Community Dietitian

Integrated Care System; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Barnsley is seeking a Band 5 Community Dietitian to join its busy Nutrition & Dietetics Service. This role offers a varied caseload across various settings, including care homes and clinics. Successful candidates will need strong teamwork, communication, and time management skills, along with a commitment to professional development. This is a full-time, fixed-term position aiming to provide high-quality nutritional care to the community.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in a therapy setting with inpatients and outpatients.
• Evidence of post-registration education and training.
• Ability to assess and treat patients requiring dietetic intervention.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload requiring dietetic intervention in the community.
• Provide dietetic assessment and intervention for various conditions.
• Participate in education and staff development.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Time management

Counseling

Behavior change techniques

Education

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Community Dietitian

The closing date is 13 August 2025

1 x 34.5 hours per week - 12 month fixed term

We are looking for anenthusiastic Band 5 Dietitian to join our busy Community Nutrition &Dietetics Service in Barnsley, for 1 year from September 2025 (fixed termcontract).

The post is varied andinteresting, covering a range of community dietetics including communityclinics, care homes and people who are housebound. The caseload includesnutrition support & general dietetics, with the opportunity to gain someexperience with diabetes & enteral feeding (with support and supervision)

Our team is friendly andwelcoming, supporting each other to provide the best nutritional care for thepeople of Barnsley.

You will need excellent teamworking, communication, organisation and time management skills, as well as beable to demonstrate a commitment to CPD.

This is acommunity-based role; applicants must have a driving license and access to avehicle for work purposes. Acontribution to the training of student dietitians is also expected.

Atthe time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements setby UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For thisreason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role.

Weare happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right towork in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will beconsidered alongside all other applications.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Community Dietitian you will:

Manage a caseload requiring dietetic intervention in the communitythis may include a range of settings such as care homes, clinics and patientsown homes.

Be able to provide dietetic assessment and intervention for a range ofconditions including nutrition support and general dietetics.

Work as a part of our team of dietitians and dietetic assistants.

Have a patient centred approach in line with our Trust values.

Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Possess excellent communication/interpersonal skills to negotiate andbuild rapport with patients, carers and families.

Work with key members of multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provideindividualised advice, support & care plans to patients.

Participate in education & staff development, clinicalsupervision and the delivery of dietetic student training.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that anincreasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responseson NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct athorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the nextstage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this inyour NHS Jobs application form.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Thisjob description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertakeother duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with thepostholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Job Purpose

1.Assesspatients, develop care plans, advise and monitor patients progress for a rangeof conditions in inpatient and outpatient settings.

2.Tobe responsible for advice to staff, patients and carers

Core Duties & repsonsibilities

Clinical

1.Tobe professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of own work includingthe management of patients in your care

2.Toundertake clinical assessment and treatment of own caseload of patientsincluding calculation of individual diets and enteral feeding regimens whereappropriate

3.Monitorand review individual treatment plans as required according to patientsclinical condition to provide the most effective and efficient outcomes forpatients.

4.Organise,produce, deliver and evaluate training on nutrition and dietetics relatedissues other health service staff and patients and carers

5.Tocommunicate effectively with patients carers, members of the multidisciplinaryteam and other agencies to achieve patient centred goals

6.Toproduce and update dietetic/nutritional teaching materials and therapeutic dietsheets.

Professional

1.To beresponsible for maintaining own professional development through a variety ofCPD activities and reflective practice

2.To assistsenior clinicians with the supervision, training and induction of studentdietitians, dietetic assistants and newly appointed staff when necessary

3.To contributeto audit and development and implementation of clinical standards/policies/outcomemeasures within the department.

4.Respondto nutritional queries from other health professionals and the general public.

5.Tokeep accurate and comprehensive records in accordance with trust and dieteticdepartment standards, including computer based data entry.

6.Toadhere to Trust and dietetic department standards/policies and procedures.Including Trust and area specific appraisal and clinical supervision

7.Toensure that equipment such as enteral feeding pumps is used safely by staff,patients and carers.

8.Workclosely with immediate dietetic colleagues and team leader to provide acomprehensive and cohesive dietetic service.

9.Developand maintain links with other Dietitians, through local, regional and nationalnetworks.

10. To work collaboratively with serviceusers, catering staff and facilities monitoring co-ordinators to ensure thatmenus meet the nutritional, cultural and ethical needs of service users.

11. The post holder holder is expected tocover the duties of colleagues in posts within the range of the post holdersknowledge and skills.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care andtreatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, theircarers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity andrespectat all time. The post holder must all time actin accordance with the Trusts Values:

Respectful

Person firstand in the centre

Improve and beoutstanding

Relevanttoday, ready for tomorrow

Families andcarers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety orwellbeing of children, adults service users,members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse andunderstand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to beread in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust mustcomply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate trainingrequired for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raiseconcerns;

maintainconfidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code ofConduct;

understand their personal responsibilities withregards to data quality for any information which they create, use or processin accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust DataProtection policy;

complywith the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol.Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors.Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake firetraining annually;

receivesupervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisalin line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, rolespecific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understandtheir responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in EmploymentPolicy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise,respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users,carers and the public. Contribute to aworking environment which promotes and responds positively to difference anddiversity;

ensurethey carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children andyoung people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of TheChildren Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguardingpolicies and participatingin relevanttraining;

complywith their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and delivercare through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate,through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continualdevelopment of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abideby relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking actionwhen codes of conduct are breached;

workflexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within aculture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors inPeople (IiP) Standards.

adhereto the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trustgrounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measuresthat support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidentsand near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts ownresponsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice onthe prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety,ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres tothis Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

Thisjob description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertakeother duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this postwill be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in linewith the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Evidence of other post-registration education and training.

Training

• Demonstrate a willingness to undertake training as relevant to the role.
• Appropriate membership to specialist dietetic interest group/s.
• Behaviour change training level 1.
• Clinical supervisory skills course.

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Can communicate specialist dietetic information in an understandable form to patients and carers on a one to one or group basis, and in written form.
• Able to work effectively as part of dietetic and multidisciplinary team.
• Skilled in counselling and behaviour change techniques.
• Able to assess and treat patients requiring dietetic intervention and to monitor and adapt dietetic treatment as appropriate.
• Computer literate in Microsoft PowerPoint internet and Word.
• Presentation/teaching skills.
• Audit skills.

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrate commitment to professional and personal development. Able to reflect on clinical practice to enhance competency.
• Able to work independently and using own initiative.
• Use time management skills to effectively organise, prioritise and manage a demanding caseload that may be subject to unforeseen changes.
• Able to make informed clinical and non-clinical decisions under pressure.
• Confident, enthusiastic, committed and displays proactive approach.
• Adaptable and flexible around working times and practices including evening and weekend work where necessary.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to role.
• Member of British Dietetic Association.

Physical Attributes

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Experience

• Experience of working in a therapy setting across the health community (inpatients and outpatients).
• Experience of training student dieticians.

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.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust