Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and dynamic team in the London Borough of Haringey, working for Whittington Health NHS Trust.
The post is a part-time (22.5 hrs/week) based at Tynemouth Road Health Centre in Tottenham and in the special schools within the borough.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to babies, children and young people with a range of needs including those who are enterally fed, autistic young people and babies and children with feeding difficulties.
The trust offers excellent opportunities to develop personal and professional skills through well-supported training and development initiatives.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide dietetic assessment, advice, and monitoring for children with complex health and/or neurodisability.
- Offer specialist intervention to neonatal patients requiring Home Enteral Tube Feeding or Oral Nutritional Supplements.
- Reflect on clinical practice, identifying strengths and needs, and provide evidence of sound clinical judgement.
- Act professionally and adhere to national best practice guidance and BDA guidance at all times.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of dietary advice given to patients.
- Be professionally and legally responsible/accountable for the management of your own clinical caseload.
- Calculate Body Mass Index, protein/energy intakes, vitamin, and nutritional intake of children.
- Carry out growth measurements on children through height and weight assessments.
- Monitor and review the progress of children in caseload and facilitate the development of care plans.
- Work autonomously, carrying out full dietary assessments, providing comprehensive treatment/care plans, and giving specialist advice to patients, carers, and clinicians.
- Develop skills to cover and monitor enteral fed children as required.
- Support the effective transition of children between children's centres/nurseries, between schools and post-school provisions to adult services.
- Ensure the practice is adapted to meet individual/client needs/circumstances.
- Undertake home visits, as necessary, in compliance with the Trust Home Visiting Safety Policy.
- Understand and interpret medical assessments and treatments.
Person Specification:
- Professional Degree/diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- HPC registration.
- Ability to assess and treat children and young people who have severe and complex disabilities.
- Ability to evaluate intervention programmes.
- Knowledge of providing HETF in the community.
- Sufficient postgraduate experience to meet the clinical knowledge skills and experience required.
- Broad range of Paediatric experience at band 5 and band 6 level.
- Understanding of child protection procedures and responsibilities.
Additional Information:
- This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
- Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome.
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration.