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We are excited to offer a full-time band 5 paediatric dietitian post. We are a small, yet dedicated community paediatric dietetic team covering the East Riding of Yorkshire. Our service offers a flexible working pattern running virtual, telephone and face-to-face clinical sessions.

We are using telephone and video consultations and working closely via MS teams with our MDT to ensure safe and effective working. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a positive attitude who feels as passionate as we do about our work. We work with a range of children including those who are looked after and who may have complex health care needs.

Our service covers one to one clinic sessions, telephone clinics, input into special schools, MDT meetings and group education sessions. We work with a variety of clinical presentations, such as: allergies, nutrition support, very restrictive food intake, nutritional deficiencies, enteral feeding and learning disabilities. The team are focussed on training and keeping skills up-to-date to be as specialist as we can be in our area.

We strive to provide great student training to A, B and C students and work closely with the universities and our Humber Dietetic colleagues including adult mental health and CAMHS and adult eating disorders teams and catering dietetics services.

This band 5 role is a great opportunity for a dietitian to expand their practice and enjoy the variety that community paediatric dietetic practice offers.

Main duties:
The post holder will offer a high standard of evidence based therapeutic care working within a specific service area. They will be responsible for their own autonomous practice and ensure effective patient care is maintained.
To manage a mixed clinical paediatric caseload in a variety of clinical settings, delegating to Associate Practitioners and Dietetic Assistants where appropriate.
Provides routine clinical intervention in a range of conditions in paediatric dietetics such as allergies, nutrition support, complex feeding, enteral feeding and nutrient deficiencies
Provides group education as required
Provides supervision to students

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.