Dietetic Clinical Lead & Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Swindon is seeking a Dietetic Clinical Lead for their paediatric service. This role will involve leading a dedicated dietetic team, providing specialist oversight in caring for patients with type 1 diabetes, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, integrated care. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills and a passion for children's health, with the opportunity to influence service improvement and team development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical dietetic role, preferably with focus on children.
• Ability to manage and lead teams effectively.
• Strong understanding of nutrition and dietetics standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop paediatric dietetic team and services.
• Ensure high-quality clinical service for patients with type 1 diabetes.
• Drive continual improvement and integration within health services.

Skills

Leadership skills

Collaboration

Specialist clinical input

Knowledge in diabetes care

Job description

Overview

A vacancy at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

As part of a skill mix exercise we are excited to offer a dietetic clinical lead role to support our paediatric service. This post offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills whilst maintaining a clinically specialist caseload. The post would be responsible for the leadership and transformation of the paediatric dietetic team and would take the lead for designated department-wide projects or workstreams. The clinical aspect focuses on supporting patients with type 1 diabetes, working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic, patient-centred care. With the development of new technologies and advancements in care this is an exciting time to join our diabetes service. Full training can be provided for the right candidate. Some flexibility around caseload may be possible.

The current paediatric dietetic team at the Great Western Hospital comprises 3.7 wte registered dietitians and is supported by Dietetic assistants and our administration team. The team supports inpatient, outpatient and home enteral feeding caseloads.

Responsibilities

• To lead the direction and continual development of a defined group of teams and their members within the Nutrition & Dietetic Service, to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service that meets national standards and guidance to support the very best care for our patients and those closest to them.
• To work collaboratively to support the further development of all services within the Trust and those organisations that form our wider health and social care networks to ensure an integrated system approach where learning, improvement and success are shared.
• To be the leading clinician in the dietetic service, providing specialist clinical input to an advanced level, displaying considerable knowledge, skills and experience within their chosen specialty.
• To lead the continual improvement of designated areas of the Nutrition & Dietetic service to ensure the service develops in line with the Trust direction to provide an efficient, effective, high-quality service for our patients.

About our values

Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

To be operationally responsible for day-to-day management of the Nutrition & Dietetic service, ensuring appropriate and timely management of referrals, commencement of nutrition and dietetic assessments and treatment.

To ensure the service's local performance indicators are robust and evolve as required to support both Trust and National Standards to deliver a high quality, effective service, where patient experience and patient safety are a central foundation to everything we do.

To support the Head of Nutrition & Dietetics to further the development of a shared vision and set of service values by embedding a culture where all staff understand these, are involved in their development, and work towards them to support the Trusts strategy and objectives.

Please note: this advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026.