Specialised Paediatric Dietitian

The closing date is 02 January 2026.

Experienced Paediatric Dietician? Join our team in North Devon small, supportive, and making a big difference for children and their families. Not forgetting you'll be in glorious Devon, a fantastic landscape of vibrant cities, stunning beaches and rugged moors. We would value someone with experience and passion to cover an eating disorder or diabetes caseload. However, we would welcome and consider an application of a broader general dietetic background.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state‑of‑the‑art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world‑class care to our local communities.

It's never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

Are you a specialist dietitian who aspires to improve health, quality of life and care experience for children and their families? We are looking for a full or part time band 7 paediatric dietitian to join us.

You would be part of our supportive and friendly dietetic team based at North Devon District Hospital of the Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust. The paediatric dietetics team covers inpatient ward (children's and neonatal unit) as well as outpatient clinics such as nutritional support, diabetes, home enteral tube feeding, CMPA/allergies and eating disorders. We provide face to face, telephone and video support to families.

We're a small, friendly and supportive team. We collaborate on the wards as part of a big team that includes experts from different fields. We work closely with the adult dietetics team based at our northern services, as well as our paediatric counterparts in our eastern services based at the Exeter hospital site. This gives us the best of both worlds - a cosy team feel and the strength and knowledge of a larger group.

We value innovation across our therapies services. We've introduced various new ideas and created different roles in recent years, such as introducing a Research and Innovation Lead.

For newcomers at the Royal Devon, you'll have the opportunity to join our buddy scheme, and well also provide you with a tailored induction and local insights to help you settle into your new role. You'll enjoy regular 1‑2‑1s, team catch‑ups, mentoring and appraisals. Plus, our occupational health team have a full and varied wellbeing programme available.

Training and development opportunities are in high supply here, whether you are interested in clinical or leadership development, courses, secondments or placements. We will support you in finding the best way to grow. As an example of how far your career can take you,…