We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Paediatric Gastroenterology Dietitian to join our specialist team on a 9-month fixed-term, full-time contract. This role offers the chance to work across both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting children and young people with a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions.
You will be part of a well-established and friendly multidisciplinary team, providing expert dietetic care for patients with conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis, and complex enteral feeding needs. Your work will include face-to-face clinics, virtual consultations, and ward-based care, offering variety and the opportunity to make a real impact.
Main Duties
- To provide specialist dietetic management of children with complex gastrointestinal conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure, short bowel syndrome, and post-surgical gut rehabilitation.
- Provide expert nutritional assessment and intervention for patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition, working closely with the gastroenterology, surgery, and nutrition support teams.
- Contribute to the multidisciplinary management of children with mucosal immunology disorders, GI food allergies, and motility issues, ensuring dietetic care is evidence-based and family-centred.
- Deliver detailed nutritional analysis and develop tailored feeding plans, including specialist feeds, oral nutritional supplements, and micronutrient supplementation where clinically indicated.
- Participate in gastroenterology MDTs and feeding pathway discussions, ensuring timely communication of dietetic plans with the wider team, including community services and primary care as required.
- Support service development and provide clinical supervision to junior dietitians and students, contributing to quality improvement initiatives within the paediatric gastroenterology service.
The post holders will join a wider paediatric dietetic team of ~40 WTE dietitians and dietetic assistants who cover a wide range of specialties including inherited metabolic disease, diabetes, renal, gastroenterology, complex feeding clinic, allergy and respiratory.
The service is overseen by the Evelina London Lead Dietitian and the Paediatric team form part of the wider Guy's and St Thomas' dietetic department of over 100 dietitians, with a focus on innovation, quality, education, development and well-being.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rita Shergill-Bonner Job title: Principal Paediatric Gastroenterology Dietitian Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 02071887188
Please contact Rita Shergill-Bonner for further details. 020 7188 7188 ext 58231
