Senior Specialist Paediatric Metabolic Dietitian | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic paediatric dietitian to join our team, working closely within the paediatric metabolic MDT to provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals.

The paediatric metabolic dietitian is a member of the dietetic and paediatric multidisciplinary teams. The post holder will play a key role in the nutritional management of this patient group and will provide highly specialist dietetic advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals within the multidisciplinary team.

The role involves covering outpatient clinics as well as inpatients and the post holder will provide support to dietitians looking after patients under the care of the Evelina team if they are admitted to their local hospital.

The post holder will work within the metabolic MDT, working closely with the metabolic dietitians (1.6 WTE band 8a, 1.4 WTE band 7 and 1.0 band 6), specialist nurses and consultants providing support and training and be actively involved in the Trust's clinical governance programme and quality agenda framework for ensuring continuing professional development, audit and research activities within this specialist area.

The post holder will join a wider paediatric dietetic team of 39 dietitians and dietetic assistants who cover a wide range of specialties including inherited metabolic disease, diabetes, renal, gastroenterology, complex feeding clinic and allergy.

The service is overseen by the Evelina London Lead Dietitian and the Paediatric team form part of the wider dietetic department of over 100 dietitians, with a focus on innovation, quality, education, development and well-being.