Paediatric Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a fixed-term Band 5 Paediatric Dietitian maternity cover post within a dedicated community paediatric dietetic team in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The role involves managing a mixed paediatric clinical caseload, providing routine clinical interventions for various conditions, and delivering group education sessions. The team offers flexible working patterns, including virtual and face-to-face sessions, and is committed to training and professional development. The successful candidate will also supervise and support students.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a high standard of evidence-based therapeutic care within a specific service area.
- Manage a mixed paediatric clinical caseload across various settings, delegating to Associate Practitioners and Dietetic Assistants where appropriate.
- Provide routine clinical interventions for a range of paediatric dietetic conditions, including allergies, nutritional support, complex feeding needs, enteral feeding, and nutritional deficiencies.
- Provide group education sessions as required.
- Provide supervision and support to students.
Essential criteria
- A broad understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area of dietetics
- A broad general knowledge of clinical dietetics
- BSc(Hons) Dietetics or PG Dip Dietetics
- Current professional registration with HCPC
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests
- Effective inter-personal skills
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post-registration professional practice
- Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 2d ago · Closes in 13d
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Job summary
We are excited to offer a fixed-term Band 5 Paediatric Dietitian maternity cover post. We are a small yet dedicated community paediatric dietetic team covering the East Riding of Yorkshire. Our service offers flexible working patterns, including virtual, telephone, and face-to-face clinical sessions.
We use telephone and video consultations and work closely with our multidisciplinary team via MS Teams to ensure safe and effective practice. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a positive attitude who is as passionate about our work as we are. We work with a range of children, including those who are looked after and those who may have complex healthcare needs.
Our service covers one-to-one clinic sessions, telephone clinics, input into special schools, MDT meetings, and group education sessions. We work with a variety of clinical presentations, including allergies, nutritional support, very restrictive food intake, nutritional deficiencies, enteral feeding, and learning disabilities. The team is committed to training and keeping skills up to date so that we can be as specialist as possible within our area of practice.
We strive to provide excellent student training to A, B, and C placement students and work closely with universities and our Humber Dietetic colleagues.
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