Job requirements
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Governance
Understanding of quality governance, patient safety and patient experience tools to support clinical practice and service improvement
- Governance
Sound knowledge and understanding of national policy and guidance
- Governance
Utilisation of clinical effectiveness tools to deliver quality improvement e.g. risk management and clinical audit
- Governance
Evidence of innovative practice utilising research and audit
- Governance
Experience of contributing to quality improvement in safety/quality improvement projects
- Governance
Experience of writing reports and presenting to teams or small groups
- Other requirements
Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service
- Other requirements
Commitment to equity and diversity
- Qualifications and Training
Minimum 18 months post-graduate experience in general nutrition and dietetics
- Qualifications and Training
Current HPCP registration
- Qualifications and Training
Evidence of relevant post-graduate clinical education
- Qualifications and Training
Degree relevant to professional registration and area of clinical practice
- Qualifications and Training
Evidence of continuing professional development within dietetic chosen specialty
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Significant postgraduate healthcare experience demonstrating professional development across the four pillars of practice
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Significant experience of care of the dietetic patient
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Experience of working with patients/service users to resolve concerns and improve their experience
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Evidence of effective networking or matrix working
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Experience of supervising staff and delivering training
- Personal/professional attributes
Ability to work within a team to achieving goals for a shared vision
- Personal/professional attributes
Evidence of service development and delivery in practice
- Personal/professional attributes
Demonstrate self awareness and critical reflection
- Personal/professional attributes
Knowledge of health policy and application to practice
- Personal/professional attributes
Ability to problem solve, anticipate and plan, individually and within a team
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Governance
Experience of implementing and evaluating improvements in care
- Qualifications and Training
Membership of a BDA Interest Group
- Qualifications and Training
BDA Membership
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Experience of assessing patients and developing specialised programmes of care
- Knowledge, skills and experience
Experience of presenting to groups of staff/public
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian to provide a comprehensive nutrition and dietetics service in the acute hospital setting to a caseload of in-patient paediatrics, associated clinics.
Main duties of the job
The highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian is responsible for delivering day-to-day care for children, young people, their families and carers living with dietetic needs and will manage a designated clinical caseload of children and young people with dietetic requirements. The post holder will use clinical judgement and autonomous decision-making about the specialist nursing / AHP care and management of patients, undertaking a range of specialist clinical actions across a variety of settings following assessment of patients' needs and preferences.
They will provide expert and specialist paediatric dietetic advice, education, training and support to key partners within both the community and acute settings and work collaboratively and effectively with all other health care professionals, those allied to health and those in the third sector services.
The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in dietetic specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, ‘Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).’
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See full Job Description and Person Specification Band 7 Paediatric Dietician document for details on main responsibilities.
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 Dietician with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Canterbury, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Oct 2026.
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