Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our paediatric dietetic team at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian.



This established post offers an exciting opportunity to lead and continue to develop a high-quality, evidence-based nutrition and dietetic service for children and young people across North West Surrey. The role will primarily focus on outpatient care but will also support paediatric inpatients, ensuring continuity of nutritional support throughout their healthcare journey. You will work closely with paediatric diabetes multidisciplinary team at Ashford and St Peter's and and wider paediatric team.



As the Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian, this role is responsible for developing and delivering a specialist, evidence-based paediatric diabetes dietetic service including care for patients on insulin pump therapy. The post holder provides the dietary component of structured education for newly diagnosed children and young people with type 1 diabetes, covering carbohydrate counting and exercise management. The role involves offering dietary advice for patients using insulin pumps, glucose monitors, and hybrid closed-loop systems.

For further information please contact:

Kirsty Barrett - Clinical Lead for Paediatric Dietetics - kirsty.barrett3@nhs.net



1. To contribute to the development of an effective and innovative dietetic service to children and young people with diabetes using a high level of knowledge, skill and experience.



2. To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised dietetic service to paediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes requiring nutritional intervention



3. To be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based dietetic service to a complex case load of children and young people with diabetes in a variety of settings.



4. To provide specialist input to the Diabetes Multi-disciplinary Team by contributing to the strategic development of the Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes service, to meet the requirements of the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and training of other health professionals.



Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.



Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.



We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.



Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.



We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.



We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:



Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement



On-site Nurseries



On-site staff cafes



On-site parking



Support in career development



Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics



Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:

www.asph-careers.org



Qualifications and Further Training



Essential

4 year degree in Dietetics (or equivalent qualification) Registration with HCPC Student supervisory skills course Management training BDA Paediatric modules

Desirable

Counselling skills course Management training Diabetes education training for Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes Insulin Pump Therapy Course Carbohydrate counting course

Experience



Essential

3 years' experience in paediatric dietetics Delivering education to a diverse range of audiences Student training Group work and understanding of team dynamics Auditing of dietetic services Staff management Service delivery in a range of clinical settings, including community Experience of working in a team and contributing to team decisions

Desirable

Previous experience working in Diabetes services at a specialist level including experience of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.

Please see attached job description and personal specification for full details.