Dietitian | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider is seeking a newly qualified or Band 5 dietitian to join a dynamic team. This role involves delivering comprehensive dietetic services in a large teaching hospital, including outpatient counselling and patient education. The successful candidate will enjoy structured rotations across clinical areas and benefits from a well-supported professional development program. Applicants must be applying for HCPC registration, and the position offers collaborative teamwork within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 10 Dec 2025.

Benefits

CPD program supervision

Friendly work environment

Regular feedback and support

Qualifications

• Must have or be in the process of applying for HCPC registration.
• Capable of providing individualised dietetic advice.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure evidence-based dietetic service for patients.
• Provide nutritional counselling in outpatient settings.
• Educate staff and patients on dietary management.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Nutritional counselling

Communication and teaching

Dietary support

Education

HCPC registration

Relevant dietetics degree

Tools

Nutritional software

Enteral feeding pumps

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for for a newly qualified dietitian, or existing band 5 dietitian, who is seeking further experience working in a large teaching hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking team player to join our friendly and dynamic band 5 team, where you will have the opportunity to work with general medicine and community teams.

The Band 5 team have structured 6 monthly rotations where they can develop skills and experience across a wide range of clinical areas including elderly care, orthopaedics, surgery, gastroenterology, acute care, general medicine, cardiovascular and community. The rotations cover a mixture of inpatient areas, outpatient clinics, integrated community services, delivering talks to patients, staff and students in a supportive environment on which to build your dietetic career.

We are recruiting to 1.0 WTE Band 5 vacancy, but following interview, you may be added to a reserve list for future Band 5 Dietitian permanent positions which may become available at the trust. You are welcome to apply if you have previously been on the reserve list but were not offered a position.

The dietetic department are trialling a transparent interview process. If selected for interview, a proportion of questions will be shared with you 48 hours in advance to allow you to prepare. Additional unseen questions will be provided during the interview as usual. You will be asked to complete a questionnaire following the interview.

To work as part of the Band 5 Dietetic Team responsible for providing individualised dietetic advice to inpatients, outpatients, staff and carers across St Thomas’ Hospital and local communities of Lambeth and Southwark. The post may involve delivering group education sessions across acute and community settings.

We offer a well evaluated CPD programme with supervision from senior dietitians across a range of specialties including oncology, renal, gastroenterology, stroke, diabetes, HIV and paediatrics, and protected time for professional development. As such we are able to provide excellent learning opportunities and encourage professional development in the role. You will be provided with regular clinical supervision and regular 1:1s for support, empowering you to deliver high quality, safe and compassionate care.

You will be joining a team of over 100 dietitians and the department has excellent administrative support secretarial support from our administration team, and clinical support from dietetic assistants. We are a large training centre for student dietitians on placements 1, 2 and 3 and you will be actively involved with this. The department aims to provide a high quality service through evidence based practice and listening to acting on staff and patient feedback.

You must have or be in the process of applying for HCPC registration at the time of your application in order to be considered for interview. Successful applicants may be added to the reserve list following interview but will be required to provide evidence of HCPC registration and when provided, will then be considered for future roles.

Clinical responsibilities

• To be responsible for providing a comprehensive evidence-based dietetic service for patients and carers. This will include the provision of a comprehensive and effective dietetic service, providing nutritional counselling to patients on designated acute wards and community sites, in conjunction with the supervising clinical specialist.
• To provide expert advice to patients, carers and clinicians regarding provision of nutritional support for patients based on clinical evidence. This will involve nutritional assessment; to include the calculation of nutritional requirements based on the interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, clinical condition and other physical parameters.
• To provide nutritional counselling to patients and carers in the outpatient setting on appropriate dietary treatment and management where training in post registration cognitive behaviour therapy is required.
• Ability to develop and use communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population both on a one to one and in groups.
• To directly prescribe nutritional supplements, vitamins and mineral supplements as agreed with the medical team.
• To communicate and liaise with the community multidisciplinary team regarding nutritional management of patients and where necessary providing information and education to clinicians and carers.
• To advise and liaise with catering staff concerning the special dietary requirements of inpatients, and to assist in instructing chefs on the preparation of therapeutic diets as required.
• To provide nutrition teaching sessions to other members of the multi disciplinary team on the following topics: care of the elderly, nutrition screening, coronary heart disease, COPD and all appropriate health promotion initiatives both in hospital and the local community.
• To be responsible for the discharge planning of patients going home on artificial nutritional support.
• To work as team to prioritise a large caseload and support each other to deliver quality, safe and efficient patient care.

Professional Responsibilities

• To participate fully in the appraisal process and develop a strategy for continuing professional development encompassing a portfolio based assessment in line with national legislation.
• To be an active team member of the dietetic department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ participating in departmental developments and projects and attending staff and continuing professional development meetings.
• To carry out administrative duties in line with local standards and policies including ensuring adequate patient records are kept and all requirements for data collection are met.

Education & Training

• To undertake appropriate training and then participate and supervise the clinical training of Dietetic students.
• To participate in the development and delivery of training to any appropriate staff group.
• To undertake training to be deemed competent in the use of all equipment related to nutritional assessment e.g. anthropometric equipment.
• To be competent in the use of information technology with particular reference to nutritional packages for assessment of patients nutritional requirements and dietary adequacy.
• To undertake training to be deemed competent in the use of enteral feeding pumps and equipment.
• To give talks/lectures to interested groups.

Research/Audit

• To undertake supervised research or audit, where appropriate, which will enhance dietetic care for the patient.
• To undertake such other duties as shall be indicated by the Clinical Dietetic Services Manager to meet the exigencies of the service and/or needs of the patients.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025