Paediatric Dietitian
For the right candidate, this post can be a development band 5 post, open to Dietitians that wish to specialise in paediatric dietetics.
To deliver a Specialist Dietetic Service for children and young people being looked after by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) and ensure that the criteria for best practice are being met. To act as a specialist source of advice and expertise, in the management of the nutritional wellbeing of paediatric patients, such as nutritional support, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders, premature infants, home enteral feeds, diabetes and children with complex needs and to in-patients on Children’s Ward. To co-ordinate and develop the dietetic service for paediatrics with the support of the Lead Paediatric Dietitian and Head of Nutrition & Dietetics.