Paediatric Dietitian | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682.00-£46,580.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton, SO16 6YD |
| Company: | University Hospital Southampton NHS FT |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7306826/188-CL130625-I |
Summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
We have a great opportunity for an HCPC registered dietitian to join our forward thinking, friendly paediatric dietetic team (approximately 25 dietitians) at Southampton Children's Hospital as band 5 or 6 dietitian, depending on experience, for a 12 month fixed term maternity cover working 2 days per week.
You will join the paediatric gastroenterology team, providing outpatient and inpatient cover to a designated case-load. You will work alongside 3 other paediatric dietitians and be an integral member of the paediatric gastroenterology MDT.
The paediatric team is part of the University Hospital Southampton NHSFT Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy department, (approximately 130 staff ),with clinical experts working across a range of specialties, providing both acute and community services in adults and paediatrics.
We are a large, diverse team and there are excellent opportunities for CPD and career development. We have access to the paediatric grand round education events. and have strong links with Southampton University. Audit, service evaluation, QI and research projects are actively encouraged.
We offer protected CPD time and you will have regular one-to-one supervision plus preceptorship support, if relevant.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHSwe’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
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You will:
• Work within Southampton Children's Hospital as part of the Paediatric Dietetic Team to provide dietetic inpatient & outpatient services
• Assess nutritional status and calculate nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of diet history, biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters.
• Make clinical judgements and decisions, selecting and evaluating appropriate treatment plans
• Liaise with local and regional colleagues to ensure continuity of care and appropriate transfer/discharge communication
• Participate actively as a member of multidisciplinary clinical teams
• Participate in the training of student dietitians following successful completion of required training
• Draw on a range of communication skills to effectively negotiate nutritional goals with patients, considering emotional distress, physical illness, communication and learning needs
• Achieve speciality specific competencies and undertake defined projects as agreed with your line manager
Experience and skills required:
• You must be an HCPC registered dietitian (RD)
• Experience of paediatric dietetics is an advantage but not essential. You need a desire to work in paediatrics and possess appropriate knowledge and transferable skills
• You must be able to plan and prioritise your workload within agreed boundaries, coping with unpredictable events and varying workload pressures.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025