Senior Paediatric Dietitian

Job summary Health and Care Jersey is seeking a keen and dedicated Paediatric Dietitian to work alongside our children's therapy teams in the Child Development & Therapy Centre. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Dietitian with a passion for delivering high quality, family centred care to infants, children and young people with a wide range of acute and chronic health conditions. The successful candidate will manage a varied and complex paediatric caseload, working autonomously to provide expert nutritional assessment, treatment and advice. As a highly valued member of the service you will contribute to service developments, quality improvement and the ongoing advancement of paediatric dietetic care across Jersey. Main duties of the job To work as a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, providing expert clinical knowledge, autonomous decision-making, and strategic input to manage a diverse paediatric caseload with a variety of acute and chronic diseases across Health and Care Jersey (HCJ). Act as a clinical expert in the assessment, diagnosis and management of infants, children and young people with: Faltering growth, complex feeding issues, food allergies/ intolerances Coeliac disease, IBD, GI disorders Diabetes (type 1) Neurodivergence and enteral feeding (including home enteral care) Neonatal nutrition (including NICU/SCBU support, breast milk fortication, growth monitoring, parenteral nutrition input) Outpatients and community paediatric clinics. The post holder will also take responsibility for developing the service, supporting governance and providing specialist advice across the wider health and social care system. The post holder is expected to work independently as the sole paediatric dietitian within the service, with access to professional supervision and peer support via external networks and/ or remote colleagues. About us Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunitiesworking with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where youre exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career. To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community. For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks. Extraordinary, every day. Details Date posted 04 September 2026 Pay scheme Other Salary £64,466.07 to £71,038.46 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number K0011-26-4332 Job locations Government Of Jersey Health Care Jersey Jersey General Hospital St. Helier Jersey Channel Islands JE2 3RR Jersey Job description Job responsibilities To work as a senior dietitian, providing evidence-based nutritional information and support to patients and their families across primary and secondary care. Manage a delegated caseload of paediatric patients with a variety of acute and chronic diseases with clinical support from specialist paediatric dietitian. Ensure their treatment is evidence based and patient centred. Assess, plan and implement interventions. Clinical caseload: Acute paediatric ward, Weight management, faltering growth, non-IgE mediated allergy. Act as an independent practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of their own work. Provide Dietetic treatment to a delegated caseload using evidence-based patient centred principles to assess, implement and evaluate interventions. Interpret medical, biochemical and pharmacological information, and incorporate into dietetic plans as appropriate. Recommend and discuss treatment options with the Consultant Paediatricians/General Practitioners / Referring Agents/ specialist nurses. Develop nutritional care plans for a caseload of patients based on assessment of medical, social, cultural and psychological factors. Monitor and review the aims and targets. Act as a resource on aspects of general nutrition to patients, carers, other health and education professionals, including GPs, consultants, and student dietitians. To cover patients from the Dietetic team based with as caseload requires Liaise with supervising/Specialist Dietitians regarding complex patients to agree appropriate management. When appropriate liaise with members of the health care team and/or specialist Dietitians regarding further management of patients in your caseload once they have been discharged from your Dietetic care. Decide priorities for own work, balancing other patient related