Community Paediatric Dietitian

Transformationunitgm; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Trust is seeking a Community Paediatric Dietitian to join their dedicated team. This role involves providing specialized dietetic care to children with various dietary needs, working closely with families and multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will be an autonomous practitioner, capable of managing their own caseload while ensuring high-quality service delivery. The Trust values respect and teamwork, making it a great place to work. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the health and well-being of young patients in the community.

Benefits

London high cost area supplement

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Must have UK professional registration and experience in dietetics.
• Ability to provide nutritional advice for children with diverse needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children, providing dietetic care and advice.
• Develop treatment plans and monitor progress for pediatric clients.

Skills

Dietetic assessment

Nutritional counseling

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Professional registration

Relevant degree in dietetics

Job description

Employer: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Epsom & St Helier

Town: Carshalton

Salary: £25.89 - £41.43

Salary period: Hourly

Closing: 31/07/2025 23:59

Community Paediatric Dietitian Bank position - Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity, and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. We welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

The post for Community Paediatric Dietitian sits within Children’s Services and the post holder will be responsible for the nutrition and dietetic management of community paediatric clients registered with a Sutton GP under the care of Sutton Health and Care.

You will be required to provide dietetic care to a caseload of children with general dietetic requirements and will advise their carers in a range of locations including clinic settings, special or mainstream schools, or at home.

This role is one of an autonomous practitioner but also involves joint liaison with other professionals involved with the child and their families both within health and other agencies.

Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of children and young people as identified by the service specification, managing this independently and prioritising own workload to ensure effective service provision.
2. To provide appropriate specialist dietetic assessment, advice, and monitoring for children with general dietetic needs including food allergies.
3. There may be opportunities to also provide dietetic assessment, advice, and monitoring children with complex special needs and those who require enteral tube feeding.

Working for our organisation

1. To keep up to date with the Department and Trust standards and policies and facilitate dissemination of this knowledge to colleagues.
2. To develop good working relationships with multidisciplinary teams, outside agencies, and voluntary agencies to ensure that professionalism and service delivery are maintained.
3. To provide support to other dietetics staff where appropriate, monitoring the standard of treatment and giving training and instruction as required.
4. To participate in identified departmental working groups as agreed with the Services Manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of children and young people as identified by the service specification, managing this independently and prioritising own workload to ensure effective service provision.
2. To provide appropriate specialist dietetic assessment, advice, and monitoring for children with general dietetic needs including food allergies.
3. There may be opportunities to also provide dietetic assessment, advice, and monitoring children with complex special needs and those who require enteral tube feeding.
4. To reflect on clinical practice, identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical judgment.
5. To provide expert advice to patients, carers, and clinicians regarding nutritional intervention for paediatric clients based on clinical evidence. This will involve nutritional diagnosis (interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, and diet history), the development of treatment plans (calculation of nutritional requirements and client-centred goals), prescription of dietary therapy, and use of ACBS products where appropriate.
6. To interpret received information concerning medical and social history to ensure expert advice is given in a person-centred, age and culturally specific way.
7. To ensure that dietetic records of assessment, treatment, and progress are maintained in accordance with the ESTH record keeping policy and HCPC standards.
8. To provide accurate and timely written and/or verbal reports and programmes to parents/carers, referrers, and other agencies involved in children’s care.
9. To provide complex paediatric nutrition counseling and use of reassurance and motivational skills to overcome barriers to change, particularly where there is non-compliance.

Person specification

Professional Registration

6 Months Experience

Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high-quality, compassionate care for our patients.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

FURTHER INFORMATION

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching. Please contact the recruitment team for more information.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.