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Paediatric Dietitian
Grade
Band 7
Contract
6 months (Six months fixed term contract)
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
391-NMUH-7169868
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cedar House, St Michael's Primary Care Centre
Town
Enfield
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata if LTFT)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Community Paediatric Dietician for Primary Care

Band 7

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has risen for a motivated and experienced paediatric dietitian to join a well-established community paediatric dietetic service based in Enfield. This post is a 15hrs part-time fixed term contract for 6 months.

We are a friendly and supportive team of dietitians within the Enfield Children’s Community Services. You will be part of an expanding, dynamic and patient driven community paediatric dietetic team. We are dedicated to delivering excellent patient care, enhancing service provision and developing new and exciting ways of delivering care to patients within the community.

The post holder will assess, advise and monitor children and young people across the primary care setting in Enfield for children with a range of conditions including obesity, selective eating behaviours and faltering growth. You will carry out clinics at Cedar House and deliver group education sessions and workshops. Collaborative and partnership working is an important part of the role. Service improvements and developments are welcomed and encouraged.

You will be well supported and will receive regular individual supervision to support your practice as well as CPD and training opportunities.

If you need further information or clarification about the post or would like to visit, the dietetics team lead Alexa Evans, on 0208 702 4574 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive and high-quality dietetic service to paediatric patients (0-19) and their families within community clinics across the Borough of Enfield. They will play an integral role in service development, delivering clinical expertise in weight management, nutrition support, and educational healthy eating workshops. The dietetic service will continue to evolve to ensure effective patient care and multidisciplinary collaboration within Primary Care settings.

As part of an integrated healthcare team, the post holder will work closely with professionals including health visitors, school nurses, education teams, and speech and language therapists, ensuring a collaborative approach to supporting the nutritional needs of children and young people. The post holder will be required to carry out face to face clinics and educational workshops on site at Cedar House and other community locations.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. 

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top 

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachments.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent post-graduate qualification. Registered as a Dietician with the Health and Care Professional Council
Desirable criteria
  • At least one Postgraduate Paediatric Dietetic Module. Member of BDA Paediatric Group.. Membership of specialist interest

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience working in general dietetic and have consolidated experience covering specialist areas of paediatric dietetics , either Acute or in the Community. Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of undertaking clinical audit or research. Experience in the clinical supervision of staff

Skills & abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to contribute to the development of the dietetic practice. Good written and oral presentation and communication skill, Excellent time management and organisational skills
Desirable criteria
  • Commitment to professional development of self and others. Demonstrate an understanding of NHS reforms and policies and their impact on service

knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge in specialist areas of paediatrics: Selective Eating, Obesity, allergy, neonates, faltering growth

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Alexa Evans
Job title
Clinical Lead, Community Paediatric Dietetics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 702 4574
Additional information

020 4553 7709 - Dietetics Administrator

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