Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7518658-FM-AG-R-VCG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 per annum incl. HCAS Outer
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Dietitian to join our paediatric team on a full time, permanent basis within an already established clinical role. The role will involve working cross site between Epsom General Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children at St Helier Hospital. The role will mainly cover general paediatrics, as well as allergy clinics, allergy MDT’s, and a small amount of inpatient ward work. As well as being varied, this role will suit someone who wants to work in a busy and fast based clinical environment with new challenges and learning opportunities. This role will involve working in an MDT as well as working autonomously.
Main duties of the job
· To provide a patient-centred Dietetic service to children and their carers across the hospital sites.
· To work as part of the paediatric multidisciplinary teams and attend multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate, particularly in the area of allergy.
· To provide Dietetic input to the paediatric allergy MDT clinics and work with the allergy team on food challenges on both hospital sites.
· To liaise with staff within the Trust and the wider health community to ensure the nutritional needs of children can be met.
· To provide clinical knowledge and expertise to the wider multidisciplinary team based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice.
· To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the paediatric and dietetic team.
· To provide cover for senior colleagues as appropriate.
·To provide dietetic management of enterally fed inpatients (NGs, NJs and PEGs).
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job and person specification for a list of the job description and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Relevant degree or post graduate diploma in Dietetics
- • HCPC registered
- • Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Post registration training relevant to the post
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with children
- • Experience of working as a Dietitian in acute and outpatient settings
- • Understanding of the importance of effective multidisciplinary working
Desirable criteria
- • Experience in teaching/training other health professionals
- • Student training experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of dietary treatment of common paediatric conditions including allergy and faltering growth
- • Excellent written and oral communication skills
- • Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team
- • Ability to manage own workload
- • Good prioritisation skills and time management skills
- • Holisitic approach to healthcare
Desirable criteria
- • Additional experience of paediatric allergy
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Flexible approach to work and highly motivated
- • Ability to reflect and appraise own practice
- • Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Michelle Geran
- Job title
- Head of Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07501048818
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