Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Bolton, United Kingdom - Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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Bolton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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If you are a Dietitian looking to take the next step in your career and further develop your skills in Paediatric Dietetics this opportunity could be for you.

We are looking for a Paediatric Dietitian for a one year contract to cover a maternity leave.

We have an incredible team of Paediatric Dietitians and Assistant Practitioners, working in a dynamic, integrated Family Care Division.

The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services.

We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year.

The Trust also has a tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enabling 1 in 4 women across Greater Manchester to receive in-utero transfer and birth at extreme premature gestation at Bolton.

We deliver an integrated service across acute and community settings.

Your role will involve providing dietetic support to a specialist caseload of children and young people with a variety of dietetic and medical conditions, specifically inputting to the acute site and community.

You will be required to help line manage and supervise our Band 4 Assistant Practitioner, deliver training to other health care professionals on nutrition and dietetic issues, and support the training of dietetic students.

Excellent communication skills are a prerequisite.

You will need to be flexible in your working pattern to meet the needs of the client group who are seen in a variety of settings such as The Royal Bolton Hospital, Outpatients, GP surgeries, Health Centres, Startwell Centres, Schools and their homes.

Flexible working/ hours will be considered and there will be some remote working as part of the role

We are looking for someone who is a car driver as you will be required to travel around the borough.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton.

This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values.

We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC).

This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.