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RLH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & WOMEN'S CENTRE
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
22.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-8376965RLH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/11/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Senior Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

Band 7

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. 

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated dietitian to join our dynamic team!

 

As part of the largest NHS acute trust in England and one of London’s busiest tertiary children’s hospitals, we provide a wide range of specialist paediatric services including Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis, Gastroenterology, Allergy, Neonatology, Neurology, Diabetes, and PCCU. Our patient population is culturally diverse, covering both some of the most affluent and socially deprived areas in the country.

 

This senior paediatric role focuses on our well-established Home Enteral Tube Feeding (HEF) service. You will work as an integral member of the HEF team, which includes 2.1 WTE Band 7 Dietitians, and participate in joint SLT clinics as well as school clinics at local specialist schools.

 

We are looking for someone with strong clinical paediatric dietetic experience, ideally including acute paediatrics. Excellent communication skills and a passion for working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team are essential. You will join a friendly and supportive department of 31 paediatric dietitians across three acute sites.

 

We offer a well-established programme of quality improvement and research, and fully support CPD opportunities—making this a fantastic role to further develop your career.

Main duties of the job

To work within the multidisciplinary team and Integrated Service for Children with Disabilities, to provide highly specialized dietetic advice to children and young people receiving Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) in Tower Hamlets ;

 

To provide outpatient clinics in these areas. Also to undertake home visits and school clinics/visits.   

 

The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.

 

The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification.
  • • Paediatric Dietetics Training
  • • HCPC registered
  • • In-depth knowledge in nutrition support and paediatrics.
Desirable criteria
  • • Member of relevant special clinical interest group
  • • Supervision training.
  • • Qualification in Paediatrics

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Significant experience working in Nutrition and Dietetics and experience within paediatrics.
  • • Understanding of team dynamics and experience of working within a team.
  • • Experience of working with HEF patients
  • • Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision and clinical education to graduate standard in area of speciality.
  • • Experience of Supervision of junior members of clinical staff.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to work effectively single handedly with individuals and groups.
  • • Ability to demonstrate behaviour change facilitation/ motivational interviewing.
  • • Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care.
  • • Leadership skills.
  • • Accurate anthropometric measurements and skills eg weights, heights, skinfold calipers to assess patients nutritional status and devise clinical plan.
  • • Ability to provide highly specialised advice concerning the care of patients.
  • • Proven Audit skills
  • • To have effective presentation skills.
  • • Regularly undertakes R&D activity eg. Critical Appraisal.
  • • Ability to take own initiative and to be the lead for clinical speciality.
Desirable criteria
  • • To have participated in research.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sophie Aubrey
Job title
Head of Paediatric Dietetics
Email address
[email protected]
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