Trainee Specialist Paediatric Dietitian: Sponsorship Available

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We’re seeking a Paediatric Dietitian who is passionate about making a meaningful impact in children’s nutritional care, committed to continuous service improvement, and ready to take the next exciting step in their career journey.

Whether you’re newly qualified or bring prior experience, we’re here to support your growth. For those starting out, we offer a structured competency-based training programme aimed at progressing to Band 6 within 12-18 months, depending on your experience and performance. If you’re already working at Band 6 level, you’ll be able to step into the role with confidence and begin contributing immediately as a specialist.

This is a predominantly outpatient clinical role, with opportunities to gain experience on the Paediatric ward, offering a interesting caseload. The position also provides excellent opportunities for continuing professional development (CPD), with diverse learning experiences across paediatric nutrition.

We are committed to supporting your professional development, helping you enhance your clinical expertise and build your leadership skills in a department that is supportive and nurturing environment.

 

Main duties of the job

The (Trainee) Specialist Paediatric Dietitian – will provide specialist dietetic assessment, advice, and counselling to a caseload of patients across age groups. This will include a variety of inpatients and outpatients that is predominantly allergy and faltering growth. The Dietitian will be required to:

  • Act as an expert resource and provide specialist dietetic services as part of a multidisciplinary team within the acute sector. This involves liaising and working closely with consultants, specialist nurses and community health care professionals to provide seamless and consistent care for paediatric patients.
  • Undertake a comprehensive assessment of a child’s nutritional needs. This will include understanding the child’s clinical condition, test results and medication. It will reflect the child’s prognosis and individual circumstances of the child and/or family. Nutritional assessment will include the calculation of requirements and interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry and parameters.
  • Establish and monitor children on enteral tube feeds. To be responsible for the safe discharge planning and of these children. This involves liaising closely with the community paediatric dietitian, community children’s nurses, palliative care nurses and the children’s disability team. It also involves communication of feed prescription requirements to general practitioners and communication of ancillary requirements to enteral feeding homecare provider

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc or post graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • HCPC Registration

Desirable

  • Paediatric Masters modules or specific relevant courses

Experience

Essential

  • Post-registration experience of working in Paediatric Dietetics in NHS

Skills

Essential

  • Able to prioritise caseload/tasks and re-prioritise when needed.
  • Emotional resilience and able to thrive in a challenging environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 03 December 2025

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