Nutritionist Clinical Lead (Child Weight Management)

Job Summary

• JOB TITLE: Child Weight Management Nutritionist Clinical Lead
• SALARY: £40,000
• HOURS: 37.5hrs, with one 7 pm finish per week and one in four Saturdays
• START DATE: As soon as possible, TBA
• END DATE: Fixed term 12-month contract with the view to extension
• TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: In accordance with the Agenda for Change NHS Terms & Conditions of Service
• MAIN LOCATION: Sites across Haringey
• RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Lead / Service Manager
• ACCOUNTABLE TO: CEO, Haringey GP Federation

Please submit CV along with a cover letter by 17:00 on 12/04/2023

Interview date: 18 April 2023

The Child Weight Management Nutritionist Clinical Lead is responsible for contributing to the delivery of Haringey GP Federations Child Weight Management Service, under the supervision of the associate medical director. The role will include leading the clinical team, running face-to-face clinics, liaising with schools and VCSOs, and helping to oversee the interventions on offer to children and their families. The role is paramount in ensuring the service is appropriate in meeting the needs of children, families and the wider community.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to provide strong leadership so the team can work to identify and offer interventions to children who are overweight, with a view to improving their lifestyle and overall health for both the short and longer-term. The team will work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted to the most vulnerable groups and individuals to support social inclusion.

The post holder will work closely with local community services and both the primary care:

• Increasing the identification and intervention of children age 5-12yrs who are identified as overweight or very overweight as per NCMP data on record with school nurses
• Rapidly identifying those severely overweight or with multiple complex needs to ensure they are appropriately managed in secondary care
• Improving engagement of local schools and primary care services with the new child weight management pathway, alongside the Healthy Schools Lead
• Supporting clinical support workers to signpost patients and their families to local voluntary sectors
• Helping to facilitate lifestyle intervention programmes

About us

We are the Haringey GP Federation, a young and growing organisation working with 34 member practices and over 200 members of staff in the diverse and vibrant borough of Haringey in North London. Our vision is to support the people of Haringey to be healthier and happier. We do this by strengthening, innovating, and advocating for strong and sustainable General Practice in Haringey.

Our friendly, collaborative team has deservedly earned a strong reputation for providing best practice Primary Care services at scale. We are proud that our teams achievements have won external recognition, including a recent HSJ award for demonstrating professionally diverse clinical leadership in primary care.

We provide a range of services in Haringey, including those which are best delivered by Primary Care at scale, namely; integrated services, working with partners in our local borough partnership, together with support services, including back-office support, workforce and training and some shared staffing clinical teams. We also currently manage two local GP practices and lead the North Central London Training hub.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for Haringey to lead transformational work to improve the health and well-being of the school-age population. The role will require a motivated individual who is keen to make a change in an area faced with vast health inequalities. The role will be office-based and patient-facing, the latterin primary care, educational establishments and community centres.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To provide clinical leadership of the Child Weight Management Service

To support the patient-facing clinicians

To work alongside the administration team in ensuring the service best meets the needs of the local population

ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPERVISION

The post holder will ultimately be accountable to the CEO of Haringey GP Federation and will be line managed by the associate medical director.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To support the clinical and non-clinical staff to deliver a safe and successful service to the local target population

To build further relationships with community organisations, school nursing and hard-to-reach patient groups to make the service as inclusive and easily accessible as possible

To manage the clinical team so that the highest standard of care is delivered to all patients

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Managerial

• Provide support to clinical and non-clinical staff through weekly meetings, 1:1s and ad hoc meetings
• Retain insight of targets and team goals so that these can be achieved in a timely manner, problem-solved where needed, and communicated clearly to commissioners
• Maintain good relations with the ICB and Public Health, with a view to continuing to shape and expand the service
• Provide clear communication with all associate organisations, local schools, school nurses, community centres and GP surgeries
• Ensure employee safety and patient safety in all workplace settings

Clinical

• Utilise clinical experience and expertise to help field queries from the clinical team, this can be of a clinical or a safeguarding nature
• Ensure all members of the team are comfortable with escalation of any safeguarding issues
• Utilise clinical guidelines to promote evidence-based best practice
• Escalate complex cases to secondary care where necessary
• Offer a holistic service to patients, notifying relative parties where ongoing or additional care is required
• Ensure safe hand-over of patients to general practice and secondary care where appropriate
• Identify community health needs and participate in the development of patient and family centred strategies to address them
• You will maintain clinical skills through appropriate continuing professional development (CPD) in line with annual appraisal
• You will work in line with all organisation policies and procedures, including human resources, safeguarding children, etc.

Professional

• You will maintain your professional registration, undertaking revalidation and appraisal as required
• You will promote and provide evidence-based care that complies with the relevant legal and policy frameworks
• You will work collaboratively with multiple health and social care team, and voluntary organisations
• Undertake statutory and mandatory training as stipulated by the CWM Service
• Demonstrate clinical leadership
• Respect patient confidentiality at all times and do not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role

Training and development

• Undertake a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with the improvement of clinical care. This can be done via the following means:

Audit of clinical practice

Significant event analysis

Review of relevant literature

• Encourage and contribute to team learning within the CWM Service
• Lead clinical meetings
• Work closely with other clinical and administrative staff to continue to improve the service

Administration

• Work in accordance with internal administrative systems, relating to but not limited to the management of clinical data
• Liaise with voluntary care sector organisations and Public Health to build upon relations and shape the future of the service

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

The post holder will have access to confidential information relating to patients, their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Federation as a business organisation.

All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff, and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. Moreover, The Data Protection Act 2018 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Equal Opportunities

The post holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with the practice procedures and policies and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Health and Safety

Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), and to ensure that agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees, patients, and visitors.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the risk management strategy and emergency procedures and attendance at training as required.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyones responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance (2015) and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections and complying with Government Directives, including COVID-19 regulations.

Safeguarding

Within their sphere of competence, each member of staff is responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the children, young people and / or vulnerable adults for whom they are responsible or may come into contact with, in the job role.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder as needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified nutritionist with certification
• DBS clearance
• Current, valid certification
• Basic Life Support

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development activities
• Evidence of interest, or qualification in public health

Experience

Essential

• Ability to work well with colleagues in a team
• Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively
• Ability to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
• Proficient in use of EMIS
• Confident in use of email

Desirable

• Experience working in a paediatric setting
• Leadership experience
• Experience of working in a deprived area comprising of many different cultural backgrounds

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the CWM service
• Interest in health inequalities and child health
• Highly motivated
• Energetic and enthusiastic
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritising and managing workload effectively
• An enquiring and critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and relevant parties
• Commitment to continuing clinical education and professional development
• Declared history of medical-legal cases including any pending
• Knowledge of the NHS structure
• Understanding of the current issues faced by primary care
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Understanding of child safeguarding (Level 3 required)

Desirable

• Understanding of the local demographic and population needs
• Experience working with children and parents
• Experience working with patients from a variety of backgrounds
• Knowledge of child health issues linked with obesity
• Appreciation and understanding of the impact of physical exercise on maintaining a healthy lifestyle

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Haringey GP Federation

Address

48 Station Road

Wood Green

London

N22 7TY

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Haringey: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 12/04/2023
Reference ID: U0002-23-7636