Paediatric Dietician - Diabetes

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Main area Dietetics Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent:
Predominately Thursday and Friday working days Hours Part time - 17 hours per week Job  

Site Ormskirk Hospital Town Ormskirk Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 26/10/2026

Paediatric Dietician,
Band 7 (
17 hours per week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self motivated Advanced Paediatric Dietician to join our Diabetes team at Ormskirk Hospital. Part of Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Trust. A number of hours will be allocated to support children with Eating Disorders on the Children's Ward.

If you are a motivated,flexible and forward-thinking experienced Paediatric Dietician who is ready to advance their professional and clinical development in a more senior role we would love to hear from you.

The team is based at the hospital and provides a comprehensive service to children with Diabetes on the Paediatric Ward, Out patient Department and at home.

UK driving licence and access to a car are required for this post.

• To lead the dietetic service and provide a high quality, evidence based up to date nutrition and dietetic service to highly specialised clinical areas of paediatrics including diabetes requiring an advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience at a range of locations in Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospitals including in-patients, dietetic out-patients, dietetic community clinics as well as MDT clinics.
• To lead policy development, education and training of other health professionals on matters of child nutrition
• To work as a member of the paediatric diabetes multidisciplinary team to develop and enhance the dietetic service for paediatric patients with diabetes in line with tariff arrangements

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Advertising Date: 1st October 2026

Closing Date: 14th October 2026

Shortlisting Date: 15th October 2026

Proposed Interview date: w/c 26th October 2026

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.

• Degree/Post graduate qualification in Dietetics
• Current HCPC registration
• Post graduate diploma/MSc or evidence of relevant post graduate courses in Paediatrics e.g. BDA Paediatric group modules, Diabetes
• Evidence of CPD

• We are kind
• We are open
• We are inclusive

• Clinical paediatric experience to include Diabetes
• Working as part of a multi-professional team
• Membership/participant of BDA Specialist Interest Group
• Awareness of up to date NHS issues, Clinical Governance and its application within dietetics

• Excellent communication skills, and ability to share information
• Case conference experience
• Ability to work autonomously and with the MDT
• Time, prioritisation and…