# Specialist Paediatric Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-dietitian/2f10bebb-43a3-4ce3-ba64-00b5dc3cf93d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-dietitian/2f10bebb-43a3-4ce3-ba64-00b5dc3cf93d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingston Upon Thames - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Pro rata, pa, incl. HCAS - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 10 months (Maternity leave cover) - **Employment type:** Part time - 32 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-04T08:40:31.834Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kingston_Upon_Thames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Paediatric_Dietitian/Specialist_Paediatric_Dietitian-v8203735 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian to join our friendly and forward-thinking Nutrition and Dietetics team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Dietitian to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a specialist Paediatric Diabetes dietetic service for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. You will also be covering 2 general paediatric and 2 GP clinics per months so if you enjoy variety this role will suit you. Specialist clinical skills, a highly professional attitude along with excellent communication skills, organizational skills and a caring and compassionate nature are essential for this post. ### Main duties of the job ●To assess, diagnose, manage, plan, and deliver dietetic treatment programmes within Paediatric Diabetes for children and young people with Diabetes. - To provide Paediatric Dietetic Assessment and Management on the Children’s Ward and MDT clinics. - To work as an autonomous practitioner providing a highly specialist, evidence based dietetic service to patients across the service. - To be an excellent Team member who builds good rapport with patients and staff and is flexible in their working patterns - To be responsible for the provision, quality, and continuous development of the Paediatric Dietetic Diabetes services. - To be an active member of the Diabetes MDT providing Dietetic patient management, patient and staff training and the ongoing development and evaluation of Paediatric Diabetes Services withing the Trust. - To provide expert advice and support to other dietitians and other healthcare professionals including medical staff, AHP’s, Nursing staff. - To act as the Trust dietetic advisor on all aspects of hospital catering. This will involve close working with the hospital facilities team, ward staff and the private catering contractor. - To provide 2 GP clinics per month in Primary Care ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ***Please see the attached supporting document/s (JD) which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification*** NB: ensure any supporting statements align with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good clinical knowledge of paediatric dietetics - An in depth understanding of all aspects of Diabetes **Desirable** - Working knowledge of Nutrition Standards in Hospital Food ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive and relevant experience in general dietetics post qualification - Previous experience of working in the NHS - Substantial experience of managing a paediatric caseload. - Experience of running clinics independently - Experience of managing paediatric patients with Diabetes **Desirable** - Previous experience in menu planning and catering audit ### Skills /Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team - Ability to work under own direction - Excellent verbal & written communication skills - Ability to carry out audits, service reviews/improvements. - Excellent teaching skills **Desirable** - Management and Supervisory skills ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant Science plus post graduate diploma in Dietetics - HCPC Registered dietitian - Member of BDA **Desirable** - Member of the Paediatric Group of the BDA ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 768.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10510033) - [jobfunctionform (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10510034) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412) ## 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.