Specialist Senior Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

Job overview

Specialist Senior Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 7

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata

Please note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months commencing June 2025

We are recruiting for a Specialist Senior Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Support in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Paediatric Diabetes Service provided to in- and out-patients who have a diagnosis of diabetes (both Types 1 and 2).

As an autonomous practitioner to take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have acute, complex and/or chronic presentation, and to tailor dietetic treatment as indicated.

To develop the dietetic service within this area to raise nutrition awareness, create nutritional pathways and report to / be responsible to the Lead Dietitian.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload / workload.

To work as part of the Paediatric Diabetes Service undertaking assessment of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.

To deliver individualised dietetic treatment programmes using a broad range of skills in individual and group setting.

To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.

To have knowledge base of management of diabetes in paediatric patients, for both patients presenting with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.  This will include the use of carbohydrate counting methods.