Job overview
**** 2 permanent and 2 12 month fixed term posts available ****
We are looking for:
1 x Band 7 1.0wte Dietitian (permanent contract)
2 x Band 6 1.0wte Dieticians (permanent contracts)
2 x Band 6 1.0wte Dieticians (12 month fixed contracts)
We will consider employing Band 5 Dietitians for the right candidate.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a growing service that is committed to innovation, collaboration, and delivering outstanding nutritional care for infants, children, and young people across a wide range of specialties.
Whether you are an experienced paediatric dietitian ready for your next challenge or an emerging dietitian with a passion for paediatrics, we would love to hear from you.
About the Team
Our expanding Paediatric Dietetic Service is dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking. The fixed term funding will help to reduce waiting lists and support implementation of new service development initiatives, whilst the additional permanent posts will help to develop and embed clinical pathways, and support professional development within the team, driving the service forward to better meet the needs of our local population.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for children and young people across inpatient and/or outpatient and community settings, supporting families to achieve the very best nutritional outcomes. As this is a new opportunity for service growth, initially allocated caseloads will be generic, but with a clear aim of mapping skill mix and interests to look at developing and utilising clinical expertise in specialist clinics/settings.
We work closely within a truly multidisciplinary environment alongside Consultants, Nurses, Speech & Language Therapists, Health Visitors, other Allied Health Professionals, as well as teams working in education and social care to deliver high-quality, child-centred and family-centred care.
The role offers:
- Varied and rewarding clinical caseloads
- Opportunities to lead and shape service development
- Opportunities for supporting the development of team members and students
- Close MDT working
- Teaching and training opportunities
- Clinical supervision and mentoring
- Service improvement projects
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for full details.
Clinical areas will include a home enteral feeding caseload with a diverse range of conditions, general paediatric in and out patients, including a cows milk protein allergy, multiple allergies, faltering growth, IBD, coeliac disease, selective eating and nutritional health for paediatrics.
You will require good communication and multi-disciplinary team working skills.
The dietetic department is fully committed to CPD and clinical supervision.
As we take A, B and C students from Leeds Beckett University, the post holder will also be expected to take an active role in supporting our student training programme and has potential to be the student lead
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Relevant Degree/Diploma
- Registered with the HCPC
- Successful completion of post graduate paediatric training e.g. BDA paediatric modules (or willing to complete)
- Behavioural change training/motivational interviewing skills
- Evidence of up to date best practice in specialism, self directed and reflective practice
- Clinical supervisory skills training and regular involvement in student training and assessment
- Attendance at relevant specialist interest groups
Desirable
- Member of Professional Body
- Studied at Masters level or equivalent
- Relevant accredited post graduate training
- PDR training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Recent advanced post graduate experience to assess and treat in a wide range of areas of nutritional support in the NHS
- Recent experience of paediatric dietetics
- Demonstrates knowledge of common conditions and dietetic intervention
- Sound knowledge of clinical dietetics including anthropometric measurement, biochemical interpretation and devising complex nutritional care plans
- Evidence of developing others
Desirable
- Previous experience working at a Band 6 level
- Previous experience of working with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to work with and motivate children, parents and carers (frequently dealing with challenging behaviour and family dynamics)
- Able to produce accurate and timely reports
- Awareness of relevant legislation, NSF’s, local and national initiatives and their relevance to paediatric dietetic practice
- Good clinical reasoning skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
- Teaching/presentation skills
- Demonstrates positive attitude and behaviours
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
- Recognise limitations and willingness to share and learn from others
- Ability to concentrate and work in stressful conditions requiring emotional demands
- Self motivated with ability to work independently and influence others
- Excellent team player
- Ability to problem solve and make decisions
- Computer literate
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet service demands
Desirable
- Experience in contributing to service improvements e.g audit, patient information
- Experience in dealing with complaints (e.g. diffusing or investigating complaints)
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This advert is for Specialist Paediatric Dietitian with Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust in Huddersfield, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jul 2026.
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