# Paediatric Dietician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-dietician/7eebfe5f-2a54-4cdd-94aa-59bf68ec77c7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-dietician/7eebfe5f-2a54-4cdd-94aa-59bf68ec77c7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kent and Canterbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:00:48.616Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Margate/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Dietician/Paediatric_Dietician-v8336675 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8336675?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Governance **Essential** - Understanding of quality governance, patient safety and patient experience tools to support clinical practice and service improvement - Sound knowledge and understanding of national policy and guidance - Utilisation of clinical effectiveness tools to deliver quality improvement e.g. risk management and clinical audit - Evidence of innovative practice utilising research and audit - Experience of contributing to quality improvement in safety/quality improvement projects - Experience of writing reports and presenting to teams or small groups **Desirable** - Experience of implementing and evaluating improvements in care ### Other requirements **Essential** - Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service - Commitment to equity and diversity ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Minimum 18 months post-graduate experience in general nutrition and dietetics - Current HPCP registration - Evidence of relevant post-graduate clinical education - Degree relevant to professional registration and area of clinical practice - Evidence of continuing professional development within dietetic chosen specialty **Desirable** - Membership of a BDA Interest Group - BDA Membership ### Knowledge, skills and experience **Essential** - Significant postgraduate healthcare experience demonstrating professional development across the four pillars of practice - Significant experience of care of the dietetic patient - Experience of working with patients/service users to resolve concerns and improve their experience - Evidence of effective networking or matrix working - Experience of supervising staff and delivering training **Desirable** - Experience of assessing patients and developing specialised programmes of care - Experience of presenting to groups of staff/public ### Personal/professional attributes **Essential** - Ability to work within a team to achieving goals for a shared vision - Evidence of service development and delivery in practice - Demonstrate self awareness and critical reflection - Knowledge of health policy and application to practice - Ability to problem solve, anticipate and plan, individually and within a team ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10660381) ## 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.