Specialist Dietitian

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Name: Alix Rhodes
Position: Senior Specialist Dietitian
Email: alix.rhodes@nhs.net

Shortlisting Date: 23rd Nov
Interview Date: w/c 30th Nov

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated Dietitian with an interest in either cardiology and ketogenic diets, or respiratory and cystic fibrosis? Do you have a passion for supporting children and their families and carers, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team? Are you interested in being involved in national/international networking and contributing to cutting-edge research projects? We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic Dietitians to join our Children's Dietetic Team to take up two exciting posts, working 0.8WTE within the Cardiology and Kegtogenic teams, and 1.0WTE joining the Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis teams.

Cardiology and Ketogenic role 0.8WTE: As part of this split role, you will be joining two compassionate and supportive MDTs. The mixture of specialities will allow for experience and knowledge to be developed working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. You will be fully supported by experienced Band 7s, as well as from dietetic assistants (Band 3 & 4). The Congenital Cardiology department is a tertiary centre for the Yorkshire and Humber region, as part of a network of 20 hospitals. You will support children throughout their treatment journeys, primarily providing nutrition support to infants around their cardiac surgeries. The Ketogenic service forms part of a similar network, servicing Yorkshire and Humber as the tertiary centre. The specialist MDT, consisting of neurologists, nurses and pharmacists, ensure children are monitored safely and receive optimum care while on the dietary treatment. Full training will be provided across both specialities, in the form of supervised practice, course attendances and clinical supervision from the dietetic team, as well as the wider MDT. We are proud to offer a role combining these two specialities which dietitians feature as a cornerstone to patient care.

Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis role 1.0WTE: The Respiratory service is a tertiary centre supporting the region, providing multidisciplinary care for children with complex respiratory conditions. The service cares for children with a wide range of conditions including: cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, bronchiectasis, primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), congenital lung abnormalities, chronic lung disease of prematurity, sleep-disordered breathing, long-term ventilation needs and rare lung diseases such as interstitial lung disease. The respiratory team works closely with many other specialties including ENT, immunology, physiotherapy and intensive care services, ensuring truly multidisciplinary care. The Cystic Fibrosis centre cares for children across the North of England, making it one of the largest in UK. Dietetic input across the service is provided through inpatient and outpatient care, based primarily at Leeds General Infirmary, but also through community MDT clinics. Specialist dietitians play an integral role within the respiratory and cystic fibrosis MDTs, supporting patient growth, improving nutritional status, advising on aspects relating to pancreatic enzyme therapy and improving clinical outcomes in children with respiratory conditions. Good nutritional status in patients with cystic fibrosis is strongly linked to better lung function, improved growth, reduced infection risk, and better long-term outcomes. This role will be in a team which includes a Band 8a Clinical Specialist Dietitian and a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian, but will also have support from the wider large paediatric dietetic team. Training is expected to be provided and will be tailored to suit the successful candidate's needs.

Why you should join our Team

The Leeds Children's hospital is one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK. We offer a wide range of secondary, tertiary and supra-regional services. We provide services for the children of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber Region and in some cases further afield. Our Children's Dietetic Team is a large, friendly and supportive department of 38 staff, including Children's Dietitians, Dietetic Assistants and Dietetic Associate Practitioners, Special Feed Unit Technicians and Admin staff. We are part of the wider Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Nutrition and Dietetic Service and have close links with adults. We cover for colleagues within the multi-specialty Children's dietetic team at times of leave and will support you with appropriate training opportunities to facilitate this. We are committed to clinical governance and staff development through appraisal, training, research and audit. Our mission is to make a positive difference in children's lives. You will be fully involved in student training, contributing to the provision of training programmes for A, B and C placement learners. You will have access to IT and library facilities. Our Trust values are being patient-centred, empowered, collaborative, fair and accountable .Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Please note, applications may close early we receive a sufficient number of applications.

What you will bring to the role

You will provide specialised dietetic care to children and young people. This will include our in-patient and out-patient services. You will deliver clinical training for dietetic learners and other staff. You will have opportunities to collaborate around service improvements, for example audit, resource development, guidelines work and advances in technology and digital solutions. You will support the day-to-day running of the dietetic team.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

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Our priorities

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Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.