Rotational Dietitian

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London is seeking a Band 5 Dietitian to join our rotational team. This fixed-term role offers four six-month rotations across St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, providing acute inpatient experience in areas such as endocrine, orthopaedics, vascular, rehabilitation and elderly care with enteral feeding.

You will work within a large, forward-thinking Dietetics Department that supports CPD, student training and service development.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and registered practising dietitian status.
• Membership of professional body (e.g., BDA).
• Honours degree or higher in nutrition/dietetics or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• To plan and deliver a patient centred dietetic service to patients in hospital and in the community.
• To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To assess, diagnose and treat patients, individually or in groups when indicated in line with the BDA Nutrition and Dietetic Care Process.
• To develop individualised dietetic diagnoses and goal and task orientated nutrition care plans in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues.
• Ensure patient reviews demonstrate clinical reasoning, problem solving and risk assessment techniques, to determine agreed discharge planning and outcomes across health and social care.
• To undertake risk assessments to determine appropriate management, specifically relating to the nutrition management of a patient.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records in line with the legal requirements, Trust Guidelines and professional standards of practice.
• To use evidence based practice, audits and published research to inform their own practice including national and local clinical guidelines.
• To provide cover as requested for other colleagues in periods of planned or unplanned leave.

Education

HCPC registration

Membership of Professional Body

Degree classification upper second class honours or above

Tools

Dietary assessment software

Job description

Main area Dietetics Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (end date 18/06/2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 290-MIC-2245

Site St Mary's Hospital Town London Salary £38,488 - £46,852 pa inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2026 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 5 Dietitian to join our rotational team. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical skills while also contributing to service development and student training.

The post includes four six-month rotations across St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, supporting acute inpatient services.

These include admission wards, endocrine, orthopaedics, vascular, rehabilitation, and elderly care. All rotations involve enteral tube feeding and require close multidisciplinary collaboration, offering a well-rounded clinical experience.

You will be joining a large, high-profile, and forward-thinking department that is both friendly and committed to professional growth. We are actively involved in dietetic student placements and strongly support continuing professional development (CPD) for all staff. There are numerous opportunities for audit and service development, and you will be encouraged and supported to participate in these areas.

Main duties of the job

• To plan and deliver a patient centred dietetic service to patients in hospital and in the community.
• To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To assess, diagnose and treat patients, individually or in groups when indicated in line with the BDA Nutrition and Dietetic Care Process.
• To develop individualised dietetic diagnoses and goal and task orientated nutrition care plans in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues.
• Ensure patient reviews demonstrate clinical reasoning, problem solving and risk assessment techniques, to determine agreed discharge planning and outcomes across health and social care.
• To undertake risk assessments to determine appropriate management, specifically relating to the nutrition management of a patient.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records in line with the legal requirements, Trust Guidelines and professional standards of practice.
• To use evidence based practice, audits and published research to inform their own practice including national and local clinical guidelines.
• To provide cover as requested for other colleagues in periods of planned or unplanned leave.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Education/ Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Membership of Professional Body
• Membership of a specialist section
• Degree classification upper second class honours or above (or equivalent)

Experience/ Skills

• Experience of seeing patients according to the Nutrition & Dietetic Care Process
• Experience of artificial nutrition support in a hospital setting
• Experience in a clinical setting of application of professional standards and codes of conduct
• Experience of using evidence based practice
• Use of dietary assessment software.
• Recent junior experience in a structured rotational scheme.
• Group teaching skills

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).

Vacancy Closing Date

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.