Band 5 Acute Dietitian

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a Band 5 Acute Dietitian to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing high-quality dietetic care across various clinical settings, including acute medicine and specialist care areas. Candidates must be a qualified dietitian, registered with HCPC, with a commitment to professional development and teamwork. Flexibility in working across different sites is essential. This is an excellent opportunity to further your dietetic career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Professional development opportunities

Mentorship program for new starters

Qualifications

• Good level of written or spoken English.
• Evidence of CPD is required.
• Sound knowledge of Clinical Dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality dietetic care to patients.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams for nutritional care.
• Facilitate a 7 day therapy service as required.

Skills

Clinical Dietetics

Nutritional Support

Good communication

Education

Dietitian with qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics (BSc, PG diploma or MSc)

Registration as Dietitian with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA)

Job description

Band 5 Acute Dietitian

The closing date is 11 January 2026

Are you an enthusiastic dietitian looking for an exciting, varied role within an acute hospital setting?

Whether you’re newly qualified, finishing your degree, or looking for a new challenge this post will suit a dynamic band 5 Dietitian looking to experience a varied caseload within a supportive and friendly team.

We have job opportunities across teams who cover: Acute Medicine; Healthcare of Older People and Stroke; Surgery and Specialist Medicine which includes Infectious Disease and Respiratory. Each of these teams have Band 6's and Band 7's to be able to provide clinical supervision, support and guidance.

We are part of a large friendly department with opportunities to complete attachments in a number of specialist dietetic areas including oncology, renal, HIV, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, weight management and bariatrics, gastroenterology, paediatrics and community nutrition support.

Alongside the senior colleagues within our teams we also have a wealth of specialist dietetic staff across our department to be able to provide support as you build your clinical knowledge. All of our newly qualified starters are enrolled on our preceptorship programme and have a designated mentor. This ensures clinical and professional support is available as you start your dietetic career and we welcome you into our department.

This post is a great platform on which to start or continue to build your dietetic career!

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking team of Dietitians and Assistant Practitioners who are enthusiastic about providing high quality dietetic care and are working on a range of service improvement projects to maximise effectiveness. We are focused on delivering the highest quality care to our patients, both in the hospital setting and on discharge. You will be confident in working within a variety of multidisciplinary teams and advocating for the best nutritional care for the patient. Our Trust uses electronic documentation systems to help facilitate efficient working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills are required.

Whilst a car is not essential flexibility is required in order to facilitate cover for the caseload across our hospital sites.

The Trust is committed to providing a 7 day therapy service with participation in bank holiday cover for dietetics.

The Trust is a multi‑site organisation, you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites and you may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis, as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.

We would support applicants looking for part time or full time hours.

If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Sarah Thatapudi on 0121 424 2673.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and enforces a no smoking policy.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Dietitian with qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics (BSc, PG diploma or MSc)
• Registration as Dietitian with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Good level of written or spoken English
• Evidence of CPD
• Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
• Member of relevant specialist interest groups (BDA or other)

Experience

• Will have had relevant clinical experience as part of undergraduate training
• Sound knowledge of Clinical Dietetics
• Knowledge of different types of nutritional support
• Demonstrates interest/enthusiasm in relevant clinical areas
• Demonstrates an understanding of audit, clinical effectiveness and its importance in the provision of a quality service
• Demonstrates an awareness of local needs e.g. ethnic minority and low income groups
• May have worked for another trust with a broad range of general experience
• Post‑graduate experience relevant to post
• Evidence of relevant continued professional development

Additional Criteria

• Reliable, conscientious and flexible
• Team player
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work flexibly as per the requirements of the post
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. off‑site travel e.g. for home visits or frequent travel between sites where required for the role
• Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
• Commitment to CPD
• Enthusiasm and motivation to work at UHB
• Demonstrates the Trust values of Kind, Connected & Bold

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust