Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric DietitianinBirminghaminBirminghamPUBLISHED MON 24 MAR 2025
At Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT, our Paediatric Dietitians play a vital role in improving clinical outcomes, and we receive outstanding feedback from those we serve. You’ll collaborate with a supportive multidisciplinary team and have opportunities for professional development, research, and project work. Plus, if you’re unsure about stepping into this senior position, let’s chat! We’re open to discussing gradual paths to help you build your confidence and skills. Take the next step in your career and help us transform dietary care for children across Birmingham—apply today!
We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated and experienced Paediatric Dietitian to provide excellent care and develop new ways of working to our community paediatric caseload.
The Paediatric Dietitians have an excellent profile within the Trust. We are consistently shown to make a difference to the clinical outcomes and lives of the children we serve; in addition we receive excellent feedback from our service users. You will have a clinical role in the following settings - community clinics, home visits, child development centres and special schools. There are active links with local acute paediatric units, specialist community children's services and excellent support from the safeguarding children's team. This post will provide opportunities for training, research and project work in a supportive team environment. The service is due to move into an integrated children's service, as well as maintaining excellent existing links with other nutrition and dietetic services.
This post will work in collaboration with other lead dietitians and Professional Lead Paediatric Dietitian to further develop clinical outcomes, guidelines and pathways as well as supporting our current staff to develop their clinical skills.
If you are not sure if you are ready for this senior post, please contact to discuss. We may be able to discuss a graduated step up into the role on completion of competencies.
This post has a high degree of autonomy and is responsible for the highly specialist clinical assessment and ongoing dietetic management of children with a number of different clinical conditions within a community setting. Conditions include complex permanent disabilities, multiple pathologies, life-limiting conditions and challenging behaviours.
To provide a high quality evidence based service to children with complex disabilities, life-limiting conditions and challenging behaviours.
To provide therapeutic dietetic care to clients in a range of venues across the City including clinics, client's own homes, special schools and respite/short breaks.
To act as a source of clinical expertise/advice and guidance for client's families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
To raise nutritional awareness and promote the benefits of Paediatric Dietetic services with respect to children both within and outside of the organisation.
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