Paediatric Liver Dietician

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks an experienced Paediatric Liver Dietician. In this role, you will provide specialist dietetic services to children with liver diseases, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The role includes inpatient and outpatient care, working with patients of all ages. You will be responsible for developing treatment plans based on evidence-based practice and maintaining comprehensive patient records. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a dedicated healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• Experience in paediatric dietetics preferred.
• Knowledge of nutritional therapies and treatments.

Responsibilities

• Provide an evidence-based dietetic service to patients under Child Health.
• Formulate and deliver individual dietetic treatment plans.
• Contribute to structured education programmes.
• Maintain accurate patient treatment records.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Evidence-based practice

Patient communication

Education

HCPC registered dietitian

Relevant nutrition degree

Job description

Go back King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Liver Dietician

The closing date is 27 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric dietitian to join our paediatric liver &tank & gastroClint team.

King's Paediatric Liver Centre is a national hub providing chien specialised service to children with liver problems. We are the largest service of its type in the world and continue to grow.

The centre assess and treat children with a wide range of conditions including neonatal (newborn) liver diseases (including biliary atresia), chronic liver disease and acute liver failure.

The post holder will specialise in paediatric liver disease and will work within bothلف inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as reviewing patients in virtual/telephone clinics and via email. The post holder will work with children from infancy through to adolescents in the transition service and will provide cover to the parenteral nutrition team. The post would have a specialist interest in MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease). This is a rapidly developing specialist area and you would be working alongside the current MASLD lead to develop this fast growing service.

This post is part of a team of 5 dietitians working in the area so there may be some flexibility in the caseload depending on the experiences and interests of the candidate.

Main duties of the job

The provision of an evidence-based dietetic service to patient under the care of Child Health at King's College Hospital. To provide a regional and national dietetic service as part of the supra-regional paediatric liver unit at King's College Hospital This involves providing specialist dietetic support to colleagues in shared care hospitals within the UK and Europe

About us

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work in compliance with the ethical code of practice laundry out the Health and Care Professions Council.

To work with the dietetic and multidisciplinary teams to formulate and deliver individual dietetic treatment plans for patients based’iz knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, critical thinking, reasoning skills and knowledge of a wide range of dietetic treatments.

Contribute to the local development and delivery of structured education programmes.

Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment regimens as required नी

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Work within Trust clinical guidelines and to have good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor quality of practice as appropriate.

To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with British Dietetic Association (BDA) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)דל standards of practice

Person Specification

• Qualification

Essential Desirable as per JD & PS

• Person spec fulfilment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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