Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Values
Ability to demonstrate the values
- Attributes
Professional appearance and manner.
- Attributes
Ability to reflect and appraise own practice.
- Attributes
Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
- Attributes
Flexible and adaptable.
- Experience
Significant post graduate dietetic experience in an NHS acute and community setting
- Experience
Experience working with children and young people individuals who require oral and artificial nutrition support
- Experience
Experience of developing and delivering presentations
- Experience
Experience of supervising dietetic students on practice placement
- Qualifications
HCPC registered
- Qualifications
Postgraduate training relevant to the role
- Other requirements
Ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements for the post.
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work as part of a team.
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of leadership and team building skills
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with children with Type 1 diabetes
- Experience
Experience of managing staff
Job overview
Are you looking to develop your experience working as a Paediatric Dietitian and have some paediatric dietetic experience ideally having worked with children with diabetes?
We are looking for a Paediatric Dietitian to join our team working part time at Chesterfield Royal Hospital working part time in general paediatrics and part time in diabetes.
The team is based at the hospital and provides a comprehensive service to inpatients on our paediatric ward as well as to outpatients in clinics, community clinics and at home.
We support MDT clinics for patients with diabetes, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease and allergy, and provide a service to children and young people who are enterally fed.
As a Trust and a team, we fully support flexible working; staff are provided with laptops to support them to work remotely. We can consider flexible working arrangements around the needs of the service.
The dietetic team is small and friendly team of 28 staff including Dietitians, Assistant Dietetic Practitioners, a Nutrition Support Nurse and an Administrative Assistant.
We will consider applicants who wish to work full or part time.
Main duties of the job
For further details relating to the Job Description please see the attached Job Description Document which explains the role in more detail.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical.
| 1. | To provide a client centred nutrition & dietetic service to children and their carers at various locations according to need. | |
| 2. | To participate in the team approach to the care of individuals referred to the service and attend specialist paediatric multidisciplinary clinics as appropriate. | |
| 3. 4. 5. | To attend multidisciplinary team meetings across the health community as required. To liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary teams within the trust and the health community to ensure the dietetic needs of clients can be met. To provide clinical knowledge and expertise to the wider multidisciplinary teams based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice. | |
| 6. | To accurately collect relevant activity data required for service monitoring, management, and evaluation. | |
| 7. | To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the dietetic team. | |
| 8. | To provide cover for dietetic colleagues as appropriate. | |
| 9. | To work with other members of the dietetic and catering teams to develop menus to meet the needs of inpatients. |
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 Paediatric Diabetes and General Dietitian with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Sep 2026.
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