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This full-time position (37.5 hours per week) involves providing quality dietetic care, preventing admissions through outpatient work, and training ward staff. The dietitian will engage with a variety of clinical conditions and work within multidisciplinary teams, delivering services in both face-to-face and remote formats. Informal discussions prior to applying are encouraged to help prospective candidates understand the role further.
Are you interested in Paediatrics?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Dietitian to join our progressive and friendly team for a 12 month fixed term contract.
Our supportive team is experienced, highly regarded, integral members of the wider multidisciplinary paediatric teams, providing both inpatient and outpatient services.
You will need to be passionate about working with children. This would be an excellent role for a Dietitian who already has some experience in Paediatrics and wishes to expand their skills. Alternatively, this could be an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian, with good transferable skills, who wishes to develop their experience in Paediatrics.
We are looking for a candidate to work on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week). We warmly welcome informal discussions prior to applying - please contact us: .
As a Paediatric Dietitian you will assist the existing team in providing a quality dietetic service to patients with Anorexia Nervosa who have been admitted for medical stabilisation and re-feeding. Principally the post holder will work within Paediatrics providing a service to patients admitted for re-feeding, help prevent possible admission through Outpatient work and facilitate training to ward staff. You will also provide an outpatient paediatric dietetic service for paediatric patients with a wide range of clinical conditions. inpatient cover to the paediatric wards and offer outpatient services to infants and children at Yeovil District Hospital for faltering growth, eating disorders, diabetes, food allergies, preterm infants and restrictive diets. We are also an integral part of MDTs within the Organisation.
At Yeovil District Hospital we have a 23 bed inpatient ward, a 8 cot Special Care baby unit (SCBU) and we provide Paediatric outpatient clinics which are run as a mixture of face to face, video (Attend Anywhere) and telephone.
About us
Please see the attached job description for further information about the role and the personal requirements and specification.
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