Paediatric Dietitian

Job overview

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) is a large tertiary Children’s Hospital that provides secondary, regional and supra-regional services to include most dietetic clinical paediatric specialties across 3 Manchester hospital sites .

This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or early-career dietitian to develop their paediatric dietetic skills within a supportive, well-established team delivering high-quality care to infants, children and young people across inpatient and outpatient services.

Main duties of the job

Paediatric dietetic experience  not essential as we can fully support your development . You  must  be able to demonstrate  interest, experience  and an enthusiasm  working with children and their families.

You will:

Manage your own caseload of children and young people with a range of nutritional needs, under appropriate supervision

Undertake comprehensive dietetic assessment, care planning and evaluation using evidence-based practice

Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support safe, effective patient care and discharge planning

Communicate clearly and sensitively with children, families and carers

Contribute to service development, audit, education and training, including supporting student dietitians

Actively engage in continuing professional development and supervision

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

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