Advanced Dietitian Paediatric Food Allergy

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Advanced Dietitian Paediatric Food Allergy

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Nutrition and Dietetics

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Job ref: 381-CT-7017396

Site: SWB NHS Trust

Town: West Midlands

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/03/2025 23:59

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

Job overview

Are you an experienced clinician who is:

• Ambitious to improve services?
• Passionate to teach and inspire?
• Innovative and driven?

Sandwell & West Birmingham Nutrition & Dietetic Services are seeking to recruit an Advanced Dietitian into a newly created clinical leadership role within our expanding service. This is an exciting step for our service as we seek to build on our existing clinical leadership structure and strengthen our clinical representation as our services expand.

We are seeking an innovative individual who is driven to work within paediatric food allergy for our diverse population. Candidates will be joining a service at a time of considerable opportunity, working in the largest allergy service in the West Midlands. You will need to use highly developed interpersonal skills to foster strong relationships with a range of key stakeholders leading in a service that will strongly align with the paediatric allergy MDT.

The successful post holder will demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge and skills in paediatric allergy dietetics and a proven track record of leading for quality improvement within teams.

Our service covers all aspects of nutrition nursing & dietetic care across inpatient, community and outpatient pathways. The post-holder would join our existing paediatric leadership structure working alongside our Consultants & Advanced Nurse practitioners; with the opportunity to work clinically with the chair of the Paediatric Allergy Committee at BSACI.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting role at an exciting time for Dietetics, Allied Health Professionals and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust as we seek to become the leading provider of integrated care bringing lots of opportunities for future development.

The successful post-holder will act as a lead clinician in our paediatric allergy services and will have the opportunity to work with MDT members to develop advanced skills in nutritional diagnosis and emergency management of paediatric allergy patients working alongside the multidisciplinary team to support the development of dietetic led food allergy pathways and nutritional care plans that support families to minimise the risk of food allergy being realised.

The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team of more than 40 dietitians and nutrition nurses; based across Sandwell and West Birmingham. We have regular departmental meetings, clinical supervision sessions and education meetings. Continuing professional development is promoted and supported.

Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or similar
• UK Registered Dietitian with the HCPC
• Evidence of having completed an accredited course or equivalent level of professional experience at Masters level in the specialist area of food allergy practice eg MSc in Allergy
• Clinical teaching skills course

Experience

• Past work experience in a varied dietetic environment
• Significant clinical experience post registration experience in paediatric food allergy
• Has developed expert practice in food allergy and/or paediatrics to include different ways of caseload management and delivering services
• Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development (eg. keeps a professional portfolio, Diploma in Advanced Dietetic Practice, peer reviewed publications, presentations)
• Extended Scope Practitioner in accordance with approval procedure for extended roles
• Is able to demonstrate ability to initiate and be involved in audit/research activities
• Previous involvement with the pre-registration practice training for dietitians

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.

Name: Ben Biffin

Job title: Professional Lead - Nutrition and Dietetics

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07866 004 652