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Senior Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

Barts Health NHS Trust

London, E1 1FRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£58,133 to £65,261

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

2 November 2026

12 days left

Job description

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 Englan...

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.

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.

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.

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Nutrition & Dietetics or relevant postgraduate qualification.
  • Paediatric Dietetics Training
  • HCPC registered
  • In-depth knowledge in nutrition support and paediatrics.

Desirable: - oMember of relevant special clinical interest group; - oSupervision training.; - oQualification in Paediatrics

Experience

Essential

  • 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

  • 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: - oTo have participated in research.

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 October 2026

Last checked

21 October 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

BHN
Barts Health NHS Trust

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