Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term maternity cover Band 6 Dietitian to support the highly specialised Feeding and Eating Disorder Paediatric Service in the Feeding and Eating Disorders Team and the Mildred Creak Unit (child and adolescent mental health inpatient unit - Tier 4).

You will work with and receive training and supervision with looking after children with a range of presentations. This will include Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorders (ARFID), generalised feeding disorders, Anorexia Nervosa and other mental health diagnoses. You will work in an MDT comprising psychology, psychiatry, mental health nurses, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist.

You will be responsible for the assessment and nutritional management of children referred as outpatients and those on the inpatient unit. You will also take part in delivering nutritional educational sessions to families and healthcare professionals

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the provision of a comprehensive and quality dietetic FEDS service for both inpatients and outpatients working to agreed standards, policies and procedures
• Using specialised knowledge to manage a caseload in feeding and eating disorders
• Assessment of the patient’s needs and making clinical decisions regarding the necessary nutritional support and dietary interventions for all children in the caseload taking into account their diet history, growth and biochemical parameters and any relevant drug treatments
• Comparing normal nutritional requirements in childhood and interpreting these for the sick child according to the disease process to initiate and maintain a treatment plan
• attendance at ward rounds to take part in the decision-making about the patient’s clinical care.
• Responsible for maintenance of patient records to comply with departmental standards
• Communicating complex information regarding dietary management to the multidisciplinary team to provide a holistic approach to patient care.
• Communicating, both verbally and with written/pictorial resources, with patients and carers regarding dietary management taking into account their ability to understand and being sensitive to ethnic, cultural and religious diversity
• Organising and planning for discharge necessitating communication with the local healthcare multidisciplinary team eg GP, health visitor, community paediatric nurses, community paediatrician, dietitian adjusting short and long term careplans

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks.

Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee