Paediatric Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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 involves providing a dietetic service to paediatric patients and their carers, working as part of a paediatric dietetic team. The post is based at Darent Valley Hospital, covering both in-patient and out-patient clinics. Responsibilities include offering specialist nutrition and dietetic advice for various conditions and managing a caseload of paediatric clinics.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification
- Registered Dietitian by HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Evidence of relevant post graduate clinical education
- Trained in facilitated learning for under-graduate practice placements
Desirable criteria
- BDA Membership
- Member of Regional Paediatric Interest Group and/or National Interest Group
- Post-registration course in Paediatric dietetics
- Knowledge & Skills
- Able to work safely and effectively without direct supervision but with senior staff guidance
- Good interpersonal and communication skills to include written, verbal and presentation skills
- Able to teach effectively
- Good IT skills
- Able to plan and deliver workloads to support requirements of the post
- Motivational interviewing skills
- Problem solving and decision making skills
- A knowledge of personal accountability and responsibilities as laid down by Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ability to work in a team
- Awareness of developments in the NHS
- Understanding of clinical audit
- A knowledge of and experience in working with different cultures and religious beliefs
- Minimum of 18 months post-graduate experience in general Nutrition and Dietetics including complex nutrition support and MDT working
- Experience of paediatric dietetics and an interest to develop skills and knowledge in this area
- Use of care protocols and care pathways for specific interventions and conditions
- Motivation towards extending skills and knowledge
- Experience of student training
- Other
- Ability to adapt to meet changing requirements and needs
- Empathetic and understanding
- Motivated, Innovative & enthusiastic
- Able to travel between different sites in a timely manner
- Education & Training
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or post graduate diploma or equivalent qualification
- Registered Dietitian by HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Evidence of relevant post graduate clinical education
- Trained in facilitated learning for under-graduate practice placements
- BDA Membership
- Member of Regional Paediatric Interest Group and/or National Interest Group
- Post-registration course in Paediatric dietetics
- Knowledge & Skills
- Able to work safely and effectively without direct supervision but with senior staff guidance
- Good interpersonal and communication skills to include written, verbal and presentation skills
- Able to teach effectively
- Good IT skills
- Able to plan and deliver workloads to support requirements of the post
- Motivational interviewing skills
- Problem solving and decision making skills
- A knowledge of personal accountability and responsibilities as laid down by Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ability to work in a team
- Awareness of developments in the NHS
- Understanding of clinical audit
- A knowledge of and experience in working with different cultures and religious beliefs
- Minimum of 18 months post-graduate experience in general Nutrition and Dietetics including complex nutrition support and MDT working
- Experience of paediatric dietetics and an interest to develop skills and knowledge in this area
- Use of care protocols and care pathways for specific interventions and conditions
- Motivation towards extending skills and knowledge
- Experience of student training
- Other
- Ability to adapt to meet changing requirements and needs
- Empathetic and understanding
- Motivated, Innovative & enthusiastic
- Able to travel between different sites in a timely manner
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
To provide a dietetic service to paediatric patients and their carer's in a variety of settings as a member of the paediatric dietetic team, supported by the Band 7 Paediatric Dietitians.
The post will be based at Darent Valley Hospital covering hospital in-patients and general paediatric out-patient clinics at both Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital.
To provide specialist nutrition and dietetic advice and education to paediatric patients, relatives and carers for a range of conditions.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality dietetic service to paediatric in-patients and
outpatients, planning and prioritising workload, as part of a flexible
paediatric dietetic team responding to service demands.
To be responsible for hospital paediatric dietetic clinics covering a
variety of clinical conditions, for example faltering growth, allergy,
feeding difficulties and special needs requiring nutritional support.
To be a specialist dietitian within your clinical area contributing to ward
rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings and case conferences.
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