Dietitian

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom is looking for 3x Band 5 Dietitians. This exciting role offers varied experiences across different teams and settings, providing essential dietetic interventions. Successful candidates will work autonomously while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. A commitment to personal development and patient-centered care is essential. The position promotes work-life balance with flexible hours and excellent support for newly qualified practitioners.

Benefits

Flexible working

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Must have completed UK recognised clinical placements or equivalent.
• Experience in health or social care setting is required.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to patients and caregivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic advice and treatment to patients in various settings.
• Manage own caseload autonomously with support from senior colleagues.
• Conduct training and education sessions for healthcare professionals.

Skills

Dietetic professional knowledge

Communication skills

Time management

Analytical skills

Motivational skills

Education

BSc in Dietetics or equivalent

Registered with Health Care Professions Council

BDA Member

Job description

Dietitian

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Please note: due to the fixed‑term nature of these roles, we are unable to offer sponsorship. You must have right to work in the UK.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit to 3x Band 5 Dietitian positions within the Dietetic Department at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Band 5 posts are varied and supportive, offering rotations across specialist teams, inpatient wards, community settings (including home and care‑home visits) and outpatient clinics. You will provide dietetic interventions for nutrition support, weight management, non‑complex gastro (IBS, coeliac disease), and general dietetic advice. The role also includes reviewing diet sheets, contributing to audits, delivering education sessions and supporting student training.

You will join a friendly, collaborative team of dietitians, dietetic assistants and admin staff working across Warwick, Leamington & George Eliot Hospital, and the community. We are a forward‑thinking service, committed to high‑quality care and ongoing service improvement.

We offer an excellent preceptorship scheme for newly qualified practitioners and are committed to staff wellbeing, flexible working and a positive work–life balance.

This is an excellent opportunity to begin and develop your dietetic career—don’t miss it!

Main duties of the job

Advise on the dietary management of patients with a range of medical conditions in hospital and / or community locations.

Work autonomously to assess and treat own caseload of patients, with support as necessary from senior colleagues.

Plan, deliver and evaluate training and education to other healthcare professionals, patient groups and the public.

Liaise with dietetic colleagues and other members of multidisciplinary teams as necessary e.g. medical, nursing, catering and other health or social care professionals.

Promote the ethos of self‑management and prevention to patients, staff and carers to prevent nutritional problems, medical conditions and complications.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford‑Upon‑Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston‑on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient‑facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below: https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2. We appreciate you completing the survey.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

Be clinically competent to give dietetic advice, treatment and dietary counselling to patients on general wards, out‑patient clinics, community locations and telephone reviews.

Work autonomously to manage own caseload providing dietetic advice to patients, their carers and staff with a range of medical conditions in hospital and community locations, within agreed protocols / guidelines and with support from senior colleagues when necessary.

Judge the appropriateness of referrals, action dietetic management and advise referring agents of inappropriate referrals.

Analyse and interpret information from a variety of sources regarding individual patients, e.g. biochemistry, medication, clinical condition, anthropometric measurements.

Undertake nutritional calculations e.g. calculating nutritional requirements, analysis of nutritional intakes using specialist IT systems.

Develop and modify dietetic treatment and discharge plans referring to other specialists as appropriate.

To recommend appropriate ACBS nutritional products for patients and document appropriately.

Communicate complex nutrition and dietetic information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers, using negotiation, motivation and counselling skills including situations where there are barriers to understanding.

Work in conjunction with medical, nursing and professional colleagues, attending MDT meetings as necessary to facilitate good communications to provide high quality patient care.

Liaise and advise catering staff when necessary to ensure the appropriate provision of meals for individual patients.

Plan, implement and evaluate group education sessions for patients.

To liaise closely with referrers, GPs and other health professionals, and participate in multidisciplinary meetings or case reviews as appropriate.

Produce timely reports to referring Health Care Professionals regarding patient care.

Participate in the health promotion activities of the department.

