Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Paediatric Ketogenic Nutrition

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Paediatric Ketogenic Nutrition

The closing date is 29 June 2025

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a 1.0WTE Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP; Band 7) within theKetogenic diet team at Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). The team provides expert dietary therapy to children and young people with epilepsy and other neurological or metabolic conditions, using the ketogenic diet as a therapeutic tool.

This post will work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting tertiary referrals and supporting the South East London region. The tACP will work as part of a highly specialist multidisciplinary team and once qualified line manage a 0.5 WTE Band 7 Dietitian. The postholder will be supported to apply and complete a 3-year MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Level 7 Apprenticeship), which combines academic education and clinical practice. Upon qualification, they will progress to a Band 8a ACP role.

On completion, the ACP will be expected to work autonomously across all four pillars of advanced practice as outlined in the BDA Advanced Practice Framework: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education, and Research.

Main duties of the job

Advanced clinical practice is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a Master's level award that encompasses the four practice pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research/ Quality Improvement (QI), with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.

Advanced clinical practice involves the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative shared solutions to enhance people's experience and improve outcomes.

The post holder will be of an appropriate profession as defined in the person specification. The Trainee must complete the Masters programme in its entirety as well as successfully complete the programme within the set time frame in order to achieve an 8a.

About us

The post holders will join a wider paediatric dietetic team of 39 WTE dietitians and dietetic assistants who cover a wide range of specialties including inherited metabolic disease, diabetes, renal, gastroenterology, complex feeding clinic, allergy and respiratory.

The service is overseen by the Evelina London Lead Dietitian and the Paediatric team form part of the wider Guy's and St Thomas' dietetic department of over 100 dietitians, with a focus on innovation, quality, education, development and well-being.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description, person specification and role descriptor for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification Knowledge/Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in specialist practice or specialist studies appropriate to base profession.
• Evidence of recent academic study
• Mentorship, supervision and assessment qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of ability to study at master's level (level 7)
• A registered healthcare professional
• Meet Health and Care Professions Council
• If legislation, role and scope of post applied for (depending on base profession), have an independent prescribing qualification./ or supplementary
• Modules working towards an ACP qualification.
• Evidence of leadership/ management training
• Evidence of substantial clinical experience relevant to the post (Ketogenics), including specialist skills
• Evidence of providing education; teaching, mentorship, supervision and assessment of clinical practice of staff.
• Experience of audit, research & evidence-based care.
• Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator.
• Experience of working at a specialist level of practice.
• Evidence of ability to work as part of an MDT as well as autonomously
• Experience of leading service improvement initiatives
• Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
• Experience of leading service development

Skills

• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent written and advanced verbal communication skills demonstrating the use of a variety of media/IT skills
• Ability to select and apply appropriate approaches to learning and teaching (techniques & material) to meet learners' needs and promote a change in practice
• Evidence of providing education; teaching, mentorship, supervision and assessment of clinical practice of staff
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully.
• Ability to carry out audit and or research.
• Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes, with use of negotiation skills
• Experience of teaching patients and others including health promotion, prevention and orientation.

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£51,488 to £57,802 a yearp.a inc. HCA(pro rata)