Paediatric Team Leader Dietitian

Job overview

Are you looking for the opportunity to lead and influence the future provision of a dietetic service within Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust?  Due to maternity leave, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term 1.0WTE Paediatric Dietitian Team Leader at the QMC campus, Nottingham.

The successful candidate will have a leadership role within the paediatric dietetic team, who support across a range of services including Oncology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, Renal, Metabolics and Allergy. You will also hold a clinical caseload, which is within Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis. We are looking for an experienced and proactive dietitian with excellent communication, organisational, team-working and leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with fellow Dietetic Team Leaders, Therapy Service Managers, Chief Dietetic Technicians, Clinical Leads and Clinical Dietitians to develop and support staff within their roles. As a Team Leader, you will support operational leadership within the paediatric team (including appraisals, continued professional development opportunities, staff attendance and wellbeing) to ensure effective and efficient service delivery, promote staff development & wellbeing, as well as providing expert knowledge and support for dietetic colleagues.

The clinical role is based in paediatric cystic fibrosis (CF). The paediatric CF centre at NUH cares for children and young people in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, seeing patients at the QMC and other hospitals across the East Midlands through a system of shared care. The successful candidate will have a caseload which will cover children’s wards, outpatient CF clinics at QMC and regional CF clinics. You will be a core and valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, comprised of consultants, other allied health professionals, specialist nurses and social workers, delivering high quality evidence-based care.

We may be able to consider other clinical specialities, and would encourage any dietitians who are interested in the post to contact us in advance to discuss the role further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You’ll need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive Dietetic and multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated member of the team, with evidence of continuing professional development within their current role.

Experience in Leadership is desirable, however, support and training will be provided. This role will include conducting staff appraisals; Health & Wellbeing and attendance management meetings; supporting Clinical Lead Dietitians in service development; team meetings; rostering. Experience in recruitment, risk management/ incident investigation and appraisals is desirable, however training and support will be available.