Highly Specialist Dietitian - Paediatric Allergies

Job Summary

We are looking for a full-time (1.0 WTE) Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian to provide maternity cover. You should be an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills and keen interest and experience of working within the field of allergy.

The successful candidate will be working with the wider allergy multidisciplinary team (MDT), including 3 Consultants and 1 Allergy Specialist Nurse, to lead on the dietetic care of infants and children with multiple complex food allergies. You will be required to provide specialist allergy advice and support within both consultant and dietetic-led allergy clinics, hospital-based food challenges and MDT meetings.

You will be responsible for supervision, training and support of the general dietitians in the management of non-complex allergy patients.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will be responsible for a busy complex allergy patient caseload. You will be required to work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, to provide specialist care to infants and children in collaboration with their families/carers and the wider MDT. As a visible leader, you will be a role model for the Dietetic team ensuring high standards of quality care for patients and their families. You will be solely based on the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham.

This post is ideal for a dietitian wishing to develop their clinical, leadership and service development skills within Paediatric Allergy. You will take part in education events, student and staff training and lead allergy dietetic service developments, in collaboration with other members of the MDT.

About Us

The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide inpatient and outpatient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

The Children's Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department that works closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence-based care and innovative ways of working.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Date Posted: 24 February 2025

Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 9 months

Working Pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference Number: 164-7029548

Job Locations: Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Job Responsibilities:

You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team.

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential:

• HCPC registration
• Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
• Evidence of post-registration education in specialist clinical area

Experience Essential:

• Wide-ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team

Analytical and Judgement Skill Essential:

• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence-based practice to recommend changes

Communication Essential:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
• Able to present clinical information to health professionals at National Conference level or equivalent

Planning & Organisational Skills Essential:

• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand

Other Essential:

• Able to travel to required areas within NUH including cross campus and occasionally beyond the Trust when requested.
• Will be required to work occasional weekend days as per bank holiday rota

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship:

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration:

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Employer Name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

Employer's Website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)