Advanced Specialist Dietitian Fixed term | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Posting date: | 10 January 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 Pro-Rata |
Hours: | Part time |
Closing date: | 09 February 2025 |
Location: | Oldham, OL1 1NL |
Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Contract |
Job reference: | 6900182/236-OCO-P008-25 |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dedicated and innovative Dietitian to join our established Children’s Nutrition and Dietetic Community Team in Oldham. This post is to cover a period of Maternity leave for 9 months.
You will provide specialist paediatric Dietetic care across Oldham in a variety of settings including clinics, patient’s homes and special schools. You will manage a complex caseload which includes home enterally fed children and neonates.
The role will suit an experienced individual with a solid foundation in community paediatric dietetics. The post holder will be a motivated, compassionate and dynamic individual. It is essential that you have experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
You will deputise for the Team Lead in their absence alongside another Band 7 Dietitian. You will be actively involved in the training of students. You will maintain clinical responsibility for your own caseload and contribute to the development of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service.
To provide specialist dietary advice to complex children and their families, in clinics, patients homes and special schools.
The caseload includes complex enterally fed babies and children, neonates, complex disability, allergy and oral nutrition support.
To support patients and families during the transition from paediatric services through to the adult service.
To contribute to MDT meetings and service development projects.
Working within the Dietetic team to be an educator, providing dietary information and training for health professionals and students, to help improve evidence based and best practice.
To assist in the training of student Dietitians across the NCA.
To educate children and their parents/ carers.
To provide clinical support and leadership for junior Dietitians. To be involved in the training of student Dietitians.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to optimise the nutritional status of patients referred to the service. Highly developed communication skills of negotiation, motivation, explanation, and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients.
To provide teaching for members of the multidisciplinary team , to promote understanding of the aims of nutrition and dietetic treatment and to ensure a co-ordinated approach to patient care.
To educate patients, to promote understanding of the aims of nutrition and dietetic treatment. .
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025
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