Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian

Would you like the opportunity to develop your community paediatric skills as part of a small but friendly department? We are looking for a professional, confident, enthusiastic team player who is passionate about working in paediatrics to join our team.

This role involves seeing children and their families in community clinics, offering a mixture of face-to-face, video, telephone, and email support to patients, GPs, and other community health professionals, including the 0-19 Family Wellbeing Team.

The Childrens Community Dietetic Team is responsible for providing expert advice and support for children with food allergy, faltering growth, feeding difficulties, restricted eating including children with autistic spectrum disorder, micronutrient deficiencies, as well as gastro issues such as constipation, IBS, and annual reviews for coeliac disease.

This permanent Band 6 post plays an integral role within the overall Community Dietetic Team. You will be responsible for your own clinical caseload, with clinical supervision provided by the Band 7 Community Paediatric Dietitian.

As well as providing dietary advice for a large range of nutritional needs, you will be expected to contribute to resources, audit and service development, as well as training for other healthcare professionals as necessary.

Package Description: As a Community Paediatric Dietitian, we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:

1. Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
2. Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.
3. Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.
4. Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.
5. Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.
6. Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.
7. Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.

Main Responsibilities: As a key member of the Community Dietetic Team, you will:

1. Work closely with the Paediatric Lead Dietitian to develop and enhance paediatric dietetic services in West Essex.
2. Manage your own clinical caseload, providing specialist dietary advice to children and families.
3. Contribute to service development, audits, resource creation, and training for other healthcare professionals.
4. Receive clinical supervision from the Band 7 Community Paediatric Dietitian.
5. Use your clinical expertise and judgement to assess and support children with complex nutritional needs.

The Ideal Candidate: We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Paediatric Dietitian who is eager to grow within a community setting. The ideal candidate will have:

1. HCPC registration.
2. Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent).
3. Minimum of 1 year clinical experience (including at least 6 months in paediatrics).
4. Strong clinical competence in paediatric dietetics, including assessment, treatment, and counselling.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with children, families, and healthcare teams.
6. A flexible, organised approach, with the ability to manage workload under pressure.
7. IT proficiency to support digital service delivery and documentation.

About The Company: We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people, and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices. Everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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