Paediatric Community Dietitian

St George's University Hospitals; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the City of Westminster is seeking an experienced part-time Paediatric Community Dietitian. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of nutrition support patients and supervise junior staff while contributing to community clinics. This role offers flexible hours at 22.5 hours per week, focusing on providing high-quality care to children. The ideal applicant must have a relevant dietetics degree and proven experience in community services.

Qualifications

• Experienced part-time Paediatric Community Dietitian required.
• Must manage a caseload of nutrition support patients.
• Experience in supervising other dietitians is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly general community dietetics clinics.
• Supervise Band 6 Paediatric Community Dietitians.
• Liaise with the acute paediatric dietetics team.

Skills

Nutritional support

Enteral tube feeding

Supervisory skills

Community dietetics

Education

Dietetics degree

Job description

You will play a pivotal role in providing high quality nutritional care to children within the community setting of Wandsworth. Your responsibilities will include community clinics, managing a caseload of nutrition support and home enteral feeding patients, and working alongside another Band 7 Paediatric Community Dietitian. You will be jointly responsible for supervising two part-time Band 6 Dietitians and be expected to travel around Wandsworth borough using public transport, visiting clinics, patient homes and special schools. Our clinic locations are St John's Therapy Centre (Clapham Junction), Queen Mary's Hospital (Roehampton), and Tooting Health Centre (Tooting).

The St George's dietetic department consists of over 60 dietitians, who provide clinical inpatient, outpatient and community services to a variety of specialties including oncology, renal, neurology, haematology, paediatrics, cardiology, major trauma, gastro, surgical, diabetes, infectious diseases and HIV. The department is committed to training dietetic students and actively participates in the training programs of clinical and non‑clinical staff. There are numerous opportunities for professional and personal development. We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these.

• Conducting a weekly general community dietetics clinic to assess and advise patients on their nutritional needs.
• Managing a caseload of nutritional support and home enteral tube feeding patients.
• Working alongside another part‑time Band 7 Paediatric Community Dietitian, providing supervision to Band 6 Paediatric Community Dietitians.
• Liaising closely with the large acute paediatric dietetics team at St George's Hospital.

We are looking for an experienced part‑time Paediatric Community Dietitian to join our team. This is a part‑time post (22.5 hours per week) and the hours are flexible.

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5 million catchment, we serve a population of around 5 million. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,300 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff. Co‑located with St George's is the University of London and, with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers high quality research and education which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow. St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal services, gastrointestinal services, intestinal failure, cancer care and stroke.