Paediatric Dietitian

Job overview

This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.

To provide a dietetic service to paediatric patients and their carer’s in a variety of settings as a member of the paediatric dietetic team, supported by the Band 7 Paediatric Dietitians.

The post will be based at Darent Valley Hospital covering hospital in-patients and general paediatric out-patient clinics at both Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital.

To provide specialist nutrition and dietetic advice and education to paediatric patients, relatives and carers for a range of conditions.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality dietetic service to paediatric in-patients and

• utpatients, planning and prioritising workload, as part of a flexible

paediatric dietetic team responding to service demands.

To be responsible for hospital paediatric dietetic clinics covering a

variety of clinical conditions, for example faltering growth, allergy,

feeding difficulties and special needs requiring nutritional support.

To be a specialist dietitian within your clinical area contributing to ward

rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings and case conferences.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

Managerial responsibilities

Professional responsibilities

Education and development responsibilities

General responsibilities

See Job description and person specification for further information.