Bank B7 Paediatric Dietitian | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST, Mitcham, Greater London
Bank B7 Paediatric Dietitian | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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CENTRAL LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST, Mitcham, Greater London
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 23 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 03e740e373eb44e48165f34cd1d3dff2
Full Job Description
- To provide assessment regarding effective nutrition and hydration intake in children ( including those who have a feeding tube in situ) and young people in Merton.
- To support and advise parents/carers in maintaining effective nutritional and/or fluid intakefor children and young people including those who have a feeding tube in situ, who have additional needs or are seen in clinics.
- To advise on the use of supplements, specialist feeds as required, dietary changes, allergies and intolerances etc liaising with the child's GP regarding prescription of feed etc as necessary.
- Liaise with manufacturers of nutritional products including supplements, specialist feeds, thickeners with the SLT etc used by the service.
- To develop enteral feeding regimes for non-orally fed children in collaboration with parents and other professionals. To take the Paediatric Dietetic Lead for community, special schools and HEF overview in Merton. Utilise project management skills and work in partnership with service users, other agencies and professionals to plan, develop, implement and evaluate the Paediatric Dietetics Service in Merton. In conjunction with the Team Leader be involved in the recruitment and selection of staff members, including advertising, short-listing and interviewing. Appraise and support the development of junior staff and administrators Supervise junior and student dietitian when appropriate. We provide community health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire. Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
- stay well
- manage their own health with the right support
- avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital. We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives. Our vision: deliver great care closer to home. Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence Negotiate with patients, parents/carers and others around individual case management. To manage a caseload of paediatric dietetics patients (including HEF), as required by the service. This will include visiting families in their own home, at school/ special schools or in clinics. Communicate sensitive, condition-related information to patients and parents/carers where there may be barriers (language, religious and cultural barriers cognitive and learning disability challenges, mental health problems). To receive, analyse and interpret complex clinical information that may be further complicated by the patient's social and psychological needs and advise patients, formulate appropriate care plans accordingly e.g. children with safeguarding concerns, patients with a number of complex co-existing medical and chronic conditions