Closing date: 08 November 2026
Location: Exeter, Devon
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Band: Band 5 (Agenda for Change)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time

Are you a newly qualified or early career dietitian whose passion is paediatrics?

South west native or eager to explore the joys of West Country living?

We have the job for you! The paediatric dietitians at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital are eagerly searching for a highly motivated Band 5 paediatric dietitian to develop, support and encourage.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Job responsibilities

• You will be responsible for a small inpatient caseload on our 26 bedded childrens ward, as well as general paediatric outpatient clinics and responding to adhoc queries from parents or the MDT.
• There will be opportunity to develop training for MDT colleagues and contribute to work to improve provision of food/supplements on the paediatric ward.
• You should expect lots of supervision and support from specialist and experienced colleagues, with shadowing and cover opportunities.

If you love working with children and their families, please apply!

Working Pattern: 37.5 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Interview Date: To be confirmed

For further information please contact: Susie Costelloe - Paediatric Dietetic Team Lead on s.costelloe@nhs.net

Benefits
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team. This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us. We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.

You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Apply through our website