Job overview
Are you looking to develop your skills and build a career in paediatric dietetics? Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5–6 developmental Dietitian or a Band 6 Senior Paediatric Dietitian to join our paediatric dietetics team at Wexham Park Hospital.
This role offers the opportunity to work across a range of paediatric services, including inpatient and outpatient settings, with support from an experienced paediatric team. You will gain experience in general paediatrics as well as specialist areas, including paediatric diabetes, cystic fibrosis, neonatal and home enteral feeding.
Main duties of the job
- Provide nutritional assessment and dietetic management for paediatric patients across inpatient and outpatient settings
- Deliver weekly general paediatric outpatient clinics
- Support the nutritional management of patients with eating disorders within the inpatient setting
- Participate in virtual group education sessions for patients and families
- Triage referrals and prioritise workload appropriately
- Provide training for ward staff
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives
This is a varied role offering opportunities for autonomous working while being supported by an experienced paediatric team lead. Our department is a well-established team with dietitians working within 12 specialities. Our department values each individual within the team by supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision, which creates a supportive team environment. We have a focus on encouraging continued professional development by providing internal and external opportunities for learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To devise an individualised dietetic management and/or treatment plan using clinical reasoning and make decisions regarding and formulate skills to utilise a range of treatment options in formulating a programme of care, carry out nutritional diagnosis and prescribe ACBS products for conditions where there are limited professional clinical guidelines
- To act as a dietetic resource for the speciality and associated clinical groups
- To provide complex outpatient clinics as required. The role requires a minimum of one outpatient clinic per week. The types of patients within this patient group include;
- To contribute to the service development, efficiency and safety in the dietetic department. The department is currently working on a quality improvement project within outpatients and you will have the opportunity to contribute towards this work.
- To be responsible for implementing the standards and policies within your speciality and/or department, and where applicable, propose changes to working practises.
- To support in the training of students on clinical placement including A, B and C placement students.
- To support the clinical supervision of junior colleagues, particularly within the specialty
- To contribute to the education of multidisciplinary groups, patients, families, carers and general public as appropriate
For more information please see attached job description and person specification
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration clinical dietetic experience
- Training and supervision to support staff and students
- Experience of Audit or Quality Improvement project
- Evidence of working as part of an MDT
- Experienced in all aspects of nutrition support – oral, nutrition support and enteral nutrition.
Desirable
- Experience of research
- Management of complex outpatients patients
- Leadership and first line management.
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Basic knowledge of health legislation in current practice and clinical governance.
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Attendance of relevant accredited course
- Attendance at student supervision training
- Member of a specialist interest group
- Relevant nutrition based course post qualification
- Member of BDA
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Good organisational skills.
- Effective MDT working
- Prioritisation of workload
- Evidence of excellent written skills.
- Communication skills
- Excellent computer skills: Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel for data inputting.
Desirable
- Some basic management skills.
- Presentation skills.
- Group work skills.
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This advert is for Senior Paediatric Dietitian with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Camberley, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £22,227 - £33,255 per annum incl HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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