Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian (B6 / 7 Development role or B7)

Are you passionate about diabetes in paediatrics? We are looking for an experience paediatric dietitian looking to specialise in a diabetes post or an adult diabetes dietitian looking to move into paediatrics. This post can be a band 6/7 development role or band 7 depending on experience.

This is a full-time post to work with the established, supportive paediatric diabetes team at University Hospitals Birmingham. Part time hours and/or a job share will be considered.

The post involves being the lead dietitian for the paediatric diabetes team, working with inpatients and outpatients at Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals. You will co-ordinate the dietetic service for children with diabetes ensuring high levels of care in line with evidence based practice and national guidelines. You will provide structured education to those newly diagnosed and be responsible for regular service reviews through audit and patient feedback to improve patient care.

The post holder will support the paediatric dietetic team leader, deputising in their absence. You should have excellent interpersonal & time management skills together with an ability to be flexible and a commitment to teamwork. You will participate in student training and staff development programmes.

The department offers excellent training and development opportunities, and you will be supported by a large progressive Dietetic department. Applicants must be prepared to participate in 7 day working, as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the lead dietetic specialist for paediatric diabetes within UHB.

To use specialist skills to effectively manage caseload, work priorities including service delivery, patient and professional demands.

To be a source of expertise, to identify, analyse, evaluate and problem solve to enable the development and delivery of individualised intervention and treatment programmes in a variety of settings.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining appropriate records and data inputting.

To provide leadership and management on a daily basis, including supervision, appraisal and development of junior staff. To be involved in recruitment process as appropriate.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of dietetic students

To lead in service development, training and development of clinical practice in the area of paediatric dietetic diabetes.

Demonstration of significant clinical experience of working with patients with a variety of paediatric conditions including diabetes or in adult diabetes

Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary team and dietetic team.

Experience of teaching children and young people

Excellent interpersonal skills -- including observation, listening and empathy skills

Excellent organisational and time management skills

Supportive to other staff

Desirable skills

Experience of supervising junior staff and dietetic students

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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