Senior Specialist Paediatric Metabolic Dietitian

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking experienced paediatric dietitians to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to provide specialist dietetic advice and support within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on the nutritional management of paediatric metabolic patients. You'll collaborate closely with healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality care and contribute to clinical governance and research activities. This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated individuals looking to make a real difference in children's health within a supportive and innovative environment. Join a team that values diversity and is committed to professional development and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years paediatric experience required.
• Degree in Dietetics or equivalent qualification is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic advice and support to patients and health professionals.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to manage paediatric metabolic patients.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Prioritisation of own workload

Ability to work under own initiative

Minimum of 3 years paediatric experience

Specialist paediatric experience

Experience of calculating multiple ingredient feed recipes

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Conducting audit and research

Line Management including PDR responsibility

Conducting metabolic audit and research

Education

Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics

BDA Paediatric Module 4

Tools

Computer Literacy

Job description

Senior Specialist Paediatric Metabolic Dietitian

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Dietitian
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 196-LIS9345

Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Evelina London Children's Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 p.a. inclusive of HCA pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 26/03/2025

Job overview

We are excited to advertise two fixed-term 1-year contracts (up to end date July 2026):
1.0 WTE covering a career break and 0.8 WTE covering maternity leave.

We are looking for experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic paediatric dietitians to join our team, working closely within the paediatric metabolic MDT to provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and other health professionals.

Main duties of the job

The paediatric metabolic dietitian is a member of the dietetic and paediatric multidisciplinary teams. The post holders will play a key role in the nutritional management of this patient group and will provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and other health professionals within the multidisciplinary team.

The role involves covering outpatient clinics as well as inpatients, and the post holder will provide support to dietitians looking after patients under the care of the Evelina team if they are admitted to their local hospital.

The post holder will work within the metabolic MDT, closely with the team of metabolic dietitians (WTE = 1.7 band 8a, 2.4 band 7, 1.0 band 6, and 1.0 dietetic assistant), specialist nurses, and consultants providing support and training and be actively involved in the Trust’s clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework for ensuring continuing professional development, audit, and research activities within this specialist area.

Person specification

Other

• Computer Literacy
• Demonstrate a flexible approach
• Demonstrate understanding of equal opportunities

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

• Organisational Skills
• Prioritisation of own workload
• Able to work under own initiative
• Minimum of 3 years paediatric experience
• Specialist paediatric experience
• Experience of calculating multiple ingredient feed recipes
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Conducting audit and research
• Line Management including PDR responsibility
• Conducting metabolic audit and research

Professional/Statutory Registration

• Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) or other body conferring professional insurance.
• Membership of BDA Paediatric Group

Qualifications/Education

• Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics or equivalent qualification.
• BDA Paediatric Module 4

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects, and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that all employees, patients, and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the onboarding process.

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