# 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/a40ef045-c0a2-4a7c-98f1-e5ef27488cf7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-dietitian/a40ef045-c0a2-4a7c-98f1-e5ef27488cf7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kingston Upon Thames - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **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:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T12:22:03.533Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kingston_Upon_Thames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Paediatric_Dietitian/Specialist_Paediatric_Dietitian-v8104793 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8104793?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **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. ## 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=10459883) - [jobfunctionform (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10399304) - [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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.