Advanced Paediatric dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking dietetic team. The successful candidate will provide expert nutritional assessment and management for infants, children, and young people within the specialist cardiac service. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will support growth and development, optimise nutritional status, manage enteral feeding, and contribute to service development and clinical governance. The role also offers opportunities to mentor Band 6 dietitians and support team leads with management and leadership activities.
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Experience as a band 6 paediatric dietitian
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Experience of working in MDT
- Good communication skills
- Relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience as band 7 dietitian
- Experience in paediatric cardiology
- Experience of line management
- Supporting information
- HCPC registration
- Experience as a band 6 paediatric dietitian
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Experience of working in MDT
- Good communication skills
- Relevant experience
- Experience as band 7 dietitian
- Experience in paediatric cardiology
- Experience of line management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Paediatric dietitian
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our friendly, supportive and forward-thinking dietetic team. We are seeking an experienced paediatric dietitian to work within our specialist cardiac service.
The successful candidate will provide expert nutritional assessment and management for infants, children and young people across the inpatient and outpatient cardiology pathway. Working closely with cardiologists, specialist nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting growth and development, optimising nutritional status before and after surgery, managing enteral feeding, and contributing to service development and clinical governance activities.
Ideally you should be able to commence at Band 7 level but full consideration will be given to experienced applicants to commence at Band 6 with the view to progress to band 7 level when ready.
This role also offers opportunities to mentor and supervise rotational Band 6 dietitians, contribute to departmental service development projects and student training, and support team leads with management and leadership activities.
Main duties of the job
- To use an advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience to provi
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