Senior Dietitian (Paediatrics/Community)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This senior dietitian role offers development in adult community and paediatric dietetics. The post holder will gain experience in various paediatric specialities and support the adult oral nutrition community pathway, including care homes. There will also be opportunities to support home enteral feeding teams.
Essential criteria
- An Undergraduate degree or a Post Graduate qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics
- Registered Dietitian with HCPC
- Member of the BDA
- 1 year experience of delivering dietetic assessment and intervention within a range of areas and including adult and paediatrics.
- 6 months or more community dietetics experience
- Has gained some experience of working with groups and individuals in practice placement / previous experience and can give examples of this, including preparation, delivery and evaluation of sessions
Desirable criteria
- 6 months experience of paediatric dietetics
- Experience of supervising dietetic support staff
- criteria
- An Undergraduate degree or a Post Graduate qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics
- Registered Dietitian with HCPC
- Member of the BDA
- 1 year experience of delivering dietetic assessment and intervention within a range of areas and including adult and paediatrics.
- 6 months or more community dietetics experience
- Has gained some experience of working with groups and individuals in practice placement / previous experience and can give examples of this, including preparation, delivery and evaluation of sessions
- 6 months experience of paediatric dietetics
- Experience of supervising dietetic support staff
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Dietitian (Paediatrics/Community)
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking to further your development in this senior post. If so this post will offer you an excellent opportunity to consolidate and learn new skills in different areas of dietetics specialities particularly adult community and paediatrics
Please note this will be face to face interviews only
Main duties of the job
In Paediatrics the post holder will have the opportunity to experience a range of specialities including failure to thrive, allergy, learning disabilities, specialist schools, coeliac disease and in-patient ward cover. The paediatric team consists of 3 specialist dietitians and works closely with the paediatric MDT in specialist clinics such as allergy, coeliac disease and feeding clinic. The team is based within the dynamic and friendly Nutrition & Dietetic team but you will have close links with the children's ward, SCBU, CDC and children's out-patients.
In Community the post holder will support the adult oral nutrition community pathway including the care homes service in the Harrogate area. This will be alongside our dedicated and supportive community team. You will be involved in helping to deliver our care home training and education programme as well as being involved in audit at the care homes.
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