Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
Frimley, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 2 weeks ago
Job Overview
We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian to join our multidisciplinary children’s diabetes team. This role is an additional role due to an increase in funding for this service and will join our current paediatric diabetes Dietitian. This is an exciting opportunity to support children and young people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, helping them and their families build confidence in managing nutrition, insulin therapy, and healthy lifestyles.
You will provide specialist dietetic care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families within paediatric diabetes services. Working closely with consultants, diabetes specialist nurses, psychologists, and wider allied health professionals, you will play a key role in delivering evidence-based nutritional advice and education tailored to individual needs.
The successful candidate will support patients across outpatient clinics, deliver education sessions, and support inpatient care to improve long-term health outcomes and quality of life.
Main duties of the job
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian to join our multidisciplinary children’s diabetes team. This role is an additional role due to an increase in funding for this service and will join our current paediatric diabetes Dietitian. This is an exciting opportunity to support children and young people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, helping them and their families build confidence in managing nutrition, insulin therapy, and healthy lifestyles.
You will provide specialist dietetic care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families within paediatric diabetes services. Working closely with consultants, diabetes specialist nurses, psychologists, and wider allied health professionals, you will play a key role in delivering evidence-based nutritional advice and education tailored to individual needs.
The successful candidate will support patients across outpatient clinics, deliver education sessions, and support inpatient care to improve long-term health outcomes and quality of life.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver specialist dietary assessment, treatment, and education for children and young people with diabetes.
- Support carbohydrate counting education, insulin adjustment principles, and healthy eating guidance.
- Assess carbohydrate intake alongside continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data and digital platforms to inform personalised care and optimise glycaemic outcomes.
- Support the nutritional management of type 1 diabetes with hybrid closed loop insulin pump therapy.
- Provide dietetic counselling on the management of coeliac disease and high cholesterol where indicated.
- Develop personalised nutrition care plans for patients with complex medical and social needs.
- Participate in multidisciplinary clinics and contribute to integrated care planning.
- Provide education and support to families, schools, and carers.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to audit, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Stay up to date with current clinical guidelines and evidence-based practice.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Advanced communication course
- Post registration course in Paediatric Diabetes
- Active member of relevant specialist group
- BDA member
Essential criteria
- Clinical specialist work in paediatric diabetes
- Training and supervisory support of staff and students
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Able to demonstrate a wide range of experience in all aspects of dietary assessment and treatment
Essential criteria
- Good time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- MDT working
- Communication skills
- Training and presentation skills
- Utilisation of dietary software
- Problem solving
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Apply online now