To identify opportunities to promote healthier lifestyles or more appropriate nutrition using innovative methods, develop initiatives to promote healthier nutrition.

Training and Education

Participate in the clinical supervision of student dietitians, including planning timetables and completing assessment tools.

Plan, implement and evaluate nutrition education & training for nurses, support workers, catering staff, medical, social care staff and the public as required.

Professional

Ensure dietetic practice is up to date, evidence‑based and / or based on best practice by participating in appropriate training and development activities.

Participate and contribute to clinical supervision to ensure regular evaluation of practice through peer review.

Ensure relevant training is attended to maintain competency re medical devices required within the job role.

Participate in dietetic operational meetings, sharing knowledge, evaluating and improving service delivery.

Participate in the departments Clinical Governance programme including reviewing evidence / guidance, clinical and professional audits, research and reporting of clinical risks.

To comment on nutrition & dietetic guidelines and procedures and propose changes to working practice.

Evaluate patient information in view of current evidence and produce new or update information / diet sheets as required.

To work as an autonomous practitioner working within the BDA Code of professional conduct and HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency (Dietitians).

Plan and organise own workload and evaluate own practice.

Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Ensure effective use is made of department / trust resources, equipment and prescribed nutritional products.

Be responsible for maintaining patient records in line with trust and department standards and Data Protection Act requirements.

Document patient activity data daily in accordance with trust and professional standards.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of the profile of the Dietetic profession.

General

To provide cover for colleagues during periods of leave and peak workloads.

To ensure that all Trust standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Every employee has a duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work, and to co‑operate with the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust to ensure that statutory and Trust regulations are complied with.

To participate in appraisals and personal reviews and work to achieve agreed set objectives.

To participate in appropriate training and development activities.

To participate in team, professional and personal development activities and promote commitment to continuous development and improvement.

Ensure that all staff consciously review mistakes, complaints and incidents/near misses as well as successes to improve performance and the level of customer care.

All employees will have an organisational and individual responsibility towards safeguarding vulnerable adults, young people and children. Where employees are working with children, young people and families they have a responsibility to cooperate in national safeguarding policy around early intervention activities appropriate to improving health outcomes.

As a major provider of health care, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust operate a Smoke Free Policy by providing a totally smoke‑free environment to help aid patients recovery, promote health and wellbeing and minimise the risks of complications attributed to smoking tobacco and second hand smoke.

Recognise the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles and be aware of health and wellbeing initiatives.

To abide by Infection Prevention and Control policies relevant to their area of work, and undertake the necessary level of training. This will be appraised through the KSF review process or other relevant professional review process.

To contribute to promoting and implementing the Trust's Carbon Management policy, in line with team and organisational objectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
• Dietitian registered with the Health Care Professions Council (or application submitted)
• BDA Member

Experience

• Completed UK recognised clinical placements or equivalent
• Experience of working in a health or social care setting

Skills

• Up to date dietetic professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Able to analyse information and make judgements on dietetic issues
• Able to communicate complex and sensitive information in an understandable form for patients and their carers using dietary counselling, motivational and negotiation skills
• Able to demonstrate good written and oral communication skills with a range of people from a variety of backgrounds, without risk of miscommunication
• Able to plan & prioritise own caseload using time management skills
• Able to plan, deliver and evaluate training and group work
• Able to use a computer and have basic knowledge of word processing, e‑mail, dietary analysis, presentation preparation and electronic patient records

Personal Qualities

• Able to be an effective member of the dietetic team and MDT's
• Able to handle challenging situations
• Able to work independently but know own limitations and when to ask for support and help
• Committed to personal and professional development
• Committed to client centred, non‑discriminatory practice

Other

• Willing to work flexible hours to meet the requirements of the service
• Independent means of travel (community posts) and able to travel to training within Warwickshire (all posts)
• Willing to participate in student training and demonstrate awareness of practical issues in student training

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 Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Full‑time, Flexible working, Compressed hours