Practice Development Dietitian

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a Practice Development Dietitian to support therapy staff and ensure high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have extensive clinical experience and be an effective communicator. This role involves supervising staff, recruiting new team members, and delivering education programmes. Flexibility across campuses is essential for the position.

Qualifications

• Dynamic and forward-thinking dietitian with excellent communication skills.
• HCPC registration required.
• Ability to work flexibly across both campuses.

Responsibilities

• Support therapy staff across the 4 pillars of practice.
• Supervise the Practice Placement Lead Dietitian.
• Recruit and deliver the Preceptorship programme.

Skills

Clinical experience

Student educator experience

Planning education programmes

Teaching junior staff

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Practice Development Dietitian (Band 7) to join our established Therapies Practice Development team at NUH. The practice development role is wide and varied, and offers educational and career support to all therapy staff at NUH, alongside other key deliverables as detailed below.

If you are a dynamic and forward thinking dietitian, wishing to utilise and further develop your excellent communication and planning skills, we would like to hear from you. Applicants are required to be able to work on both campuses flexibly.

The therapy practice development team supports therapy services to deliver excellent patient care and high quality staff experiences.

Closing date: 24 September 2025

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The therapy practice development team supports therapy services to deliver excellent patient care and high quality staff experiences. The postholder will be responsible for the recruitment of new Band 5s to NUH to provide our services at this level, and then undertake delivery of the Preceptorship programme alongside our Band 5 rotation and the staff employed on this.

Supporting staff to develop in all 4 pillars of practice is a key deliverable for the postholder, offering support in relation to career conversations, performance development and key projects within the service. The post holder directly supervises the Practice Placement Lead Dietitian who leads on practice placement within the service.

About us

If you are a dynamic and forward thinking HCPC registered Dietitian wishing to utilise and further develop your excellent communication and planning skills, we would like to hear from you. Applicants are required to be able to work on both campuses flexibly.

NUH holds a set of values and behaviours which are expected to be adhered to by all employees. Please see the website for further details

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification are attached to the advert. The post holders main responsibility will be to provide high quality support across the 4 pillars of practice for the dietitians employed at NUH.

Person Specification

Experience

• extensive clinical experience across most specialities
• student educator experience

Planning and communication

• experience in planning education programmes
• experience in teaching of junior staff

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.

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