Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

Job overview

Due to maternity leave we have an exciting opportunity for someone to continue developing their paediatric experience as part of our large friendly team at King’s for a nine month, fixed term secondment cover

This post provides a comprehensive service to our general medical and surgical inpatients with two out patient clinics per week at our Denmark Hill site.

Please feel free to call the team lead (see contact information) for an informal discussion around this post. We are always happy to speak to candidates informally in confidence.

Main duties of the job

Assessment, treatment and timely discharge planning of a complex caseload of infants and children

There will be opportunities to gain experience/shadowing in specialist areas such as CF, allergy, neuro, crit care, neonates and liver/gastro.

We are large friendly team team with superb retention rates, and you will be supported to continue with CPD and audit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Development, application and dissemination of expertise

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work in compliance with the ethical code of practice set out by the Health and Care Professions Council.

To work with the dietetic and multidisciplinary teams to formulate and deliver individual dietetic treatment plans for patients based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, critical thinking, reasoning skills and knowledge of a wide range of dietetic treatments.

Contribute to the local development and delivery of structured education programmes.

Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment regimens as required.

To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

Work within Trust clinical guidelines and to have good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor quality of practice as appropriate.

To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with British Dietetic Association (BDA) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards of practice.

Timely assessment, treatment, and monitoring of nutritionally vulnerable infants and children with complex medical needs.

Please read the job description for further details.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.