Senior Paediatric Dietitian – Disability Network Team

Health Service Executive; Sligo, Cavan; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Service Executive in Sligo seeks a Senior Dietitian to lead paediatric dietetic services for the Children Disability Network Team. You will work with children with disabilities and complex needs, providing nutrition support and family-centred care across Sligo Leitrim and the West/North West region.

The role requires applying specialised paediatric dietetics, enteral feeding expertise, and counselling to families, with a focus on growth, nutrition, and holistic care planning within an

Qualifications

• Experience delivering dietetic services to children, including those with disabilities or complex needs.
• Experience in paediatric enteral feeding, malnutrition, nutrition support, infant feeding and weight management.
• Ability to apply counselling and lifestyle behaviour change techniques with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Work within an interdisciplinary Children’s Disability Network Team and contribute to Family Centred Practice and the Individual Family Support Plan.
• Prioritise and manage a paediatric disability caseload according to identified need and resources.
• Demonstrate clinical knowledge and professional judgement in paediatric care.

Skills

Pediatric dietetics

Disability/complex needs

Enteral feeding management

Nutrition support

Counselling & behaviour change

Job description

Health Service Executive in Sligo seeks a Senior Dietitian to lead paediatric dietetic services for the Children Disability Network Team. You will work with children with disabilities and complex needs, providing nutrition support and family-centred care across Sligo Leitrim and the West/North West region.

The role requires applying specialised paediatric dietetics, enteral feeding expertise, and counselling to families, with a focus on growth, nutrition, and holistic care planning within an