Paediatric specialist dietitian Gastro/AllergyNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Dietetic team at OUH to work within the specialist fields of allergy and gastroenterology as a 0.6wte Band 7 position.

Duties include providing nutritional support for children under the gastroenterology team (both inpatient & outpatient) with a wide range of clinical conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, motility disorders, functional disorders, intestinal failure, coeliac disease & other malabsorptive and congenital conditions requiring specialist dietetic input. There will be an opportunity to support short-gut patients on home PN in an MDT clinic.

For the Allergy service, you will support service development and clinical supervision for the band 6 dietitian covering allergy clinic.

We anticipate this post being 70% clinical and 30% non-clinical.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

• Inpatients: provision of dietetic care to children admitted to the Children's hospital under the Gastroenterology team - this includes a wide range of complex conditions requiring specialist intervention. Attendance at the weekly MDT meetings.
• Inpatients: dietetic support for the surgical ward (wide variety of patient types including those who have had gut resections, Oesophageal atresia with gastric pull up, complex patients requiring specialist feed advice)
• Outpatients: provision of dietetic cover to consultant-led outpatient clinics and those patients requiring long-term dietetic support on specialist diets. This may include blended clinics with teleconferencing.
• Outpatients: provision of dietetic care to the Consultant-led allergy clinic for complex patients and backfill for the band 6 dietitian when unavailable.

Non-Clinical

• Leadership for service provision and service development
• Clinical supervision and mentorship for B6 rotational posts
• Teaching and education of MDT, peers and students
• Adherence to governance, patient safety and risk
• See job description for full list of roles and responsibilities

Job description

As the band 7 dietetic team leader for gastro and allergy services - this role will work alongside 2 band 6 dietitians to provide a comprehensive dietetic service to these teams.

Gastroenterology - inpatient and outpatient dietetic provision, outpatient clinic Wednesday afternoons, this can include Home PN clinic. Supporting exclusive enteral nutrition for Crohn's disease along side the B6 dietitian.

Allergy - supporting the B6 dietitian who runs 2 outpatient clinics a week with clinical supervision as needed, and acting as service lead.

Participation in team meetings, B7 meetings, student training.Investment in own learning needs and supporting junior staff including appraisals and other Trust-specific requirements.

Utilisation of governance, patient safety and risk management tools as needed to ensure a safe and effective service.

To work collaboratively with the Paediatric Dietetic team lead with data collection, benchmarking and other resources to support future service expansion.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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