Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7259709
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queens Medical Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Highly Specialist Dietitian - Paediatric Renal
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Paediatric Renal Dietetic Team at NUH for a 0.8 WTE Highly Specialist Dietitian.
Dietitians are well-respected and valued members of the paediatric renal multi-professional team (MDT).
The paediatric renal service at NUH supports a complex group of children and young people with renal diseases spanning the East Midlands, East of England and South Yorkshire (EMEESY) children’s renal and urology network. The service includes in-patients on the paediatric renal ward, neonatal, critical care and haemodialysis unit, and out-patient chronic kidney disease, peritoneal dialysis and transplant clinics, requiring expertise working with paediatric nutritional support, parenteral nutrition, and acute and chronic patients and their families. The postholder will work closely with other paediatric renal dietitians, the renal dietetic technician, and the wider renal MDT.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
NUH is looking for an experienced paediatric renal dietitian with an ability to work independently as well as part of the MDT. The post holder will be required to work mainly with in-patients and out-patient clinics, including patients receiving home nutritional support and peritoneal dialysis. You will be solely based at the Queens Medical Centre.
This post is ideal for a dietitian wishing to develop their clinical, leadership, and service development skills. You will take part in education events and student training/staff teaching and lead renal dietetic service developments in collaboration with other members of the MDT and the national network of paediatric renal dietitians.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously within professional practice guidelines, and work cohesively with other team members. You require the following knowledge and experience:
· Comprehensive clinical dietetic experience in an acute paediatric NHS hospital setting.
· Nutritional support and the dietetic management of children in a renal/critical care setting
· Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Diploma or degree in relevant qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
- Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
Analytical and judgement skill
Essential criteria
- Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
- Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
Planning & organisational skil
Essential criteria
- Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
Other
Essential criteria
- Undertake out of hours duties as required.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pearl Pugh
- Job title
- Paediatric Renal Clinical Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 277264
- Additional information
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