Team Lead Paediatric Specialist Dietitian

Integrated Care System; Swindon; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Swindon is seeking a Team Lead Paediatric Specialist Dietitian to lead a team and provide expert care to children and young people. This role involves managing a team of dietitians and developing services for paediatric patients. Candidates should have substantial experience in paediatrics and appropriate qualifications. This position offers a salary ranging from £46,148 to £52,809 pro rata annually.

Qualifications

• Significant recent experience in paediatrics.
• Extensive experience in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in training student dietitians.

Responsibilities

• Lead provision of specialist paediatric dietetic service.
• Lead service development and audit projects.
• Provide expert care to children requiring dietetic input.

Skills

Management of complex cases

Supervision and mentoring

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Service development

Education

BSc / MSc in Dietetics or equivalent

Registration with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

BDA accredited MSc modules

Job description

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Team Lead Paediatric Specialist Dietitian

The closing date is 14 August 2025

Team Lead - Paediatric Specialist Dietitian Band 7 - 37.5 hours per week

Are you a passionate and experienced dietitian ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate leader to join our friendly team. Your skills will shape the care of babies, children and young people across our services. You will lead a dedicated team of 4 paediatric dietitians and a dietetic assistant working across inpatient, outpatient and community settings.

In addition to team lead responsibilities, you will have responsibility for a defined cohort of patients. The team currently provide a general in and outpatient service as well as specialist diabetes service, supporting multi-allergy patients, babies on the neonatal unit and home enterally fed patients.

There is some scope for flexibility in the clinical caseload depending on successful applicants' clinical experience i.e. the role is flexible in the clinical speciality, and will likely include some diabetes work.

You will be expected to lead on service development, audit and quality improvement projects. Collaborate with MDT colleagues and support student training and CPD activities across the wider team. We offer excellent opportunities for professional development.

If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

To lead on the provision of specialist paediatric dietetic service across an inpatient, outpatient and community settings in the Swindon area.To work as an autonomous practitioner providing expert care to children and young people requiring dietetic input.To lead service development in across the paediatric dietetic team and to work closely with the multi-disciplinary team.To work as team lead for the paediatric dietetic team, undertaking line management duties and to provide support for other team leads and the Head of service for Nutrition and Dietetics.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

This job description should be read alongside the Supplementary Information provided on NHS Jobs for applicants and alongside the Employee Handbook for current staff members.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc / MSc in Dietetics or equivalent
• Registration in Dietetics with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Evidence of postgraduate learning in relevant specialist area
• Member of British Dietetic Association and relevant specialist group
• Clinical/student supervisory skills
• BDA accredited MSc modules
• Management or leadership training or qualification

Experience

• Significant recent experience in paediatrics, including management of complex cases
• Extensive experience of working in multi-disciplinary/ multi-professional team
• Experience in the planning, delivery and evaluation of patient education programmes
• Demonstrable experience in supervision, mentoring or line management
• Leading and participating in dietetic audit, research and service evaluation
• Experience in training and supervision of student dietitians and dietetic staff
• Experience in service development or change management
• Involvement in regional or national dietetic networks or special interest groups
• Experience of other elements of management such as business case development
• Experience in report writing for a variety of purposes

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.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearpro rata per annum