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Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Post registration clinical experience
- Experience
This must include experience in the specialist area of dietetics
- Other requirements
To manage the physical effort of working between hospital sites, frequently moving up and down stairs, standing for long periods of time and carrying heavy folders.
- Other requirements
To manage working in unpleasant conditions such as environments where there may be unpleasant sights, noises, smells and temperature fluctuations e.g. hospital clinics.
- Skills & Abilities
Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skills & Abilities
Communication : Experience of multidisciplinary teamwork
- Skills & Abilities
Communication : Awareness of need for confidentiality and issues of consent
- Skills & Abilities
Communication : Proven experience of communicating to affect change in children and adolescents
- Equality and Diversity
Awareness of equal opportunities and diversity
- Knowledge & Qualifications
Four-year degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
- Knowledge & Qualifications
HCPC registered
- Health, Safety and Security
Knowledge & understanding of clinical governance and risk management and relevance to dietetics
- Quality and service improvement
Experience of service development
- • Personal and people development
Experience of training student Dietitians/other HCPs
- • Information collection and analysis including IT skills
Anthropometry skills
- • Information collection and analysis including IT skills
Experience of conducting audit and/or research, including the ability to analyse and interpret statistics
- • Information collection and analysis including IT skills
Computer literacy
- • Information collection and analysis including IT skills
Experience using cloud-based platforms for review of diabetes management
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Involvement in relevant specialist interest group
- Knowledge & Qualifications
Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) or equivalent association
- Knowledge & Qualifications
Post registration training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy/Motivational Interviewing
- Knowledge & Qualifications
Post graduate study in specialist area of dietetics e.g. paediatric diabetes modules e.g. MSc Paediatric Diabetes modules
- Quality and service improvement
Experience in project management
- • Personal and people development
Experience in the support and development of junior members of staff
- • Personal and people development
Teaching on degree (or higher level) / professional course
Job overview
Are you a dynamic, enthusiastic and confident paediatric dietitian with an interest in diabetes care?
We are looking for a Children’s Diabetes Dietitian to join our Children and Young People’s Diabetes Service at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to cover 12 months maternity leave.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a friendly, supportive and highly motivated multidisciplinary team, providing specialist dietetic assessment, treatment, education and support for children and young people with diabetes, their families and carers. The role will include inpatient care, multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, dietetic-led clinics, community working and close collaboration with nursing, medical, psychology and wider allied health professional colleagues.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist dietetic education and support for children and young people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes from diagnosis through to transition to adult services.
- Support children, young people, families, carers and school staff to develop confidence in diabetes self-management.
- Provide education and advice on diabetes technology, including insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring and hybrid closed loop systems where appropriate.
- Contribute to service development, audit, research, quality improvement and national programmes including the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to meet Paediatric Diabetes Best Practice Tariff criteria and deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
About you You will be an HCPC-registered dietitian with a recognised degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, or equivalent qualification, and post-registration clinical experience including experience in a specialist area of dietetics. You will bring excellent communication, organisational and teaching skills, the ability to work autonomously and as part of an MDT, and a commitment to continuous professional development, clinical governance and inclusive care. Experience in paediatric diabetes, diabetes technology, service development, audit or research would be advantageous. Above all, you will be motivated to improve outcomes for children and young people with diabetes and to support families with kindness, clarity and expertise.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Applicant requirements
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.
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This advert is for Children’s Diabetes Dietitian with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS Pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover until 10-10-2027). The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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