Lead Paediatric Allergy Dietitian — Specialist & Acute Care

NHS Jobs; Tooting; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Highly Specialist Dietitian for Paediatric Allergy & Acute Services at St Georges Hospital. The post leads a specialist service, providing expert paediatric dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team and to patients and carers.

The role requires advanced assessment, complex nutritionally based decisions, and ongoing education for staff. It will involve research, audits, and supervising project work within paediatric medicine.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and provision of a specialist paediatric dietetic allergy service.
• Provide expert dietetic advice to clinicians, patients and carers.
• Perform nutritional assessments including calculating complex requirements.
• Prescribe and adjust specialised feeds and nutritional supplements.
• Engage in regular research and audit within paediatric medicine; supervise projects.

Job description

NHS Jobs is seeking a Highly Specialist Dietitian for Paediatric Allergy & Acute Services at St Georges Hospital. The post leads a specialist service, providing expert paediatric dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team and to patients and carers.

The role requires advanced assessment, complex nutritionally based decisions, and ongoing education for staff. It will involve research, audits, and supervising project work within paediatric medicine.