Primary Care Dietitian | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare organization in London is seeking a dedicated dietitian to manage a clinical caseload and provide dietary assessments in outpatient clinics. Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm for community work and possess strong communication skills. This role offers flexible working options and comprehensive training support.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Annual travel card loan

Training and development

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for working in a community setting.
• Ability to calculate energy requirements and recommend nutritional interventions.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own clinical caseload at outpatient clinics.
• Providing appropriate dietary assessment and treatment.
• Applying negotiation and counselling skills with patients.

Skills

Autonomous working

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a dietitian with good clinical knowledge and a commitment to progress within our innovative team to establish a career in community dietetics.

This role will provide you with a wide portfolio of clinical experience in nutrition support, chronic disease management and Preventative medicine. You will be joining an award-winning team of highly experienced community dietitians who hold regular peer support meetings and provide 1:1 Practice supervision to facilitate clinical excellence and personal development.

You will participate in our annual audit programme, student training and encouraged to develop innovative service changes alongside senior colleagues. You will be managing your own clinical caseload and see patients at outpatient clinics (both face to face and virtually).

Responsibilities

• Managing your own clinical caseload and seeing patients at outpatient clinics (face to face and virtually).
• Be supported to develop your clinical competencies for nutrition support and long term conditions.
• Provide a dietetic service including appropriate dietary assessment and treatment in the outpatient clinic setting (face-to-face and virtual).
• Liaise with the Specialist Primary Care Dietitians when additional guidance is required or a patient has complex clinical needs.
• Work autonomously to calculate energy requirements and to recommend food fortification to meet nutritional requirements or an appropriate prescription for oral nutrition supplements.
• Apply communication, negotiation and counselling skills to empower patients to achieve long term lifestyle and behavioural changes, taking into account emotional, physical, social and psychological barriers as well as influences on change.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Demonstrate enthusiasm for working in a community setting.
• Communicate evidence-based personalised dietetic advice to the diverse population of Brent in an engaging style.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a supportive team.
• Ability to calculate energy requirements and to recommend appropriate nutritional interventions as part of patient care.

Benefits

• Acomprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up).
• Flexible working options.
• Annual travel card loan.
• Training, support and development in your career.
• To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:
  https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Additional information

Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025