Specialist Dietitian

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Specialist Dietitian to join the Paediatric Dietetics Team on a fixed-term basis until August 2027, providing maternity leave cover. The role focuses on developing and delivering a paediatric allergy service and delivering expert nutritional care across inpatient settings.

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, educate colleagues and families, and supervise student dietitians.

Qualifications

• Qualified Dietitian with HCPC registration and CPD commitment.
• Experience in paediatric nutrition and allergy would be advantageous.
• Membership of BDA specialist group preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver paediatric allergy service within the Trust.
• Provide expert nutritional care across inpatient settings as part of the MDT.
• Deliver education and training to colleagues, patients and families.
• Support progression of the evolving paediatric service and supervise student dietitians.

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Handling sensitive information

Language barriers

Decision making

Plan and organise workload

Supervise students

Anthropometric measurements

Computer skills

Education

Qualified Dietitian

CPD ongoing

HCPC registration

Relevant validated course

Member of BDA (specialist group)

Job description

Main area Specialist Dietitian Paediatrics Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (until 2nd August 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 214-CSTO-8249592

Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton-In-Ashfield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 6

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Dietitian to join our friendly and supportive Paediatric Dietetics Team on a fixed-term basis until August 2027, providing maternity leave cover.

This role offers the opportunity to play a key part in the development and delivery of anew paediatric allergy service, making a real difference to the care and outcomes of children and their families across our organisation.

We are looking for a proactive and compassionate Dietitian with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who thrives as part of a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be confident in delivering education and training to colleagues, healthcare professionals, patients, and their families/carers, helping to promote best practice and empower those they support.

Working collaboratively with the wider acute dietetic team, you will contribute to the provision of expert nutritional care across inpatient settings.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Dietitian looking to further develop their specialist skills while contributing to an innovative and evolving paediatric service.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Qualified Dietitian (4 year degree, post-graduate diploma or equivalent).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Registered with the Health Professions Council.
• Relevant validated course.
• Member of BDA including specialist group.

Skills

• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training.
• Able to work as an integral member of dietetic and multiprofessional teams, building relationships with patients/carers, and other staff.
• Able to handle sensitive and confidential information and respond to people who are distressed or anxious.
• Able to overcome difficulties in communication, including language barriers, and adapt approach to varying situations.
• Able to overcome barriers to understanding.
• Able to interpret and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources using professional judgement to solve problems and make decisions where there are a range of options.
• Able to plan and organise own workload, including daily tasks and longer term strategic planning, despite interruptions and changing priorities.
• Able to plan and organise the work of allocated student dietitians
• Able to carry out anthropometric measurements accurately and use relevant equipment.
• Able to use a computer keyboard and relevant computer programmes

Experience

• Experience of working as a registered dietitian.
• Able to apply additional depth of knowledge gained through experience to specialist area.
• Experience of working in relevant specialist area/s.

Contractual Requirements

• Able to make decisions within own work role guided by broad policies and guidelines, supported by team leader/clinical lead and multi-professional team.
• Able to travel to areas within and beyond the trust if required.
• Flexibility to meet the demands of the service.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

We as a Trust support the use of AI and other tools to support your application. However, all personal statements and behavioural examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your own personal/professional experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.