About this role
Job summary
Due to maternity leave we have an exciting opportunity for someone to continue developing their paediatric experience as part of our large friendly team at King's for a nine month, fixed term secondment cover
This post provides a comprehensive service to our general medical and surgical inpatients with two out patient clinics per week at our Denmark Hill site.
Please feel free to call the team lead (see contact information) for an informal discussion around this post. We are always happy to speak to candidates informally in confidence.
Main duties of the job
Assessment, treatment and timely discharge planning of a complex caseload of infants and children
There will be opportunities to gain experience/shadowing in specialist areas such as CF, allergy, neuro, crit care, neonates and liver/gastro.
We are large friendly team team with superb retention rates, and you will be supported to continue with CPD and audit.
About us
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values - Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative - and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Development, application and dissemination of expertise
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work in compliance with the ethical code of practice set out by the Health and Care Professions Council.
To work with the dietetic and multidisciplinary teams to formulate and deliver individual dietetic treatment plans for patients based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, critical thinking, reasoning skills and knowledge of a wide range of dietetic treatments.
Contribute to the local development and delivery of structured education programmes.
Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment regimens as required.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
Work within Trust clinical guidelines and to have good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor quality of practice as appropriate.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with British Dietetic Association (BDA) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) standards of practice.
Timely assessment, treatment, and monitoring of nutritionally vulnerable infants and children with complex medical needs.
Please read the job description for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- BSc / Post graduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Post Graduate BDA Paediatric Module/s
- Relevant post graduate course/study days
Knoweldge and Experience
Essential
- Paediatric Experience
- Significant experience with complex enteral nutrion support
- Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable
- Experience of nutrition support in children and infants and how to safely and in a timely manner facilitate discharge to the community
- Formal lecturing/teaching experience
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Good oral and written skills with people form a wide variety of backgrounds
- Ability to work in a complex and busy environment and be able to prioritise case load/s
- Ability to work effectively in a MDT
- Ability to be flexible, adaptive and solution focused
- Ability to maintain effective relationships with distressed children and families/carers
Desirable
- Motivational and counselling skills
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)