Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Haematology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paediatric dietitian to join the paediatric dietetic team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The service sits within the wider Children’s Therapy Team, offering the benefits of working alongside and being supported and managed by a broader allied health professional team. The post will provide specialist dietetic input to the paediatric haematology and bone marrow transplantation service based at St Mary’s Hospital, which cares for children with sickle cell disease, thalassaemia and rare red cell disorders and acts as the central hub for North West London through the Paediatric Imperial Red Cell Network and close working with the West London Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre.

This newly funded part-time Band 7 post (0.7 WTE) will support the delivery and development of the dietetic service across inpatient and outpatient pathways. The role will also contribute to the care of children and young people undergoing bone marrow transplantation, including innovative gene editing transplant pathways, in close collaboration with the Clinical Lead Dietitian for BMT/haematology and the wider paediatric dietetic team.

You will provide specialist nutritional assessment and management for children and young people with haemoglobinopathies and bone marrow failure syndromes, including support with oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Main duties of the job

• Providing a high-quality specialist dietetic service to children and young people within paediatric haematology, haemoglobinopathy and bone marrow transplant pathways - including innovative gene editing pathways across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Assessing and managing patients with complex nutritional needs, including oral nutritional support, enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition.
• Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, providing expert dietetic advice to medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues, and contributing to specialist clinics and ward-based care.
• Supporting the Clinical Specialist Dietitian in the development of clinical pathways, guidelines, audit, quality improvement and wider service development activity.
• Contributing to service evaluation, research activity and the continued development of an evidence-based dietetic service within paediatric haematology and BMT.
• Providing education and training to patients, families, students and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Playing an active role in the paediatric student training programme and supporting supervision, learning and development within the wider paediatric dietetic team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.