# Paediatric Dietitian ARFID Pathway > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-dietitian-arfid-pathway/e76835b5-d10d-416c-86e2-424688d28d8d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-dietitian-arfid-pathway/e76835b5-d10d-416c-86e2-424688d28d8d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Emanuel Miller Center - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Inner London HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (37.5 hours per week) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am-5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T11:01:01.414Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Dietician/Paediatric_Dietician-v8202072 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8202072?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our multidisciplinary ARFID Pathway, part of the East London Community Eating Disorder Service for Children and Young People (EL CEDS-CYP), working with children and young people aged 8–18 with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) or suspected ARFID. We are seeking a motivated and experienced Dietitian to join this specialist pathway. ### Main duties of the job - Assessing the nutritional needs of children and young people referred to the ARFID Pathway. - Contributing to initial assessments and providing specialist dietetic advice to children, young people, families and the MDT. - Demonstrating a strong understanding of refeeding syndrome and its management within an ARFID/eating disorder population. - Acting as an advocate for dietetic interventions and promoting improved nutritional understanding among children, young people and their families. - Complying with and implementing, as far as is practicable, NICE Guidelines for Eating Disorders and the MEED Guidelines. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Designing and delivering specialised programmes of nutritional care for children and young people treated in the community, which may include decisions on alternative feeding (e.g. oral nutritional supplements, or liaison regarding NGT feeding) to enable sufficient nutritional rehabilitation. - Contributing to health promotion and prevention activities relating to ARFID and paediatric feeding difficulties as part of the specialist team. - Providing packages of care and psycho-education for children, young people and their families/carers that take account of the complexities of family systems, sensory presentations and significant social networks. - Ensuring that the needs of the client group are paramount, and being aware of and adhering to safeguarding guidelines relating to child protection. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience as a Paediatric Dietitian at Band 6 level, managing a complex caseload - Proven expertise in home enteral feeding, neurodisability, and complex feeding pathways - Experience working within community paediatric services or similar multiagency settings - Experience delivering training to other professionals, students, parents and carers - Evidence of supervision and mentorship of junior staff and students - Experience supporting senior staff or deputising for senior clinical colleagues ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Highly specialist knowledge of paediatric nutrition, neurodisability and complex feeding needs - In-depth understanding of home enteral feeding products, pumps, safety, and clinical monitoring - Knowledge of safeguarding processes, clinical governance, and quality improvement - Knowledge of education systems (e.g., SEND, EHCP process) and social care interfaces - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Excellent interpersonal skills ### Education/ Qualification/ Training **Essential** - BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent - Registered with HCPC - UK NHS experience (minimum 1 year) - Evidence of post-graduate CPD in paediatric dietetics - Evidence of other post registration education and training in nutrition support and enteral feeding - Evidence of a range of CPD activities including paediatrics **Desirable** - Leadership and line management experience ## Documents - [elft strategy (pdf, 153.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1708) - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [arfid dietician jd (pdf, 176.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10508130) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## 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.