# Specialist Paediatric Dietitian Band 7 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-dietitian-band-7/c1739870-90fa-4baf-8cf5-910abbe862ae - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-dietitian-band-7/c1739870-90fa-4baf-8cf5-910abbe862ae.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Location:** Croydon University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum incl. HCAS (outer) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T07:20:38.369Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Dietetics/Dietetics-v8294749 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8294749?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Specialist Paediatric Dietitian-Band 7 Are you ready for an exciting opportunity to join our Dietetics service at Croydon Health Services? We are currently looking for a skilled and passionate Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to join our team. As a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, you’ll be joining our friendly team of 14 dietitians, 2 dietetic assistants and admin support. You’ll be at the forefront of providing expert nutrition and dietetic services for children with specialist medical nutritional needs. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to work closely with the acute and community paediatric services, building strong connections with various healthcare professionals. At Croydon, we value our staff and their development is at the top of our agenda. Our department values each individual within the team by supporting wellbeing, personal development and supervision, creating a supportive team environment. We have a focus on encouraging continued professional development by providing internal and external opportunities for learning relevant to the specialism and need such as BDA paediatric masters module. We provide a hybrid work setup: ensuring flexibility and adaptability for our team. If you’re someone who likes to take initiative, embraces change and thrives when working autonomously, this could just be the role you’ve been looking for… Interview Date TBC ### Main duties of the job Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve collaborating with the GPs, community nurses, school nurses, acute and community consultants. Together, you will form a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care and support for our young patients. A key aspect to your role will be conducting MDT clinics for children on home enteral feeding. These clinics primarily take place in outpatient settings. You will also be assigned to deliver paediatric general outpatient clinics. You may have the chance to train to see children with allergies, and neonates discharged from the neonatal unit which will provide you with valuable opportunities for continuous learning. You would have opportunities to have regular supervision. Throughout your day, you will frequently interact with paediatric patients and their families, offering support, guidance, and tailored nutritional advice. You will be responsible for developing and implementing personalised nutrition plans, reviewing progress, and making necessary adjustments to optimise patient outcomes. As a Paediatric Dietician you will also have the opportunity to undertake audits, drive service improvement projects, review and develop nutrition and dietetic policies as required. Moreover, as a specialist, we encourage your active involvement in our Trust’s Nutrition Task Force, shaping our Trusts approach to nutrition. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached description of full duties and responsibilities. Also please see attached the person specification ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Able to move supplies when needed and to bend, reach and sit for prolonged periods - Travel between sites - Periods of sitting and standing **Desirable** - Access to car - Full UK driver's licemce ### Experience **Essential** - Proven clinical experience following graduation. This must include at least one years' experience in managing children and young adults on home enteral feeding - Experience of training student dietitians - Working as a part of a team - Previous experience of research and audit - Experience of developing dietetic service - Extensive experience of outpatient clinics - Experience of managing children on HEF - Post registration experience of managing children with faltering growth. **Desirable** - Post registration experience of managing children on home enteral feeding, allergy and faltering growth. ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Innovative and confident - Proactive approach - Flexible to changing demands in workload - Demonstrates a positive , caring and patient centred approach - Open to learning ### Knowldege and Skills **Essential** - Sound Clinical knowledge - Evidence of CPD e.g. advanced diploma in dietetic practice or equivalent short courses - Sound knowledge of current issues relating to children on home enteral feeding - Good communication and organisational Skills - Good presentation skills - Excellent time Management - Maintain confidentiality - High quality care for every patient, every day - Ability to liaise with professionals at all levels - Computer Literacy - Demonstrate understanding of equal opportunities ### Education, qualifications and/or training **Essential** - BSC in Dietetics or equivalent - Current registration as Dietitian with HCPC - Post graduate training in paediatric Dietetics **Desirable** - Member of the British Dietetic Association - Member of BDA specialist paediatric group - Study to masters level or equivalent training or experience ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 676.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2414) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [onboarding roadmap (chs) (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2449) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) - [band 7 specialist paediatric dietitian (pdf, 416.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10613287) ## 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.