Job overview
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian Band 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of the Dietetics service at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust for Specialist Paediatric Dietitian. The CHS Dietetics provides service for acute, community, paediatrics and LD services. We friendly, forward thinking team of 14 dietitians and 2 dietetic assistants and admin support, committed to providing high quality effective care. This post offers the ideal opportunity to be an integral part of a small team of paediatric dietitians. The post is based at Corydon University hospital but has strong joined up working with community nursing and consultants, SLT, home visiting teams and school nurses.
We have a strong student training programme, and the paediatric dietitians provide much needed placement experience to our student dietitians. As a band 6 Dietitian you will undertake audits, contribute to service help with improving & reviewing/developing nutrition and dietetic policies for paediatrics and as identified relevant to your role by the clinical and operational lead for dietetics.
Dietetics has a a strong focus on staff wellbeing and professional development. We have CPD and supervision to support needs of staff who are embarking on a higher band. So if you are an experienced band 5, looking to grow into a band 6 paediatric dietitian, or a band 6 looking for a new challenge and support of a small and friendly team, please apply.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
- To provide a high quality specialist dietetic service to paediatric inpatients and for out-patients referred by the GP, consultant or agreed Health Professionals (as defined by the current departmental referral access criteria).
- Work collaboratively to ensure with wider paediatric teams to provide seamless, joined up care for children living in Croydon.
- To undertake research, audit and service development.
- To provide education and training to nurses, GPs, student nurses, dietetic students and other healthcare professionals
- Be proactive and recognise need to service development
- The above require the post holder to liaise, support and inform the work of the multidisciplinary team on the ward, GPs, health visitors, school nurses, special interest groups of the British Dietetic Association (Paediatric Group), home enteral feeding services and Allied Health Professionals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description, main responsibilities and person specification, can be found in the attached document.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Able to move supplies when needed and to bend, reach and sit for prolonged periods
- Able to perform admin duties effectively with minimal supervision
- Confident
- Self-motivated
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant colleagues
- Flexible, adaptable and creative
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds e.g., via advocacy/interpreters
- Ability to provide specialised advice concerning the care of patients
- Ability to work through distractions
- Ability to take own initiative
- Ability to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines
- Teaching/presentation skills/ group facilitation skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Time management
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Strong interest and commitment to work within paediatrics and transferrable skills /shadowing experience if moving into paediatric dietetics
- Inpatient and outpatient experience
- Evidence of self-directed learning and willingness to participate in CPD
- Postgraduate experience working in NHS acute/ Community services
- Experience delivering training at various levels
- Dietetic student training/student assessment experience/training programme development
- Experience of audit and measurement of dietetic outcomes
- Experience of working with patients from a wide variety of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
- Previous experience of delivering group and 1-1 education
Desirable
- Experience of working with children as a dietitian
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of telephone and virtual and face to face consultations
- Experience using EMIS & CERNER system
Education Qualifications and Training
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent qualification or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) Obesity Specialist Group
- Post reg BDA specialist interest group validated course in paediatric dietetics
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This advert is for Specialist Paediatric Dietitian Band 6 with Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in Thornton Heath, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 pa incl HCAS (outer). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Jun 2026.
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