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You Will

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work within Southampton Children's Hospital as part of the Paediatric Dietetic Team to provide general dietetic and specialist inpatient & outpatient services
• Attend appropriate ward rounds/multidisciplinary meetings/case conferences in order to provide expert advice to multidisciplinary teams regarding provision of appropriate nutritional advice for patients and carers
• Independently assess patients’ nutritional status, calculating nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of diet history, biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters
• Make clinical judgements and decisions based on individual nutritional assessment and select and evaluate appropriate nutritional treatment plans including recommending appropriate nutritional products
• Participate in relevant projects/audits/service evaluation/research to ensure delivery of best practice and effective service provision
• Achieve speciality specific competencies and undertake defined projects as agreed with your line manager

Experience And Skills Required

• You must be an HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) registered dietitian (RD)
• Experience of paediatric dietetics is an advantage but not essential. We are looking for someone with a keen desire to work in paediatrics and a can do attitude.
• You must have the ability to cope with unpredictable events and varying workload pressures and be able to plan and prioritise your workload within agreed boundaries

Person specification

Trust Values

• Essential criteria
  • Patients First
  • Always Improving
  • Working Together

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
• HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) registered dietitian (RD)
• Evidence of commitment to relevant ongoing CPD and development in relevant areas
• Evidence of relevant dietetic knowledge and expertise with recent experience demonstrating this
• Ability to communicate complex information fluently, confidently and effectively to a diverse range of people: e.g., with patients, carers, managers and other health care professionals
• Ability to demonstrate a practical and sensitive approach and flexibility in working style when applying clinical judgement to complex clinical issues
• Ability to create rapport and professionally manage relationships with colleagues, patients and carers and the emotional challenges this presents
• Demonstrate a holistic approach to treatment
• Ability to cope with unpredictable events and varying clinical and non-clinical work pressures, independently planning and prioritising own workload, managing own time and meeting deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant specialist groups
• Experience mentoring or supervising dietetic assistants or junior staff
• Experience and involvement with dietetic student training
• Experience of audit/project work
• Ability to cover “out of hours” commitments on agreed occasions