Specialist Dietitian - Paediatric
The closing date is 07 November 2025
Job summary
This is a new post working as part of the MDT within the complications of excess weight (CEW) clinic within the paediatric service.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in to provide a high quality, evidence based up to date nutrition and dietetic service to the complications of excess weight (CEW) service in paediatrics requiring a specialist level of knowledge, skills, and experience. This will be delivered under the guidance of the NNUH hub service and operate as a spoke.
The clinic runs once a fortnight on a Tuesday and the expectation is for your hours to be worked on site at Colchester Hospital.
For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Philippa Marshall, Professional Lead for Dietetics on 07927 682973 or Philippa.marshall@esneft.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
To provide the paediatric dietetic service to the CEW service using specialist skills and knowledge in the assessment and management of childhood obesity.
To interpret a wide range of medical and biochemical data in order to make clinical decisions.
To advise medical and other health care workers on the appropriate dietetic management of children in the CEW clinic.
To undertake nutritional assessments, analyse dietary intake and calculate nutritional requirements considering age, medical, social and cultural factors.
To be competent to undertake accurate measurements and interpretation of the results to assess a child's nutritional status. This may include the use of growth charts, skin fold thickness, calculation height velocity and BMI/Height for weight)
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted
24 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
17 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
432-HR822-25
Job locations
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
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