Assistant Practitioner in Paediatric Dietetics

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the health of children and young people? Look no further, come and work with us and join our mission to create a 'Better Bolton'.

Bolton Foundation Trust has a fantastic opportunity to join the Family Care Division as a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner in the Paediatric Dietetic Service

We are a community based service of nine Paediatric Dietitians and two Assistant Practitioners, and deliver an integrated service across the acute and community settings

Main duties of the job

You will deliver a group programme for children with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Condition who have associated selective eating or limited diet

You will deliver a group programmes for infants and young children with Cow's Milk Allergy

You will provide support in Special School clinics by weighing and measuring children

You will provide support for children referred to the service who have a high Body Mass Index and who are under the care of the specialist dietitian

You will provide face to face and telephone appointments for children with nutritional deficiencies and constipation and other similar conditions

You will provide support for the Paediatric Dietitians by taking messages and arranging delivery of feeding equipment for children who are tube fed at home

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that we have a rating as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients with support from our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcome.