Community Dietician

NHS; Newport; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Newport is seeking a Community Dietician to join their team. The successful candidate will deliver dietary services across outpatient and community settings, educate patients, and manage a caseload. An ideal applicant should hold a relevant degree, be registered with the HCPC, and possess strong communication skills. Salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 annually, based on full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Actively participate in student training sessions.
• Demonstrate clinical knowledge in various settings.
• Display flexibility in adapting to workplace demands.

Responsibilities

• Provide a complete dietetic service to community referrals and outpatient clinics.
• Educate patients and healthcare professionals on dietary management.
• Maintain accurate records of dietary advice given.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

IT Skills

Effective user of computer software

Education

Degree in Dietetics BSc Human nutrition and Dietetics

Registered with the HCPC

Membership of BDA

Tools

Microsoft software

Dietary analysis software

Job description

Community Dietician

The closing date is 07 December 2025

We are recruiting for a Community Dietician to join our friendly team on the beautiful Isle of Wight.

You will be working as a member of the community and mental health dietetic team carrying out implementation, evaluation and delivery of the community dietetic service.

The successful candidate will work across an outpatient and community setting supporting the team provide a dietetic support to patients referred in for nutritional management.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a complete dietetic service to designated community referrals and patients in outpatient clinics.
• To provide a face‑to‑face service as well as embracing technology to carry our virtual clinics and patient support.
• Enhance the delivery of dietetic services to patients with diverse, complex and multi‑system pathologies.
• Coordinate and monitor the delivery of person‑centred dietetic healthcare, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate. Ensure the practice is adapted to meet individual/ client needs/circumstances; considering cultural backgrounds.
• Educate patients, carers and healthcare professionals in the dietary management and prevention of disease.
• Provide training to staff and patients on the importance of nutrition.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of dietary advice given to patients and record clinical decisions in accordance with BDA and Trust/ legal standards, and to communicate treatment outcomes with other professionals as appropriate.
• Be professionally and legally responsible/ accountable for the management of the designated dietetic caseload and to organise this effectively with regards to clinical priority.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of Adult and Children's Safeguarding procedures and attend professional meetings at the request of the safeguarding Teams /Social services.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Have a degree in Dietetics BSc Human nutrition and Dietetics.
• Must be registered with the HCPC.
• Effective user of computer software eg Microsoft and dietary analysis.
• Good foundation of Clinical Knowledge.
• Experience of working in a team.
• Willingness to participate in student training.
• Membership of BDA.

Experience

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• IT Skills.
• Evidence of good communication skills in sensitive/ complex situations.
• Full clean driving Licence.

Additional Criteria

• Good time management and ability to prioritise work load.
• Ability to know when to ask for advice and support.
• Be prepared to respond to unpredictable work patterns with interruptions.
• Flexible and adaptive and creative.
• Self motivated.
• Well organised and professional.
• Must be flexible in relation to workplace demands.
• Effective Team player.
• Desire to design and adapt information leaflets and diet sheets.
• Awareness of current research.
• Self‑motivation to learn.

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.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Based on full time hours