Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 17 months (Until 31.3.27)
- Hours
- 4.5 hours per week (Part time)
- Job ref
- 432-HR822-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian - Paediatric
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
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Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
This is a new post working as part of the MDT within the complications of excess weight (CEW) clinic within the paediatric service.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in to provide a high quality, evidence based up to date nutrition and dietetic service to the complications of excess weight (CEW) service in paediatrics requiring a specialist level of knowledge, skills, and experience. This will be delivered under the guidance of the NNUH hub service and operate as a spoke.
The clinic runs once a fortnight on a Tuesday and the expectation is for your hours to be worked on site at Colchester Hospital.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Philippa Marshall, Professional Lead for Dietetics on 07927 682973 or [email protected]
Main duties of the job
To provide the paediatric dietetic service to the CEW service using specialist skills and knowledge in the assessment and management of childhood obesity.
To interpret a wide range of medical and biochemical data in order to make clinical decisions.
To advise medical and other health care workers on the appropriate dietetic management of children in the CEW clinic.
To undertake nutritional assessments, analyse dietary intake and calculate nutritional requirements considering age, medical, social and cultural factors.
To be competent to undertake accurate measurements and interpretation of the results to assess a child’s nutritional status. This may include the use of growth charts, skin fold thickness, calculation height velocity and BMI/Height for weight)
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- Current HPC registration in Dietetics
Desirable criteria
- Member of British Dietetic Association
- Post registration training in Paediatric Dietetics e.g. paediatric short courses or modules
- Post registration training in management of obesity or in facilitating behaviour change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- At least one year of experience as a paediatric dietitian
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with children and young people living with complications of excess weight.
- Experience in Audit
Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of commitment to life long learning
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philippa Marshall
- Job title
- Professional Lead for Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07927 682973
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