Job overview
Are you passionate about optimising the care and treatment of children and young people in community care. Working with children, parents and their adult to promote the independence and dignity of your patients?
We believe that as dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:
- We enable recovery
- We empower quality of life
- We bring independence and dignity to our patients
- We support the foundation of a healthy lifestyle.
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to recruit a specialist dietitian to work within our paediatric service, working with people in our community across home visits, schools and outpatients. As the successful applicant you will be working within our proud and forward thinking MDT, alongside colleagues who are friendly, approachable and supportive and who truly value dietitians as part of the MDT service.
Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will look after a community caseload across Sandwell and West Birmingham. The caseload consists of working with babies, children, young people and their adult and the caseload may include working with children requiring enteral tube feeding, with faltering growth, or allergies to name a few. The postholder will have opportunities to work alongside other paediatric dietitians within our team who cover paediatric specialities including; allergy, diabetes, community, inpatients and the neonatal unit and will have the opportunities to build strong working relationships with peer support.
The role requires any successful candidate to be able to work across a variety of locations including schools, at people's homes, day centres and schools and there is plenty of opportunity to develop skills with a varied and interesting case load of patients and will be working with children and young people and their adult/carer. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with the multidisciplinary team to optimise the care of babies, children and young people in the community, working closely with the community MDT.
You will be joining a progressive service that is keen to be the employer of choice and you will never feel unsupported in your role
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached documents for further details of the job including main responsibilities.
Interested applicants are encouraged to make contact to arrange a conversation or an informal visit to further understand the role. We support applications for flexible working or those seeking developmental opportunities.
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Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical including experience working with paediatrics
- Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT
- Experience of training student dietitians
Desirable
- Involvement in audit and research.
- Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff
- Experience of working within the MDT; within inpatients or a community setting.
Motivations
Essential
- Wants to work with babies/ children and young people and their carers
- Wants to work at SWB
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics
- HCPC Registration
- Portfolio evidence of CPD
- Evidence of post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject
Desirable
- Membership of British Dietetic Association
- Attendance of student supervisory skills course
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This advert is for Community Specialist Paediatric Dietitian with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in West Bromwich, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Jul 2026.
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