Paediatric dietitian Ketogenic

Overview

The post holder will provide maternity cover as a fixed term contract to the Ketogenic service at the Oxford Children s Hospital working alongside the lead ketogenic dietitian. This highly specialist service supports paediatric patients who have epilepsy requiring a ketogenic diet and involves working as an integral member of both the dietetic team and the multidisciplinary paediatric neurology team to provide a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical need.

• Support the current Ketogenic service in line with the NICE guidelines for epilepsy (CG137, 2012 and related documents).
• Ensure a 5 day a week service is available for ketogenic dietetic patients by regularly reviewing availability including agreeing annual leave and cover arrangements.
• Educate and counsel children and their caregivers on the management of ketogenic diet therapy.
• Offer support to children and families particularly during illness, hospital admissions, school trips, holidays. Liaise with nurseries, schools and all healthcare professionals involved in the child or young person s care.
• To have a case management role within the MDT team. To judge and determine appropriateness of referrals made by members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective use of time and resources.
• Independently assess nutritional status based on anthropometric measurements as well as biochemical parameters, diet history and other validated methods of nutritional assessment as appropriate.
• Have a strong foundation in nutritional support including enteral feeding and the use of home enteral feeding programs.
• Work autonomously and manage specialised caseload independently, without supervision.
• Be able to address barriers to communication e.g. use of interpreters, visual aids.
• Work within the OUH framework for safeguarding and ensure correct protocols are followed.

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in dietetics.
• Evidence of working with ketogenic diet therapy.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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