Dietitian (XR07)

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Provide advanced, highly specialised dietetic care to children and young people and their families and carers within the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) service. Action the UK standards of care for nutrition in DMD through childhood. Collaborate with the DMD MDT around audit and research.

Job responsibilities

The Leeds Childrens hospital is one of the largest childrens hospitals in the UK. We offer a wide range of secondary, tertiary and supra-regional services. We provide services for the children of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber Region and in some cases further afield.

Our Childrens Dietetic Team is a large, friendly and supportive department of 36 staff, including Childrens Dietitians, Dietetic Assistants and Dietetic Associate Practitioners, Special Feed Unit Technicians and Admin staff. We are part of the wider Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Nutrition and Dietetic Service and have close links with adults.

We are committed to clinical governance and staff development through appraisal, training, research and audit. Our mission is to make a positive difference in children's lives.

We provide training programmes for A, B and C placement dietetic learners. You will have access to IT and library facilities.

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