Practice Development Dietitian | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking a dynamic Practice Development Dietitian (Band 7) to support the development of therapy staff and ensure high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have HCPC registration, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly across campuses. This role includes responsibilities such as recruitment, delivering training programs, and direct supervision of staff. The application deadline is 24 September 2025.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Dietitian required.
• Dynamic and forward thinking with excellent communication and planning skills.
• Ability to work on both NUH campuses flexibly.

Responsibilities

• Recruit new Band 5s to provide services.
• Deliver Preceptorship programme and support staff development.
• Direct supervision of the Practice Placement Lead Dietitian.
• Provide high quality support across the 4 pillars of practice.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Planning skills

Dynamic and forward thinking

Education

HCPC registration as Dietitian

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.

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.

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

Advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025

Responsibilities

• Recruitment of new Band 5s to NUH to provide our services at this level.
• Delivery of the Preceptorship programme alongside our Band 5 rotation and the staff employed on this.
• Support staff to develop in all 4 pillars of practice, offering support in relation to career conversations, performance development and key projects within the service.
• Direct supervision of the Practice Placement Lead Dietitian who leads on practice placement within the service.
• Provide high quality support across the 4 pillars of practice for the dietitians employed at NUH.

Qualifications and Requirements

• HCPC registered Dietitian.
• Dynamic and forward thinking with excellent communication and planning skills.
• Ability to work on both NUH campuses flexibly.