Children's Community Dietitian - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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Manchester, United Kingdom

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Children & Young People's Community Dietitian for Enteral Nutrition Support

You're amazing Which is why we want you to join our amazing children's community dietetic team.


We are passionate about the care we provide and collaborate with our families to deliver evidence-based nutritional enteral feeding care plans that prioritise the wellbeing of every child in our care.

We're inviting you to come and meet us in person (or virtually, if that's easier for you), the kettle's on and we'd love to chat about our service, the difference you can make here and your career with us.

We're looking for an experienced, committed, and enthusiastic individual to work in our small dietetic team.


You will have the opportunity to develop clinical skills and we will support you with training, to reach your potential and excel.

You will be supported by a lead community dietician and work alongside the community nursing team and we'll provide you with the support you need to grow as a professional within this extremely rewarding role.


Working closely with a broad multidisciplinary team including paediatricians, children's community nurses, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, health visitors, social workers, you will be responsible for providing dietetic support to infants and children who have complex health conditions and/or learning disabilities and who require tube feeding.

With leadership from your dietitian team lead and support from a full-time dietetic assistant, you will provide specialist outpatient clinics, including within the 13 specialist schools across Manchester, attend feeding and swallowing clinics, MDT meetings, and carry out home visits.


With regular support from the Children's Lead AHP, you will benefit from strong links with the hospital dietitians at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, as well as the support of a network of AHP colleagues across the city and children's dietetics colleagues Trafford Local Care Organisation.

Professional development is valued and supported within our teams. You will receive professional development, regular specialist multidisciplinary support and education and regular reviews and supervision.


We promote flexibility and are happy to support different working patterns, please speak to us about how we can support you to work flexibly.

This post is based at Longsight Health Centre which benefits from free car parking facilities.


MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.


Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.


We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.


We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.

What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.


At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity Matters

We're looking forward to hearing from you
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