Make a lasting difference to childrens health and wellbeing across Wiltshire.
Join our dedicated paediatric dietetic team and play a vital role in delivering specialist, communitybased support to children and families who rely on our expertise to thrive.
You will provide a highquality and responsive paediatric dietetic service for patients referred by GPs, Health Visitors and Childrens Services across the north and west of Wiltshire. Your work will help shape healthier futures by supporting children with a wide range of nutritional needs.
This role can be based at eitherWilton Community HospitalorChippenham Community Hospital, with the flexibility to work from home as part of our hybrid working model.You will also have access to team office bases at both sites, and some onsite time is encouraged to support learning, development and collaboration with colleagues.
Our team delivers a blend of facetoface clinics and inpatient support across community hospitals and health centres in Chippenham, Wilton, Salisbury, Amesbury, Warminster, Melksham, Trowbridge, Devizes and Savernake.Where possible, we align each clinicians working locality with their primary base to support manageable travel and worklife balance.You will also contribute to virtual services offered to children and families throughout Wiltshire, ensuring equitable access to dietetic care.
This role offers the chance to deliver meaningful, personcentred care while working within a supportive and forwardthinking community team
Main duties of the job
* Safely and effectively manage your own patient caseload.
* Carry out comprehensive nutritional assessments, including anthropometric measurements, using specialist equipment where needed.
* Calculate and estimate individual nutritional requirements.
* Develop safe and appropriate nutritional treatment plans tailored to each patient.
* Work with patients and families to agree on and implement the recommended dietary treatment.
* Monitor progress closely and adjust treatment plans as required.
* Review, discharge, or hand over patients in line with local procedures and clinical pathways.
* Arrange followup appointments according to service guidelines.
* Identify, assess, and manage risks involved in clinical decisionmaking.
* Adhere to all departmental, Trustwide, and professional guidelines to ensure safe caseload management.
* Maintain accurate, uptodate patient records in line with national and local standards, including BDA guidance.
* Critically evaluate new developments in dietetic practice and share relevant insights with colleagues and your line manager.
* Provide detailed clinical information for legal purposes when required.
* Communicate sensitive or complex information to patients, sometimes in challenging or emotionally difficult situations.
* Use strong negotiation and motivational skills to support patients in making sustainable dietary and lifestyle changes.
Job responsibilities
* £38,682 - £46,580 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
* Current HCPC registration as a Dietitian, with a degree in Dietetics, Human Nutrition, or an equivalent qualification.
* Membership of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and its Paediatric Specialist Group.
* Strong specialist knowledge of paediatric nutrition and evidencebased dietetic practice across a range of conditions.
* Postregistration training in communication and behaviour change, with completed Safeguarding Children training.
* Experience working with paediatric patients in NHS settings, including paediatric home enteral feeding.
* Experience in project management, teaching, and supervising staff or students.
* Ability to translate complex dietetic information into clear, practical language for children, carers, and professionals.
* Knowledge of clinical governance, standard dietetic products for paediatrics, and safe, effective treatment planning.
* Strong communication skills for both 1:1 and group education, with a sensitive and supportive approach.
* Ability to work autonomously as a paediatric specialist, while contributing effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
* Ability to design, deliver, and evaluate training programmes, and to set up audits to monitor service quality.
* Flexible, innovative approach with strong organisational and problemsolving skills.
Additional Essential Criteria for Band 6
* Completion of BDA Paediatric Dietetic Modules 1 and 2.
* Training in supervisory skills.
* Additional BDA paediatric modules or working towards a relevant MSc.
* Willingness to work flexibly across different areas of the county or Trust when required.
* Car driver with access to a vehicle for business use.
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.
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