# Community Specialist Paediatric Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-specialist-paediatric-dietitian/2ba92741-a8a3-4361-a6e7-3c535f18790e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-specialist-paediatric-dietitian/2ba92741-a8a3-4361-a6e7-3c535f18790e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** West Bromwich - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Some evening and weekend working may be required) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T12:43:17.084Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Sandwell_West_Birmingham/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Dietetics/Dietetics-v8041317 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8041317?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. For more reasons to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust please visit: ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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 ## 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. For more reasons to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust please visit: ## 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 ## Documents - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [b6 community paeds ps (pdf, 48.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329869) - [b6 community paeds jd (pdf, 217.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10329868) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.