Overview
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust provides a comprehensive paediatric dietetic service across community and hospital settings. You will be a member of the paediatric dietetic team, delivering high-quality nutrition care to children, families, and carers, while offering specialist advice and guidance to other healthcare professionals. The role involves running outpatient clinics, providing dietetic support in special schools, managing a caseload of children on home enteral feeding, and contributing to inpatient services at Lister Hospital, including neonatal care. Band 6 applicants will also be considered.
Main duties
* Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised dietetic care; conduct group-based education in community and virtual settings; triage referrals to ensure timely interventions; and monitor children on home enteral feeding.
* Provide inpatient cover when required and facilitate smooth transitions of care between hospital and home.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide patient-centred, safe, and effective care.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
* Career Progression: access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
* Work-life Balance: flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
* Opportunity & Access: over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Responsibilities
* To manage paediatric home enteral feeding caseload, ensure supply of feeds/equipment, and deliver outpatient clinics (community, virtual, and school), prioritising referrals per HCT standards.
* To provide specialist dietetic assessments/interventions, including neonatal and inpatient support at Lister Hospital, safe discharge planning, and monitoring of nutritional products.
* To deliver education to patients, families, carers, and professionals; develop/evaluate staff training; and support safeguarding in dietetic care.
* To safely use and guide others on home enteral feeding systems, tailoring advice to patients/carers with clear communication.
* To adjust dietary recommendations to fit home, school, and hospital settings, ensuring care is practical and sustainable.
* To promote wellbeing, obtain valid consent, support realistic nutrition goals, stay evidence-based, and contribute to HCT nutrition policy.
Person Specification & Qualifications
* BSc Nutrition & Dietetics degree or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Experience in SystmOne
* Experience of working in the area of paediatric dietetics
* Knowledge of paediatric conditions and awareness of current research
Other information
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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer name: NHS Professionals Limited
Location: Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB
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