Community Paediatric Dietitian

Do you want to join an innovative and progressive dietetic department and expand your paediatric and supervisory skills in a community setting? We have this exciting opportunity for you to work in Ealing employed by CNWL working under the umbrella of Ealing Community Partners.

You will work closely with the Child Development Team, paediatricians, community paediatric nurses, school staff, allied health professionals and other staff working under Ealing Services for Additional Needs (ESCAN) and other agencies within Ealing Borough.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting tube fed children in their own homes or in special schools and nurseries and running paediatric clinics, face to face, virtual telephone or video consultations, for conditions including faltering growth, allergies and obesity.

You will also support and train dietetic students and other health care staff and junior paediatric staff.

The Ealing community team include 2 other paediatric dietitians, specialist Nutrition Support Dietitians, Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular disease Dietitians as well as nutrition practitioners, an assistant and administrative staff.

You will be part of a wider peer supervision group of paediatric dietitians working across CNWL to support evidence based practice, innovation and patient centred care.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills and extensive experience of working with children with additional needs including tube feeding.

To provide and develop the Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service for children in the Borough of Ealing.

To be responsible for providing dietetic clinics and domiciliary visits within agreed localities, within special schools and nurseries for the department’s commissioned criteria.

Ealing have tube feeds and oral nutritional supplements off FP10 and you will therefore be responsible for the provision of tube feeds (without GP prescription) and equipment for Ealing patients

To act as a source of expertise to members of child Development Team and paediatric staff, Primary Health Care Teams, allied and other health professionals, local authority professionals, education, community groups and private industry

To develop and provide nutrition education and training to professionals within Ealing, student dietitians and community groups

To develop the specialist clinical service by contributing to quality improvement including carrying out audits and research.

To clinically supervise and develop the band 6 paediatric dietitian and nutrition assistant

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Clinical - effectively carrying out clinics in health centres, special schools and nurseries and home visits, being patient centred at all times and focusing on patient clinical and quality of life outcomes

Professional – Being a team member, organising and planning and prioritising own diary, caseload and commitments

Teaching/Nutrition Education of staff and students

Clinical governance - risk management, health and safety, completing records, abiding by policies/procedures/guidelines, meeting service targets and KPIs, quality improvement

Clinical supervision of junior members of the paediatric team