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Dietitian
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7552645
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals
Town
Barnet
Salary
£53,751 - £60,651 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/11/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 7 Paediatric Allergy Dietitian

NHS AfC: Band 7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Do you have a passion for making a positive difference to people’s lives?

We are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Dieticians who value team working and have the desire and drive to ensure patients receive timely assessment and input from staff that are compassionate and caring.

Are you keen to develop your clinical and service development skills because you know how important Dietetics for children and young people is? Here at Barnet, our Dieticians play a vital role in supporting patients to optimise their abilities through therapeutic interventions and empowering collaboration. 

The Children and Young People’s Therapy Team is comprised of Dieticians and Physiotherapists who work collaboratively with the Allergy, Diabetes, Ward and Neonatal teams to provide patient centred care. Depending on skills the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with outpatient general and allergy patients and/or inpatient’s on the neonatal unit and children’s ward.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own clinical caseload and supervise therapy students as required.  You will be peer supported by highly skilled and experienced Band 7 staff throughout each specialty and work closely with the B8a CYP therapy lead. You will be joining a well established and supportive integrated Therapy team, who work closely with the multidisciplinary team.

Full and part time opportunities available.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for more information on working at The Royal Free London.

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
  • Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development
  • Membership of BDA specialist group

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with a wide range of paediatric patients, including those with eating disorders such as ARFID and/or mental health diagnoses
  • Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
  • Awareness/experience of setting & maintaining clinical standards and clinical audit
  • Evidence of service development & contribution to change within the workplace, including Quality Improvement
  • Previous experience of junior staff & student supervision/ clinical education
  • Evidence of presentation of own research/project work
  • Actively involved in teaching and challenging the multidisciplinary team

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Core skills in Dietetics, including knowledge of artificial nutrition support, anthropometry, meal planning and weight/growth management.
  • Ability to implement motivational interviewing & behaviour change strategies
  • Knowledge of recent developments in the profession
  • Positive attitude to, and ability to cope well with change
  • Good presentation and group work skills, including leading on group intervention

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness & ability to negotiate
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Motivated to achieve personal and professional goals to an excellent standard as appropriate to the job role
  • Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
  • Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Olivera Nikolic
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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