Job overview
We require an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated dietitian to join our friendly and innovative Paediatric Dietetic Team. You will join a team of 6 Paediatric Dietitians, and will provide a specialist Paediatric Dietetic service to infants and children (0-16 years) including Special Needs children, under the care of the Consultant Paediatrician’s in Darent Valley Hospital and General Practitioners and Community Paediatricians in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley and Bexley.
You will provide specialist dietetic care to children being tube fed at home and be an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Paediatric Teams at Darent Valley Hospital, including the Multi-Disciplinary Teams for Willow Ward, for Eating Disorders and Multi-Disciplinary Dysphagia Team for Pre-school Children.
Main duties of the job
To work autonomously within the field of Paediatric Dietetics with no supervision and be the dietetic lead for an agreed paediatric specialty.
To accept clinical responsibility for this designated caseload of children and to organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and time management
To provide specialist dietary advice and information to children with complex conditions (eg. multiple allergy, preterm babies, enteral nutrition) and their families as in-patients, out-patients and in the Community. This will involve working in specialist clinics, special schools and seeing patients in their own home.
- To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, diet history and social circumstances to use advanced clinical reasoning skills to interpret data
To hold a caseload of the Home Enteral Fed children within Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, undertake comprehensive dietary assessments and advise on suitable feeding plans, provide solutions to problems with feeds, feeding tubes or stoma sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
General responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Managerial responsibilities
Professional responsibilities
Education and development responsibilities
In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, please see the detailed job description and person specification for further information.
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
- Evidence of use of protocols and care pathways for specific interventions and conditions
- Varied clinical experience with paediatrics (0-16 years)
- Minimum of 5 years postgraduate experience of which at least 3 years Paediatrics
- Experience of managing enterally fed children
Desirable
- Experience of managing enterally fed children in the community
Dispostition
Essential
- Positive role model
- Ability to be adaptable to meet changing requirements and needs
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and to plan and action patient focused care pathways
Desirable
- An innovative and holistic approach to patient care
Other requirements
Essential
- Able to work within an acute NHS Hospital/ community setting
- Current work permit
- Current driving licence
Desirable
- Own transport
- An understanding of Paediatric service provision within the community
Knowledge & Interest
Essential
- Motivation and interest towards extending skills and knowledge
- Knowledge of personal accountability and responsibilities as laid down by the rules of professional conduct
- Evidence of awareness of need for professional development and responsibility
- Able to plan and deliver workloads to support requirements of the post
Desirable
- Evidence of implementing ideas and developing services
- A knowledge of and experience in working with different cultures and religious beliefs
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to work safely and effectively without direct supervision
- Able to plan workload and supervise more junior staff, dietetic support workers and students
- Able to work in a team
- Good communication skills- verbal and written
- Good IT skills
- ability to teach effectively
- able to assess and manage stoma sites and feeding tubes in paediatric patients
- Knowledge of feeding tubes and devices
- Able to work within an NHS acute hospital and carry out home visits
- Leadership skills and qualities
- Able to audit practice and make recommendation's for change
- Contribute to safe and effective patient care
Desirable
- Developing service standards
- Counselling skills
- An understanding of Paediatric Service Provision within Community setting
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics, Post-graduate diploma or equivalent qualification
- Registered Dietitian with HCPC
- 1st and 2nd Modules of qualification in Paediatrics
- Evidence of relevant post graduate clinical education
- Trained in facilitated learning for under-graduate practice placements
Desirable
- BDA membership
- Member of BDA Paediatric Group and the BDA Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Sub-Group
- 3rd and 4th Modules of qualification in Paediatrics
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This advert is for Paediatric Dietitian with Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust in Dartford, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is 12 months (fixed term). The application deadline is 23 Aug 2026.
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