Job Description

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We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with paediatric experience or a strong interest in paediatrics to join our Community Paediatric Dietetic team. This Band 6 role may be offered as a Band 5-6 development post depending on your experience.As part of the Community and Mental Health Division at Alder Hey, you will work within a supportive and friendly team of experienced B7 and B6 dietitians, alongside dietetic assistants. This role offers the chance to apply and expand your paediatric dietetic knowledge across a wide range of clinical conditions including tube fed children within a specialist community setting.Your work will include delivering care through clinics, group education sessions, and occasional home or school visits, supporting children and families with diverse nutritional needs.We are committed to your professional growth and offer excellent opportunities for development, including access to relevant courses and product update training
Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist dietetic services to community patients and their families across Liverpool & Sefton. This includes nutritional assessment, development and implementation of care plans and on-going review of paediatric patients.
• To provide dietetic management for highly complex paediatric patients with clinical supervision from the specialist dietitians.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based protocols, standards of care and patient education information within identified areas of paediatric sub specialities.

About us
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.
Details
Date posted
02 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
31,049 to 46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
411-COM-25-7623607
Job locations
Alderhey Children's Hospital
Eaton Road
Liverpool
L12 2AP
Job description
Job responsibilities

• Accept clinical responsibility for the dietetic caseload management of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities
• Undertake assessment of nutritional status, nutritional requirements and expected outcome of complex patients taking into account clinical, social and cultural factors
• Analyse and interpret the complex, multiple components of the medical, nutritional and clinical dietetic assessments and make a judgement from a range of clinical options on how this information contributes to the formulation of a diagnosis and a resultant treatment care plan
• Plan and implement dietetic intervention based on the result of the nutritional assessment to achieve the expected outcome

Please see attached job description for full responsibilities Job description
Job responsibilities

• Accept clinical responsibility for the dietetic caseload management of patients and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities
• Undertake assessment of nutritional status, nutritional requirements and expected outcome of complex patients taking into account clinical, social and cultural factors
• Analyse and interpret the complex, multiple components of the medical, nutritional and clinical dietetic assessments and make a judgement from a range of clinical options on how this information contributes to the formulation of a diagnosis and a resultant treatment care plan
• Plan and implement dietetic intervention based on the result of the nutritional assessment to achieve the expected outcome

Please see attached job description for full responsibilities
Person Specification
Oral and written communication skills
Essential

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• Evidence of post registration experience
• Evidence of oral and written communication skills in a breadth of clinical settings
• Degree or post-graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics

Desirable

• Demonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics at Band 6 level or in a rotational band 5 role
• ommencement of validated postregistration training in paediatric dietetics preferably at Masters level

Person Specification
Oral and written communication skills
Essential

• Registered Dietitian with HCPC
• Evidence of post registration experience
• Evidence of oral and written communication skills in a breadth of clinical settings
• Degree or post-graduate qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics

Desirable

• Demonstrable post registration experience in clinical paediatric dietetics at Band 6 level or in a rotational band 5 role
• ommencement of validated postregistration training in paediatric dietetics preferably at Masters level

Skills Required