Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9849D
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 p.a inc of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/09/2025
Employer heading

Senior Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Gastroenterology
Band 7
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Paediatric Gastroenterology Dietitian to join our specialist team on a 9-month fixed-term, full-time contract. This role offers the chance to work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting children and young people with a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions.
You will be part of a well-established and friendly multidisciplinary team, providing expert dietetic care for patients with conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis, and complex enteral feeding needs. Your work will include face-to-face clinics, virtual consultations, and ward-based care, offering variety and the opportunity to make a real impact.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
- To provide specialist dietetic management of children with complex gastrointestinal conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure, short bowel syndrome, and post-surgical gut rehabilitation.
- Provide expert nutritional assessment and intervention for patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition, working closely with the gastroenterology, surgery, and nutrition support teams.
- Contribute to the multidisciplinary management of children with mucosal immunology disorders, GI food allergies, and motility issues, ensuring dietetic care is evidence-based and family-centred.
- Deliver detailed nutritional analysis and develop tailored feeding plans, including specialist feeds, oral nutritional supplements, and micronutrient supplementation where clinically indicated.
- Participate in gastroenterology MDTs and feeding pathway discussions, ensuring timely communication of dietetic plans with the wider team, including community services and primary care as required.
- Support service development and provide clinical supervision to junior dietitians and students, contributing to quality improvement initiatives within the paediatric gastroenterology service.
Working for our organisation
The post holders will join a wider paediatric dietetic team of ~40 WTE dietitians and dietetic assistants who cover a wide range of specialties including inherited metabolic disease, diabetes, renal, gastroenterology, complex feeding clinic, allergy and respiratory.
The service is overseen by the Evelina London Lead Dietitian and the Paediatric team form part of the wider Guy's and St Thomas' dietetic department of over 100 dietitians, with a focus on innovation, quality, education, development and well-being.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job specification for details.
The post holder will cover inpatients and outpatient clinics
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 3 years post graduate dietetic experience with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in paediatrics
- Experience in Paediatric Gastroenterology
- Working as part of a Multidisciplinary team
- Experience of training student dietitians
- Previous experience of conducting audits and / or research
- Presentation skills – evidence of presentations to large groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience at senior level
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication
- Organisational Skills
- Presentation skills - presentations to large groups
- Time Management
- Maintain confidentiality
- Prioritise own work load
- Able to work under own initiative
- Ability to to liaise with professionals at all levels
- Able to achieve deadlines
- computer literacy
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent,
- HPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of the BDA
- Member of the BDA paediatric Group
- BDA Paediatric Module 3
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
- Rita Shergill-Bonner
- Job title
- Principal Paediatric Gastroenterology Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071887188
- Additional information
Please contact Rita Shergill-Bonner for further details. 020 7188 7188 ext 58231
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