Job summary
Band 6 Specialist Paediatric Dietitian (Band 5-6 progression will be considered)
As a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, you will provide autonomous, evidence-based dietetic care to infants, children and young people across a wide range of clinical conditions. You will manage a defined paediatric caseload, carrying out detailed nutritional assessments, developing personalised care plans, and delivering specialist advice to children, families, and the multidisciplinary team. You will work across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, MDT meetings, and community interfaces to ensure high-quality, child-centred nutritional care.
You will use advanced communication and clinical reasoning skills to support families through complex and sometimes sensitive situations, including feeding difficulties, faltering growth, food allergies, and children requiring enteral nutrition. You will also provide cross-cover for aspects of paediatric diabetes care during periods of staffing pressure, within your scope of competence and with appropriate training and supervision.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician seeking to develop specialist paediatric skills within a supportive, progressive dietetic team.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist nutritional assessment and evidence-based dietetic interventions for infants, children and young people with a broad range of paediatric conditions. Manage a defined paediatric caseload across inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, prioritising care in line with clinical need. Use advanced anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessment skills to inform nutritional diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation. Deliver advice for conditions including faltering growth, feeding difficulties, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders and disease-related malnutrition. Support children requiring enteral feeding, including discharge planning and coordination with community teams and homecare providers. Communicate complex and sensitive information using age-appropriate and family-centred approaches. Work collaboratively within the paediatric MDT, contributing to ward rounds, case discussions and service pathways. Provide cross-cover for selected paediatric diabetes duties during periods of staff absence, including basic dietary review and carbohydrate education, working within agreed competencies. Contribute to audits, service development and quality improvement initiatives within paediatric dietetics. Support the supervision and development of student dietitians and junior staff as appropriate. Maintain accurate, timely and professional records using electronic patient systems in line with Trust policy.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- BDA Paediatric Modules, PG Cert/Dip/MSc in Paediatric Dietetics Clinical Supervisory Skills Course
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical knowledge including specialist paediatric dietetic knowledge
- Post-registration experience across varied clinical settings
- Evidence of paediatric dietetic experience
- Experience working with children with diverse healthcare needs
- Teaching experience, MDT working, behaviour change skills
Desirable
- Experience supervising others
- Experience in acute paediatrics
- Skilled in paediatric anthropometric measurements
- Audit or research publications
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Strong communication skills with children & families
- Ability to prioritise unpredictable workloads
- Audit, evaluation, and IT competence
- Ability to contribute to service improvement
Desirable
- Presentation skills
- Experience of service improvement
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Motivation to develop new skills
- Reflective, self-motivated, able to work independently
- Able to manage distressing situations and sensitive conversations
- Flexible and resilient under pressure
Desirable
- Assertiveness
- Adaptable
- Creative
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work across hospital sites as required
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- BDA Paediatric Modules, PG Cert/Dip/MSc in Paediatric Dietetics Clinical Supervisory Skills Course
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical knowledge including specialist paediatric dietetic knowledge
- Post-registration experience across varied clinical settings
- Evidence of paediatric dietetic experience
- Experience working with children with diverse healthcare needs
- Teaching experience, MDT working, behaviour change skills
Desirable
- Experience supervising others
- Experience in acute paediatrics
- Skilled in paediatric anthropometric measurements
- Audit or research publications
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Strong communication skills with children & families
- Ability to prioritise unpredictable workloads
- Audit, evaluation, and IT competence
- Ability to contribute to service improvement
Desirable
- Presentation skills
- Experience of service improvement
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Motivation to develop new skills
- Reflective, self-motivated, able to work independently
- Able to manage distressing situations and sensitive conversations
- Flexible and resilient under pressure
Desirable
- Assertiveness
- Adaptable
- Creative
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work across hospital sites as required
- Member of British Dietetic Association
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
