About this role
Job summary
Are you interested in working as a Highly Specialist Paediatric Dietitian for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust?
An opportunity has arisen for a Permanent Band 7 Paediatric Dietitian to join our friendly, supportive and forward thinking paediatric dietetic team. The paediatric team delivers services across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and the team are well integrated as part of the Children's Hospitals at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton.
The post will provide a dietetic service to both inpatient and outpatient paediatric patients and will include cross site working, however, will be predominantly based at Queens Hospital. Additionally, the post holder will lead clinical service provision for children with eating disorders and extreme food refusal.
We are constantly looking at ways to empower our team, drive Quality Improvement initiatives and provide a strong, positive team culture, with emphasis on wellbeing and resilience within the department. We aim to celebrate and cultivate colleagues within our department and actively look for opportunities for social inclusion.
Main duties of the job
This role oversees the paediatric dietetic service at Queens Hospital, providing supervision and support to the other paediatric dietitians and working in collaboration with the paediatric team leader at RDH. The post holder will run a specialist feeding clinic delivered in collaboration with the speech and language therapist for children with severely restricted eating. It will also include overseeing the dietetic service to paediatric eating disorders in the acute wards cross site.
You will work as an active member of the Paediatric Dietetic team and wider department. We are a welcoming, forward thinking and supportive team of paediatric dietitians with support from dietetic admin. We are routinely involved in project work and service improvement and follow evidence-based practice.
We pride ourselves on having a very close relationship with the wider MDTs within the hospital, including working with consultants, specialist nurses, speech and language therapy, physiotherapists, psychologists and the play team. This gives us the opportunity for advanced clinical supervision as respected members of the team.
Closing date of applications: 17 November 2026
Interview date: 1 December 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent.
- UK Registered Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Qualified and experienced in training student dietitians.
- Facilitation of learning course for dietitians
Desirable
- Member of British Dietetic Association.
- Relevant BDA specialist group membership
- Leadership training.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Has knowledge and varied experience of working with complex paediatric patients
- Substantial recent post-registration dietetic experience
- Able to demonstrate expert skills in paediatric dietetics, influencing multi-professional practice in this area
- Extensive knowledge of clinical effectiveness and clinical evidence related to the application of paediatric dietetics.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Evidence of continued professional development, reflection, and appraisal of own performance.
Desirable
- Previous experience of service development
Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Awareness of communication needs of people from differing cultures and with differing physical and learning abilities
- Maintains effective working relationships with other health professionals and the multidisciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of diagnostic criteria for diseases within area of work
Desirable
- Recognised training in: Counselling skills./Behavioural change./motivational interviewing techniques.
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.
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
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queens Hospital
Belvedere Road
Burton on Trent
DE13 0RB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)