About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with a good range of experience in paediatrics, who is keen to develop their skills further within a large, well established dietetic team. The role will cover the paediatric inpatient ward and outpatient clinics. You will work alongside a band 7 in covering the ward and within a team of 10 paediatric dietitians across Northwick Park and Ealing Hospital.
You will need excellent communication skills to build rapport with children and young adults and their families. The successful candidate will ideally have experience in working with children and young adults in different setting.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dietitian with strong organisational and team working skills, who is focused on providing a high-quality dietetic service which is responsive to the changing needs of the NHS and their patients.
You would be joining a proactive, friendly department of acute dietitians and dietetic assistants, with good clerical support. We have dietitians based at Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex (St Marks) hospitals. This post is based at Northwick Park Hospital.
This post involves supervision of students in the clinical areas and we are a well established student trainer, providing placements 2 and 3. Furthermore, we are committed to regular CPD and undertaking audits, and have a wide range of evidenced based groups which meet on a regular basis.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Dietetic Degree HCPC
Desirable
Postgraduate study
Experience Essential
Wide range of experience after graduation Enteral Feeding and ONS MDT working Students CPD Audit/research Paediatric work
Skills Essential
Communication Organisation Prioritisation, works well under pressure Initiative Presentation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Northwick Park Hospital
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
Employer's website https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)