Paediatric Dietician | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust; Margate; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Kent is seeking a Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian to lead nutrition services in the acute hospital setting, managing a caseload of in-patient paediatrics.

The post holder will provide expert paediatric dietetic advice, education and support to families, carers and partners across hospital and community settings, coordinating care with the multidisciplinary team to support best outcomes for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Deliver day-to-day paediatric dietetics care in an acute hospital setting.
• Autonomous decision-making about specialist paediatric care and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert and specialist paediatric dietetic advice, education and support to families, carers and key partners in both hospital and community settings.
• Lead dietary assessment and management for a designated paediatric caseload in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development and provide training within the department and to wider health care teams.

Job description

Paediatric Dietician | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Dietitian to provide a comprehensive nutrition and dietetics service in the acute hospital setting to a caseload of in-patient paediatrics, associated clinics.

The highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian is responsible for delivering day-to-day care for children, young people, their families and carers living with dietetic needs and will manage a designated clinical caseload of children and young people with dietetic requirements. The post holder will use clinical judgement and autonomous decision-making about the specialist nursing / AHP care and management of patients, undertaking a range of specialist clinical actions across a variety of settings following assessment of patients' needs and preferences.

They will provide expert and specialist paediatric dietetic advice, education, training and support to key partners within both the community and acute settings and work collaboratively and effectively with all other health care professionals, those allied to health and those in the third sector services.

The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in dietetic specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, ‘Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).’

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

See full Job Description and Person Specification Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian document for details on main responsibilities.

This advert closes on Thursday 8 Oct 2026