Highly Specialist Dietitian: Paediatric Metabolic and ketogenics

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to join their Children's team on a temporary basis. The role involves managing children with inherited metabolic diseases and ketogenic diets for epilepsy. The successful applicant will work in a supportive environment with 19,000 staff dedicated to high-quality patient care. This position offers endless personal development opportunities within a diverse and inclusive team.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Diversity initiatives

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience working with children requiring ketogenic diets for epilepsy management.
• Interest in inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs).
• Ability to work within a multi-professional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead on dietetic care for children requiring a medical ketogenic diet.
• Manage patients with inherited metabolic diseases.
• Collaborate with the neurology team and support children and families.

Skills

Proactive

Empathy

Compassion

Education

Relevant degree in dietetics or related field

Job description

A Vacancy at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.


We are looking to appoint a Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian within the Children’s team on a temporary basis to cover maternity leave.

This individual will work within the newly expanded metabolic team managing patients with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) and will also support a small cohort of patients who require ketogenic diets for epilepsy management at Nottingham Children's Hospital.

We are seeking a proactive and innovative individual who has an interest in working in a specialist and learning-rich environment. The successful applicant will demonstrate compassion and empathy for our children, young people and their families in their work. The individual will be working within the neurology team to lead on the dietetic care of children requiring a medical ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy. Additionally the successful individual will be joining an expanding multi-professional team as we begin to collaborate with Leicester to form the East Midland’s Paediatric Metabolic Service.

If you would like to work in a friendly environment and are motivated and enthusiastic about making a difference to the care of patients, we would like to hear from you!

‘With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.

The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to.

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for further details.




This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025