Specialist Paediatric Dietitian - Allergy

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Paediatric Dietitian with expertise in paediatric allergy to help lead and deliver a high-quality, responsive Children's Allergy Dietetic Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

You will be a key member of the multidisciplinary team, working within paediatric allergy outpatient clinics across St Mary's and Hammersmith hospitals. The role involves leading and developing the dietetic allergy service for a complex paediatric outpatient caseload, contributing expert nutritional assessment, intervention, and advice to support diagnosis and optimise patient pathways.

This is a busy and varied role requiring close collaboration with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues. Alongside the Paediatric Allergy Dietetic Lead, you will play an active role in service development, quality improvement, and fostering a culture of learning. You will supervise and support staff, contribute to audits, and lead or support service development projects informed by best evidence and clinical expertise.

If you are an innovative practitioner with strong experience in paediatric allergy, a passion for service development, and the ability to think creatively in a complex clinical environment, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children, young people, and their families living with allergic disease.

• Provide a highly specialist paediatric allergy dietetic service to the tertiary Paediatric Allergy Service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
• Work in partnership with the Clinical Lead Dietitian for Paediatric Allergy to support the delivery, development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the service.
• Apply advanced specialist knowledge and experience in paediatric allergy to deliver expert assessment, intervention, and advice across outpatient clinics and the paediatric allergy day unit.
• Act as a clinical expert and resource, providing education and training to staff, patients, and families on the nutritional management of paediatric allergy.
• Supervise and support the Band 3 Dietetic Assistant and contribute to the training and supervision of student dietitians.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team as well as colleagues across shared care centres and paediatric allergy networks in London and nationally.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent
• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Experience of service development/change management
• Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality
• Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role)
• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

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