About this role
Job summary
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 but may involve some working at Royal Derby Hospital.
As a teaching hospital we have a wealth of experience across many clinical areas, and we work closely with our tertiary centres in the surrounding area for shared care patients. We have a high number of patients, and high flow through the service so experience of managing a busy caseload is essential. The post holder will report directly to the team leaders at Queens Hospital, Burton.
We are a welcoming, forward thinking and supportive team of paediatric dietitians with support from dietetic assistant practitioners. 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
Your role will include leading and developing the paediatric services at Queens Hospital and support and clinically supervise the specialist paediatric dietitians at this site. Your clinical role will include delivering a specialist feeding clinic run jointly with a speech and language therapist for very complex patients with feeding difficulties as well as a regular outpatient clinic for complex clinical conditions/ faltering growth.
The department provides a service to multiple clinical conditions within paediatrics including faltering growth, paediatric feeding disorders, food allergies including cow's milk allergies and coeliac disease in both inpatient and outpatient clinics as well as MDT working with medical teams and other health care professionals. We do not offer visits off site. You will work as an active member of the Paediatric Dietetic team and wider department. 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, psychologists and the play team. This gives us the opportunity for advanced clinical supervision as respected members of the team. We take dietetic students on placement and involvement in student training will be part of this role.
Closing date of applications: 7 July 2026
Interview date: 21 July 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
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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)