Sunday, October 26, 2025
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Specialist Dietitian: Children’s Dietetics (rotational)

Posted: 2 days ago

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Paediatric Dietitian to join our dynamic and friendly paediatric dietetic team within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.As one of the UK’s largest teaching hospital trusts, Imperial offers a stimulating environment where innovation, education, and high-quality patient care are at the heart of everything we do.In this rotational role, you will provide a specialist paediatric dietetic service across both inpatient and outpatient settings, working closely with our Clinical Lead Dietitians and wider multidisciplinary teams. You will support the nutritional management of children and young people with a range of complex medical conditions, demonstrating sound clinical judgement and evidence-based practice.This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your expertise across a variety of paediatric specialties, with structured support, supervision, and opportunities for professional development within a forward-thinking and collaborative team.To provide a quality Nutrition & Dietetic service to both in and outpatients within. Specialist Area in accordance with established departmental guidelines.To work autonomously as a specialist within department guidelines with responsibility for clinical excellence within the specialist area and manages own workload.To communicate highly complex information involving nutritional assessment and analysis and information which is sensitive to patients/carers and health professionals. To provide specialist Nutrition & Dietetic input into education, training and development programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing and dietetic students in addition to other training requirements.To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based nutritional guidelines and service developments in the specialist area.To contribute to the development, production and maintenance of evidence based departmental literature in the specific areas of nutrition (e.g. patient diet sheets).To help in the collection of data and information to support service development or reconfiguration.At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Catherine Elwig Job title: Clinical Lead Specialist Paed Dietitian Email address: Catherine.elwig@nhs.net Telephone number: 0203 312 1127

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