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Dietitian
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
356-26-7782079
Employer
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hull University Teaching Hospitals
Town
Hull
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum. pr
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/02/2026 23:59
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Specialist Paediatric Dietitian

Band 6

Job overview

Band 6  Specialist Paediatric Dietitian (Band 5-6 progression will be considered)

As a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, you will provide autonomous, evidence‑based dietetic care to infants, children and young people across a wide range of clinical conditions. You will manage a defined paediatric caseload, carrying out detailed nutritional assessments, developing personalised care plans, and delivering specialist advice to children, families, and the multidisciplinary team. You will work across inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, MDT meetings, and community interfaces to ensure high‑quality, child‑centred nutritional care.

You will use advanced communication and clinical reasoning skills to support families through complex and sometimes sensitive situations, including feeding difficulties, faltering growth, food allergies, and children requiring enteral nutrition. You will also provide cross‑cover for aspects of paediatric diabetes care during periods of staffing pressure, within your scope of competence and with appropriate training and supervision.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician seeking to develop specialist paediatric skills within a supportive, progressive dietetic team.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist nutritional assessment and evidence‑based dietetic interventions for infants, children and young people with a broad range of paediatric conditions.
Manage a defined paediatric caseload across inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, prioritising care in line with clinical need.
Use advanced anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessment skills to inform nutritional diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation.
Deliver advice for conditions including faltering growth, feeding difficulties, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders and disease‑related malnutrition.
Support children requiring enteral feeding, including discharge planning and coordination with community teams and homecare providers.
Communicate complex and sensitive information using age‑appropriate and family‑centred approaches.
Work collaboratively within the paediatric MDT, contributing to ward rounds, case discussions and service pathways.
Provide cross‑cover for selected paediatric diabetes duties during periods of staff absence, including basic dietary review and carbohydrate education, working within agreed competencies.
Contribute to audits, service development and quality improvement initiatives within paediatric dietetics.
Support the supervision and development of student dietitians and junior staff as appropriate.
Maintain accurate, timely and professional records using electronic patient systems in line with Trust policy.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
  • HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • BDA Paediatric Modules, PG Cert/Dip/MSc in Paediatric Dietetics Clinical Supervisory Skills Course

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Broad clinical knowledge including specialist paediatric dietetic knowledge
  • Post‑registration experience across varied clinical settings
  • Evidence of paediatric dietetic experience
  • Experience working with children with diverse healthcare needs
  • Teaching experience, MDT working, behaviour change skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience supervising others
  • Experience in acute paediatrics
  • Skilled in paediatric anthropometric measurements
  • Audit or research publications

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Strong communication skills with children & families
  • Ability to prioritise unpredictable workloads
  • Audit, evaluation, and IT competence
  • Ability to contribute to service improvement
Desirable criteria
  • Presentation skills
  • Experience of service improvement

Special Attributes and other

Essential criteria
  • Motivation to develop new skills
  • Reflective, self‑motivated, able to work independently
  • Able to manage distressing situations and sensitive conversations
  • Flexible and resilient under pressure
Desirable criteria
  • Assertiveness
  • Adaptable
  • Creative

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Good time keeper
  • Ability to work across hospital sites as required
  • Member of British Dietetic Association
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cheryl Baig
Job title
Deputy Head of Dietetics
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01482 675786

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