a focus on innovation, quality, education, development and well-being.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed job description, which outlines the main responsibilities of this post.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Computer Literacy
- Demonstrate a flexible approach
- Demonstrate understanding of equal opportunities
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
- Good communication
- Organisational Skills
- Presentation skills
- Prioritisation of own work load
- Able to work under own initiative
- Computer literacy
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Specialist paediatric experience
- Experience in metabolic Dietetics
- Experience of calculating multiple ingredient feed recipes
- Working as part of multidisciplinary team
- Conducting audit and research
Desirable criteria
- Line Management including PDR responsibility
Professional/ Statutory Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) or other body conferring professional insurance.
- Membership of BDA Paediatric Group
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics or equivalent qualification.
Desirable criteria
- BDA Paediatric Modules
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Abigail Woodward
- Job title
- Principal Metabolic Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071884008
- Additional information
Joanna Gribben
Principal Paediatric Dietitian
02071884008
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