Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Posting date:	28 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	27 August 2025
Location:	Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Company:	Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7373270/812-25-HS-PD-4

Summary

Are you an enthusiastic, self-motivated and compassionate dietitian with a genuine interest in working with children and young people and their families? This is an exciting opportunity for a Dietitian who has experience in paediatrics to join our friendly team on a 6 month fixed term contract.

The post holder will work alongside the lead dietitian for paediatrics and band 6 paediatric dietitians as part of the countywide Nutrition and Dietetics team.

The successful candidate will managea caseload of outpatient paediatric patients with a variety of conditions, including paediatric home enteral feeding. There will be the opportunity to provide dietetic input to the inpatient neonatal unit at Lister hospital and facilitate discharge of patients on home enteral feeding from this setting.There will also be the opportunity to provide cover for paediatric inpatients at Lister hospital requiring dietetic input if usual dietitians are unavailable.

You will work independently but also as part of a multidisciplinary team.



A full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purpose is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

For informal enquiries, please contact Heidi Scott (Lead Dietitian for Paediatrics) on07760 990736/ heidi.scott@nhs.net.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision. We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds. Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

We are committed to delivering a quality service, value staff training and CPD, participate regularly in student training and have a robust appraisal and supervisory framework. Electronic records are used throughout the Trust, further aiding our ability to work across a wide variety of settings and be in a position to work as part of an MDT yet work remotely if needed as part of a hybrid approach to our work/ life balance.

· To work as part of the paediatric dietetic team to deliver a high-quality nutrition and dietetic locality-based service.

· To provide specialist dietetic advice, education and support to patients and their carers.

· To provide specialist advice, guidance and support to other health care professionals.

· To deliver general paediatric outpatient clinics in a variety of community-based locations.

· To plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate group-based education in the community setting for required patient groups.

· To manage a caseload of paediatric patients fed via home enteral feeding.

· To deliver dietetic clinics at special schools for home enteral feeding patients.

· To triage and prioritise patient referrals according to department standard and ensure patients receive appropriate dietetic input in a timely manner.

· To deliver group based virtual education sessions.

· To provide dietetic input to the inpatient neonatal unit at Lister hospital and facilitate discharge of patients on home enteral feeding from this setting.

· To provide cover for paediatric inpatients at Lister hospital requiring dietetic input if usual dietitians are unavailable.


This advert closes on Thursday 7 Aug 2025

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