Band 6: £38,682 - £46,580
Full time: 37.5 hours
Permanent contract
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian to join our supportive, friendly and flexible paediatric team.
If you have some experience of paediatrics and are looking to expand your knowledge and skills in a busy district general hospital or are looking for a change and would like to gain experience in paediatric dietetics this may be the opportunity you are looking for.
This post is full time but consideration will be given to applicants requiring part time work.
We are looking for a dietitian who wants to learn and showcase the benefits dietitians can bring to patients, their families and to our colleagues. You should have excellent communication skills, show a commitment to team working and innovation, and be able to demonstrate the ability to work within a busy environment. This post would suit either someone with experience in Paediatrics looking to further consolidate their knowledge and skills.
Portsmouth Dietitians are a friendly and supportive team of 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetics to adults and children across the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Area. We cover a large university hospital, a number of smaller community hospitals and provide outpatient activity across a variety of settings.
We pride ourselves on our supportive culture and offer development opportunities to internally develop our staff to enable them to progress in their career aspirations.
We train student dietitians from University of Surrey and University of Winchester.
The main duties of the role are varied and include providing dietetic cover to the 2 children's wards, providing cover to outpatient clinics for a range of clinical conditions including gastroenterology, neurodisability, weight management, nutrition support, allergy and enteral tube feeding, managing a caseload of community patients on home enteral feeding and providing telephone advice to a range of different health professionals.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role then we would love to hear from you.
For more information, please refer to the Job Description.
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Experience
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Skills and Knowledge
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The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.