Community Dietitian | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Community Dietitian to join the Nutrition & Dietetic team in Waltham Forest. This role involves providing nutrition and dietetic assessments, contributing to departmental activities, and mentoring new dietitians. Applicants must hold an HCPC registration and a recognized Dietetic degree. The position offers a supportive environment for newly qualified dietitians with a structured preceptorship program. A High Cost Area Supplement is also included in the remuneration.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is mandatory.
• Must have a recognized Dietetic degree or equivalent.
• Experience in multiple disease states and dietetic therapies.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard nutrition and dietetic assessments.
• Contribute to departmental activities such as audits.
• Maintain timely and accurate health information notes.

Skills

HCPC registration

Clinical knowledge & experience

Effective organisational skills

Education

Recognised Dietetic degree qualification or equivalent

Job description

Community Dietitian

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the Dietetic service across the Borough of Waltham Forest while working within the Nutrition & Dietetic team. The post holder will be able to consolidate and gain wider experience in a range of services including nutrition support, diabetes, health promotion and also mentor students within NELFT. Newly qualified Dietitians will be fully supported via individual supervision sessions, adult team meetings and the NELFT preceptorship programme which lasts between 9‑12 months.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Recognised Dietetic degree qualification or equivalent.
• Clinical knowledge & experience across a variety of disease states and dietetic therapies.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Effective organisational skills

To be able to prioritise and manage own workload within time and financial constraints.

The main responsibilities of the post

• Be part of the Nutrition & Dietetic team, providing a service across the Borough of Waltham Forest and NELFT.
• Provide high standard nutrition and dietetic assessments, individual treatment programmes and maintain timely and accurate health information notes.
• Be involved in the review and production of care pathways, literature and making presentations to different audiences.
• Contribute to departmental activities such as audits, maintenance of online resource hub and research to further own and teams clinical practice.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be part held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,108 and a maximum payment of £5,177 per annum pro rata).

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025