Band 5 Acute Dietitian | Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated Dietitians to join their team. As a band 5 Dietitian, you will develop your skills across two hospitals, manage a clinical caseload, and contribute to service improvements. Candidates must have a recognised degree in Dietetics and be eligible for HCPC registration. This role offers a supportive environment committed to professional growth and personal development, with the opportunity to educate healthcare professionals and students.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to register with the HCPC is essential.
• Proven communication skills across a variety of disease states.
• Experience in dietetic therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide Nutrition and Dietetic Service to the trust.
• Be responsible for a designated inpatient and outpatient clinical caseload.
• Participate in service improvement and development.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamworking

Clinical skills

Education

Recognised degree/diploma in Dietetics

Job description

We are looking for two enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitians to join our friendly team at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust. As one of the busiest acute trusts in London, based across Queen’s Hospital in Romford, and King George Hospital in Goodmayes, our department includes Dietitians with specialist skills in oncology, advanced nutrition support, surgery, gastroenterology, stroke/neurosciences, critical care and paediatrics.

The post offers an excellent opportunity for band 5 Dietitians to consolidate or expand their experience in the acute setting, over three rotations across our two hospitals. You will work closely with our Specialist Dietitians to develop your knowledge and skills, with responsibility for a designated inpatient and outpatient clinical caseload.

We are committed to professional and personal development so you will benefit from many opportunities to participate in service improvement, whilst being supported to progress your own career objectives. The department is actively involved in education of other health care professionals and students; you will be expected to participate in this training.

Responsibilities

• To be an integrated member of the Nutrition and Dietetic Team, providing a Nutrition and Dietetic Service to Barking Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
• To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner for a designated inpatient and outpatient clinical caseload.
• To actively participate in service improvement and development of own area to provide a high quality, efficient and effective patient service.
• To act as an expert advisor within own area to patients, carers, voluntary groups, social services and healthcare professionals, within and external to the organisation.

A recognised degree/diploma in Dietetics including eligibility to register with the HCPC is essential, alongside proven communication, teamworking and clinical skills, across a variety of disease states and dietetic therapies.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025