Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Special Schools

Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk

To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.

To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings; including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.

Provide supervision and support to the band 4 paediatric dietetic assistant practitioners.

To contribute to the dietetic service providing a source of expertise to patients, carers, medical practitioners and allied health professionals and social care professionals as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To provide specialist input into the planning, development and evaluation of dietetic services within your team and for defined projects.

Be responsible for caseload of children with complex feeding difficulties who attend specialist schools across East Suffolk

To manage a caseload of paediatric Home Enteral Tube Fed patients.

To provide a dietetic service to children and their parents/ carers attending clinics in a variety of settings; including specialist schools, community clinics and hospital outpatients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitian to provide a paediatric dietetic service to children with complex feeding difficulties, many who require home enteral tube feeding.

You will be providing a dietetic service to children aged between 4-16 years who have a wide range of communication, physical, profound and multiple learning difficulties.

This job provides the opportunity to apply a variety of clinical skills including enteral feeds, nutrition support, healthy eating and allergies. The job involves a mixture of outpatient clinics and home visits. In addition you will have your own caseload of home enteral tube feeds.

You will be expected to work closely with the multidisciplinary teams based in the schools and wider community. Within the dietetic department you will join a supportive team of paediatric dietitians. There will also be the opportunity to practice some general paediatrics.

You will require a range of skills including the ability to manage a busy workload and should be someone who enjoys working within a team and is eager to provide support to others.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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