Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Permanent Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian to join our friendly, supportive and forward thinking paediatric dietetic team. The paediatric team delivers services across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and the team are well integrated as part of the Children's Hospitals at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton but may involve some working at Royal Derby Hospital.
As a teaching hospital we have a wealth of experience across many clinical areas, and we work closely with our tertiary centres in the surrounding area for shared care patients. We have a high number of patients, and high flow through the service so experience of managing a busy caseload is essential. The post holder will report directly to the team leaders at Queens Hospital, Burton.
We are a welcoming, forward thinking and supportive team of paediatric dietitians with support from dietetic assistant practitioners. We are constantly looking at ways to empower our team, drive Quality Improvement initiatives and provide a strong, positive team culture, with emphasis on wellbeing and resilience within the department. We aim to celebrate and cultivate colleagues within our department and actively look for opportunities for social inclusion.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include leading and developing the paediatric services at Queens Hospital and support and clinically supervise the specialist paediatric dietitians at this site. Your clinical role will include delivering a specialist feeding clinic run jointly with a speech and language therapist for very complex patients with feeding difficulties as well as a regular outpatient clinic for complex clinical conditions/ faltering growth.
The department provides a service to multiple clinical conditions within paediatrics including faltering growth, paediatric feeding disorders, food allergies including cow's milk allergies and coeliac disease in both inpatient and outpatient clinics as well as MDT working with medical teams and other health care professionals. We do not offer visits off site. You will work as an active member of the Paediatric Dietetic team and wider department. We are routinely involved in project work and service improvement and follow evidence-based practice.
We pride ourselves on having a very close relationship with the wider MDTs within the hospital, including working with consultants, specialist nurses, speech and language therapy, psychologists and the play team. This gives us the opportunity for advanced clinical supervision as respected members of the team. We take dietetic students on placement and involvement in student training will be part of this role.
Closing date of applications: 7 July 2026
Interview date: 21 July 2026
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Awareness of communication needs of people from differing cultures and with differing physical and learning abilities
- Maintains effective working relationships with other health professionals and the multidisciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic criteria for diseases within area of work
Desirable
- Recognised training in: Counselling skills./Behavioural change./motivational interviewing techniques.
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent.
- UK Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Qualified and experienced in training student dietitians.
- Facilitation of learning course for dietitians
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association.
- Relevant BDA specialist group membership
- Leadership training.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Has knowledge and varied experience of working with complex paediatric patients
- Substantial recent post-registration dietetic experience
- Able to demonstrate expert skills in paediatric dietetics, influencing multi-professional practice in this area
- Extensive knowledge of clinical effectiveness and clinical evidence related to the application of paediatric dietetics.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Evidence of continued professional development, reflection, and appraisal of own performance.
Desirable
- Previous experience of service development
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Dietitian in Paediatrics with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Derby, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Jul 2026.
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