Paediatric Diabetes and General Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Paediatric Dietitian to join a team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, working part-time in general paediatrics and part-time in diabetes. The team provides a comprehensive service to inpatients and outpatients, supporting MDT clinics for various conditions including diabetes, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease, and allergy. The position involves providing nutrition and dietetic services to children and their carers, participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, and developing evidence-based dietary information. Flexible working arrangements are supported.
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements for the post.
- HCPC registered
- Postgraduate training relevant to the role
- Significant post graduate dietetic experience in an NHS acute and community setting
- Experience working with children and young people individuals who require oral and artificial nutrition support
- Experience of developing and delivering presentations
- Experience of supervising dietetic students on practice placement
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children with Type 1 diabetes
- Experience of managing staff
- Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- oEvidence of leadership and team building skills
- Attributes
- Professional appearance and manner.
- Ability to reflect and appraise own practice.
- Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Values
- Ability to demonstrate the values
- Ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements for the post.
- HCPC registered
- Postgraduate training relevant to the role
- Significant post graduate dietetic experience in an NHS acute and community setting
- Experience working with children and young people individuals who require oral and artificial nutrition support
- Experience of developing and delivering presentations
- Experience of supervising dietetic students on practice placement
- Experience of working with children with Type 1 diabetes
- Experience of managing staff
- Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.
- oEvidence of leadership and team building skills
- Attributes
- Professional appearance and manner.
- Ability to reflect and appraise own practice.
- Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Values
- Ability to demonstrate the values
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.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 22d
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Diabetes and General Dietitian
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking to develop your experience working as a Paediatric Dietitian and have some paediatric dietetic experience ideally having worked with children with diabetes?
We are looking for a Paediatric Dietitian to join our team working part time at Chesterfield Royal Hospital working part time in general paediatrics and part time in diabetes.
The team is based at the hospital and provides a comprehensive service to inpatients on our paediatric ward as well as to outpatients in clinics, community clinics and at home.
We support MDT clinics for patients with diabetes, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease and allergy, and provide a service to children and young people who are enterally fed.
As a Trust and a team, we fully support flexible working; staff are provided with laptops to support them to work remotely. We can consider flexible working arrangements around the needs of the service.
The dietetic team is small and friendly team of 28 staff including Dietitians, Assistant Dietetic Practitioners, a Nutrition Support Nurse and an Administrative Assistant.
We will consider applicants who wish to work full or part time.
Main duties of the job
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