Senior Dietitian (Paediatrics/Community)

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Dietitian to work across paediatrics and community services in Harrogate area. You will consolidate advanced dietetic skills in diverse clinics and home-based care, collaborating with the paediatric MDT and community teams.

The post offers opportunities to develop expertise in allergy, failure to thrive, coeliac disease, feeding clinics, and home enteral feeding support, with face-to-face interviews preferred.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• Member of the BDA
• 1 year experience of delivering dietetic assessment and intervention within a range of areas and including adult and paediatrics.
• 6 months or more community dietetics experience
• Has gained some experience of working with groups and individuals in practice placement / previous experience and can give examples of this, including preparation, delivery and evaluation of sessions
• 6 months experience of paediatric dietetics
• Experience of supervising dietetic support staff

Responsibilities

• In Paediatrics the post holder will have the opportunity to experience a range of specialities including failure to thrive, allergy, learning disabilities, specialist schools, coeliac disease and in-patient ward cover.
• In Community the post holder will support the adult oral nutrition community pathway including the care homes service in the Harrogate area.
• You will be involved in helping to deliver our care home training and education programme as well as being involved in audit at the care homes.
• The post holder will have the opportunity to support the home enteral feeding teams within both community and paediatric dietetic team.

Job description

Go back Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Dietitian (Paediatrics/Community)

The closing date is 30 September 2026

Are you looking to further your development in this senior post. If so this post will offer you an excellent opportunity to consolidate and learn new skills in different areas of dietetics specialities particularly adult community and paediatrics

Please note this will be face to face interviews only

Main duties of the job

In Paediatrics the post holder will have the opportunity to experience a range of specialities including failure to thrive, allergy, learning disabilities, specialist schools, coeliac disease and in-patient ward cover. The paediatric team consists of 3 specialist dietitians and works closely with the paediatric MDT in specialist clinics such as allergy, coeliac disease and feeding clinic. The team is based within the dynamic and friendly Nutrition & Dietetic team but you will have close links with the children's ward, SCBU, CDC and children's out-patients.

In Community the post holder will support the adult oral nutrition community pathway including the care homes service in the Harrogate area. This will be alongside our dedicated and supportive community team. You will be involved in helping to deliver our care home training and education programme as well as being involved in audit at the care homes.

In addition the post holder will have the opportunity to support the home enteral feeding teams within both community and paediatric dietetic team.

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note: Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applicationso Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application. Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.

Job responsibilities

For more information please see the job description and person specification and for any questions please contact the manager of this position

Person Specification

criteria

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• Member of the BDA
• 1 year experience of delivering dietetic assessment and intervention within a range of areas and including adult and paediatrics.
• 6 months or more community dietetics experience
• Has gained some experience of working with groups and individuals in practice placement / previous experience and can give examples of this, including preparation, delivery and evaluation of sessions
• 6 months experience of paediatric dietetics
• Experience of supervising dietetic support staff

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.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata