Specialist Dietitian (Paediatric Diabetes)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian to join a dedicated team. You will provide expert nutritional assessment, advice, and education to children and young people with diabetes and their families. The position involves managing a varied and complex caseload, working closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised, evidence-based care. It also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, improvement initiatives, clinical audit, and staff training. The aim is to support the continued delivery of high-quality paediatric diabetes services across North and Mid Bedfordshire.
Key responsibilities
- Provide specialist dietetic care to children and young people living with diabetes.
- Manage a varied and complex caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Deliver expert nutritional education, advice, and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure personalised, evidence-based care.
- Contribute to service development and improvement initiatives, clinical audit, and staff training.
Essential criteria
- Dietetics degree
- HCPC registration
- Paeds
- Diabetes
- MDT working
- Teaching
- Audit/research/service improvement
- paeds knowledge
- diabetes knowledge
- communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Post grad training in paeds/diabetes
- BDA paeds modules 1 +/- 2
- Validated post grad training
- Paeds diabetes
- NHS experience
- Paeds diabetes knowledge
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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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Dietitian (Paediatric Diabetes)
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are delighted to welcome applications for a Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian to join our dedicated Paediatric Diabetes Team. You will provide expert nutritional assessment, advice, and education to children and young people living with diabetes, supporting them and their families to achieve the best possible health outcomes.
You will manage a varied and complex caseload, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised, evidence-based care. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued development and delivery of high-quality paediatric diabetes services across North and Mid Bedfordshire, while supporting service improvement and innovation.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist dietetic care to children and young people living with diabetes, managing a varied and complex caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will deliver expert nutritional education, advice, and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure personalised, evidence-based care.
The role also provides opportunities to contribute to service development and improvement initiatives, clinical audit, staff training
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