Expected Shortlisting Date: 07/02/2025
Planned Interview Date: 12/02/2025
Are you an enthusiastic, recently or soon to be qualified, motivated Dietitian with a keen interest in paediatrics? Do you want to start your career supporting children and families? We are looking for a Dietitian to join our Paediatric Dietetic Department team to take up this exciting post.
This post will contribute to the dietetic services within the children's diabetes service and the general paediatric service, working in multidisciplinary teams closely with other health professionals. You will work with both in and outpatients, have opportunities for ward staff education, continuous learning, and career development.
Main duties of the job
The dual focuses of this job are paediatric diabetes and general paediatrics, in a full-time role, with designated days for each area. It is across 2 separate sites. You will provide nutrition and dietetic care to infants, children, and young people, primarily as outpatient work, but also some inpatient work. General paediatrics includes simple allergies, faltering growth, nutrient deficiencies, and simple nutritional support. Diabetes care will be provided to patients with both T1 and T2 diabetes. There will be support and supervision from other dietitians as this is a role for someone recently qualified in dietetics. The post holder will also have opportunities for teaching and education of healthcare staff, parents, and other carers.
Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary team working are essential.
About us
We are currently 28 full and part-time Children's Dietitians, providing a wide range of secondary and tertiary care, and supra-regional services based at the Leeds Children's Hospital. We are part of the wider Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals. You will contribute to providing appropriate cover for colleagues within the multi-speciality Children's dietetic team at times of annual leave or sickness. We will support you with appropriate training opportunities to facilitate this. You will be involved in student training, contributing to the provision of training programmes for A placement learners. Our team has excellent support from four dietetic assistants and the admin team. You will have access to IT and library facilities.
The Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Team is a large multiprofessional team with a national reputation for excellence. You will be an integral part of this team.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service, which includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff, and participation in the training of student Dietitians.
To work within the Dietetic Service providing effective interventions to specific clinical areas.
To provide a patient-focused service using Dietetic core skills.
The post holder will be professionally accountable to the HCPC and contractually accountable to their employer and to the law for their actions.
Person Specification
Other criteria
Essential
Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post. This includes clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.
Experience
Essential
Willing to undergo any training required to enable performance in the job. Experience of paediatrics or diabetes dietetics. If re-entrant to service, has taken re-entry training.
Desirable
Behaviour change/MI training as part of university education. Experience of participation in children's activities e.g. voluntary work, activity holidays, parenting.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
Demonstrate interest in paediatric dietetics. Demonstrate basic knowledge of type 1 diabetes. Able to work in a team, demonstrating time management skills and initiative. Self-motivated and able to motivate staff, patients, and families. Committed to personal and professional development. Confident and caring approach. Innovative and willing to exchange, develop and implement ideas. Committed to being proactive within own team and wider multidisciplinary team. Good written and oral communication skills. Good interpersonal skills. Basic computer keyboard skills. Experience of delivering education and training. Knowledge of dietary analysis programmes. Good organisational skills. Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Desirable
Understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment, and continuing quality improvement. Problem-solving skills. Analytical skills.
Qualifications
Essential
BSc (Hons) or MSc Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent. HCPC registration. Dietetic experience with some knowledge of the work of a paediatric dietitian.
Desirable
BDA membership.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
C9298-CHI-0332 #J-18808-Ljbffr
Planned Interview Date: 12/02/2025
Are you an enthusiastic, recently or soon to be qualified, motivated Dietitian with a keen interest in paediatrics? Do you want to start your career supporting children and families? We are looking for a Dietitian to join our Paediatric Dietetic Department team to take up this exciting post.
This post will contribute to the dietetic services within the children's diabetes service and the general paediatric service, working in multidisciplinary teams closely with other health professionals. You will work with both in and outpatients, have opportunities for ward staff education, continuous learning, and career development.
Main duties of the job
The dual focuses of this job are paediatric diabetes and general paediatrics, in a full-time role, with designated days for each area. It is across 2 separate sites. You will provide nutrition and dietetic care to infants, children, and young people, primarily as outpatient work, but also some inpatient work. General paediatrics includes simple allergies, faltering growth, nutrient deficiencies, and simple nutritional support. Diabetes care will be provided to patients with both T1 and T2 diabetes. There will be support and supervision from other dietitians as this is a role for someone recently qualified in dietetics. The post holder will also have opportunities for teaching and education of healthcare staff, parents, and other carers.
Excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary team working are essential.
About us
We are currently 28 full and part-time Children's Dietitians, providing a wide range of secondary and tertiary care, and supra-regional services based at the Leeds Children's Hospital. We are part of the wider Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Leeds Teaching Hospitals. You will contribute to providing appropriate cover for colleagues within the multi-speciality Children's dietetic team at times of annual leave or sickness. We will support you with appropriate training opportunities to facilitate this. You will be involved in student training, contributing to the provision of training programmes for A placement learners. Our team has excellent support from four dietetic assistants and the admin team. You will have access to IT and library facilities.
The Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Team is a large multiprofessional team with a national reputation for excellence. You will be an integral part of this team.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service, which includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, all healthcare staff, and participation in the training of student Dietitians.
To work within the Dietetic Service providing effective interventions to specific clinical areas.
To provide a patient-focused service using Dietetic core skills.
The post holder will be professionally accountable to the HCPC and contractually accountable to their employer and to the law for their actions.
Person Specification
Other criteria
Essential
Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post. This includes clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy.
Experience
Essential
Willing to undergo any training required to enable performance in the job. Experience of paediatrics or diabetes dietetics. If re-entrant to service, has taken re-entry training.
Desirable
Behaviour change/MI training as part of university education. Experience of participation in children's activities e.g. voluntary work, activity holidays, parenting.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
Demonstrate interest in paediatric dietetics. Demonstrate basic knowledge of type 1 diabetes. Able to work in a team, demonstrating time management skills and initiative. Self-motivated and able to motivate staff, patients, and families. Committed to personal and professional development. Confident and caring approach. Innovative and willing to exchange, develop and implement ideas. Committed to being proactive within own team and wider multidisciplinary team. Good written and oral communication skills. Good interpersonal skills. Basic computer keyboard skills. Experience of delivering education and training. Knowledge of dietary analysis programmes. Good organisational skills. Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Desirable
Understanding of clinical governance, risk assessment, and continuing quality improvement. Problem-solving skills. Analytical skills.
Qualifications
Essential
BSc (Hons) or MSc Nutrition & Dietetics or Equivalent. HCPC registration. Dietetic experience with some knowledge of the work of a paediatric dietitian.
Desirable
BDA membership.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
C9298-CHI-0332 #J-18808-Ljbffr
