Candidates should possess strong clinical skills in areas such as nutrition support, healthy eating, and allergies, and be comfortable managing a busy workload within a supportive paediatric dietetics team of 23 dietitians. The position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the health and well-being of children with specific dietary needs while continuing professional development in a dynamic and well-resourced environment.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced paediatric Dietitian to join our team in Ipswich Hospital.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitian to provide a paediatric dietetic service to children with complex feeding difficulties, many who require home enteral tube feeding.
You will be providing a dietetic service to children aged between 4-16 years who have a wide range of communication, physical, profound and multiple learning difficulties.
This job provides the opportunity to apply a variety of clinical skills including enteral feeds, nutrition support, healthy eating and allergies. The job involves a mixture of outpatient clinics and home visits. In addition you will have your own caseload of home enteral tube feeds.
You will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary teams based in the schools and wider community. Within the dietetic department you will join a supportive team of paediatric dietitians. There will also be the opportunity to practice some general paediatrics.
You will require a range of skills including the ability to manage a busy workload and should be someone who enjoys working within a team and is eager to provide support to others.
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Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk
To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.
To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings; including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.
Provide supervision and support to the band 4 paediatric dietetic assistant practitioners.
To contribute to the dietetic service providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.
To provide specialist input into the planning, development and evaluation of dietetic services within your team and for defined projects.
Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk
To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.
To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings; including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.
About us
You will benefit from being part of a large department consisting of 23 Dietitians and 8 Dietetic technicians/ Dietetic Assistant Practitioner,as well as administrative and secretarial support staff, working across both acute and community settings, covering a number of specialities including renal, paediatrics and oncology. The department gives a high priority to continuing professional development and is well recognised as a provider of student training.
Informal visits or enquiries are welcomed. Please contact Catherine Dyson or Lindsey Mowles, Team leader on .
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
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