Specialist Dietitian (Paediatric Diabetes)

Blmk Icb; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Dietitian (Paediatric Diabetes) to join the Paediatric Diabetes Team. You will assess, advise and educate children and young people with diabetes and support families to improve health outcomes.

Role involves managing complex caseloads across inpatient and outpatient settings, with opportunities to contribute to service development, audits and staff training within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration in good standing.
• Postgraduate training in paediatrics and diabetes.
• Validated postgraduate training evidence.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic care to children and young people with diabetes.
• Deliver education and support to patients, families and healthcare teams.

Skills

Communication

Interprofessional collaboration

Clinical reasoning

Education

HCPC registration

Postgrad training in paeds/diabetes

Validated postgrad training

Job description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Dietitian (Paediatric Diabetes)

The closing date is 30 September 2026

We are delighted to welcome applications for a Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian to join our dedicated Paediatric Diabetes Team. You will provide expert nutritional assessment, advice, and education to children and young people living with diabetes, supporting them and their families to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

You will manage a varied and complex caseload, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised, evidence-based care. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued development and delivery of high-quality paediatric diabetes services across North and Mid Bedfordshire, while supporting service improvement and innovation.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist dietetic care to children and young people living with diabetes, managing a varied and complex caseload across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will deliver expert nutritional education, advice, and support to patients, families, and healthcare professionals, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure personalised, evidence-based care.

The role also provides opportunities to contribute to service development and improvement initiatives, clinical audit, staff training, and the ongoing development and delivery of high-quality, evidence-based paediatric diabetes services.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role including the key responsibilities and essential criteria, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Post grad training in paeds/diabetes
• Validated post grad training

Experience

• Paeds
• Diabetes
• Teaching
• Audit/research/service improvement
• NHS experience

Knowledge

• paeds knowledge
• diabetes knowledge
• Paeds diabetes knowledge

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust