Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust offers a role for a band 7 paediatric eating disorders dietitian within our well‑established, supportive, and results‑driven inpatient paediatric eating disorders multidisciplinary team service.
Since the establishment of the service in 2021, protocols, standards and shared decisions around care have impacted on treatment modalities and reduced LOS.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
We are looking for a paediatric dietitian with excellent acute clinical nutrition skills and experience of working with children and young people across a range of conditions in an inpatient setting, with a strong desire to work in eating disorders.
Experience of nutrition support is essential along with the ability to independently plan and prioritise a complex caseload in an efficient and organised manner.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing highly specialist clinical dietetic expertise to an inpatient caseload comprising young people with eating disorders and disordered eating.
- Provide advanced dietetic assessments and individualised treatment plans for a complex specialist caseload.
- Support the clinical and professional development of junior dietetic staff and students.
- Support the development of policies and resources to support delivery of evidence‑based dietetic advice.
- Identify and lead service improvement, audit and research and disseminate results and best practice through publication and presentation.
Experience And Skills Needed
You will be a highly skilled paediatric dietitian, with recent experience of working with complex patients in an inpatient setting.
You must be able to work collaboratively and flexibly within an MDT to prioritise and manage a complex caseload, providing excellent patient care.
You will be able to evidence relevant post‑graduate training, demonstrate excellent communication skills, confidence to present and discuss your professional opinion, advanced analytical thinking, attention to detail, and possess excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
Experience of working with children and young people with eating disorders would be a bonus. Experience of leading or coordinating audit or research work is desirable.
Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- HCPC registered dietitian (RD)
- Evidence of post‑graduate training in relevant speciality
- Experience of supervising staff
- Evidence of extensive dietetic knowledge and highly specialist expertise in relevant specialist area with recent experience demonstrating this.
Desirable criteria
- Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant specialist groups
- Experience of leading or coordinating audit or research work
- Clinical supervisory skills training
Trust Values and Behaviours
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
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