Specialist Paediatric Dietitian – General Paediatrics | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7312028/259-7312028RLH |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic dietitian with energy and drive, to join our team.
The role will cover a general Paediatric caseload at the Royal London Hospital. You will also be trained in PCCU and work alongside the specialist PCCU Dietitian. You will work as an integral member of the Paediatric Dietetic team (32 Dietitians who work across 3 acute sites). The workload consists of both inpatient and outpatients and you will also have the opportunity to build your experience within other paediatric specialities.
You will ideally have good clinical dietetic experience. Paediatric experience is desirable, but not essential. You must have excellent communication skills and enjoy working within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment. You will join a large friendly team of Childrens Therapists.
We have a well-established programme of quality improvement and research, and fully encourage CPD. This is an opportunity to develop your acute paediatric skills.
For more information, please contact Sophie Aubrey, Head of Paediatric Dietetics 0203 594 1532 (Mon/Tues/Wed) or Jennifer Kearns, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian Jennifer.kearns@nhs.net (Tues-Fri).
Working within the Acute Children’s Therapies service across Barts Health, the post holder will work as part of the Paediatric Dietetic team.To build upon current clinical experience and undertake some specialist training, to provide an effective, flexible clinical dietetic service to General Paediatrics and PCCU based at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder would undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practice is evidence based.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025