Specialist All Age Community Dietitian

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Specialist All Age Community Dietitian in Bury, England. This role involves providing dietetic care across a range of conditions including nutrition support and diabetes, while also supporting paediatric patients. The candidate should have relevant qualifications such as a BSc/MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and HCPC Registration. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and training for both adults and children in diverse settings.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Previous paediatric experience is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work flexibly within a stressful and unpredictable environment.
• Able to travel across Northern Care Alliance sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic care to various conditions including nutrition support.
• Decide priorities for the work area and ensure timely patient transfer.
• Attend staff meetings and discuss the running of the service.

Skills

Assessment and analysis of complex dietetic issues

Well-developed communication skills

Good team working skills

Ability to practice using behaviour change methods

Computing skills

Education

BSc/MSc Nutrition and Dietetics

HCPC Registration

Accredited BDA course in a specialist area

Clinical skills supervisory course

Job description

Specialist All Age Community Dietitian

The closing date is 20 January 2026.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian to join our friendly, forward‑thinking and supportive All Age Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Bury.

This is an excellent chance to develop your experience and skills working with both adults and children in a variety of settings including community clinics, care homes and patients’ own homes. You will be dealing with a variety of conditions including nutrition support, coeliac disease, allergies, gastroenterology conditions, weight management, diabetes, and more.

The paediatric aspect of the role will be to provide support for the Advanced Paediatric Dietitian by offering a range of dietetic advice to children and their families. Previous paediatric experience is desirable but not essential and training will be provided. If you are interested in paediatrics then this job is an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in paediatrics while working in a supportive all‑age team.

If you are ready for a new challenge, are organised, have excellent communication skills and use a patient‑centred approach to your practice then Bury community dietitians welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

This post involves providing dietetic care to a variety of conditions including nutrition support, coeliac disease, allergies, gastroenterology conditions, weight management, diabetes, and more. Other main duties include:

• Decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with specialty.
• Ensure the safe and timely transfer of patients on nutrition support between settings and liaise with appropriate internal and external agencies.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in discussions concerning the running of the nutrition and dietetic service.
• Participate in the achievement of dietetic department objectives.

We are involved in the training of student dietitians and staff development is a high priority. You will be fully supported by lead specialists to enable you to establish yourself in the role. We are committed to work‑based education and training to improve clinical skills and we actively encourage CPD and audit.

You will be a key member of our small, friendly and innovative nutrition and dietetic team which consists of 6 dietitians, 2 dietetic assistants and admin support. The team covers a range of specialities including oncology, neurology, enteral tube feeding, weight management, gastroenterology, allergies/intolerance and paediatrics.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc Nutrition and Dietetics or post‑graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
• HCPC Registration
• Accredited BDA course in a specialist area
• Clinical skills supervisory course

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge of different ethnic cultures and religions
• Knowledge of nutritional needs and nutritional assessment in a range of clinical conditions

Skills and Abilities

• Assessment and analysis of complex dietetic issues
• Ability to advise on appropriate interventions, monitor, evaluate and adapt dietetic treatment as required
• Good team working skills
• Well‑developed communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Ability to work flexibly within a stressful and unpredictable environment
• Ability to practice using behaviour change methods
• Computing skills (word processing, internet, data inputting, dietary analysis)
• Able to reflect and appraise own performance
• Ability to convey complex information in an understandable way
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Anthropometric measurement skills
• Ability to demonstrate organisational skills including time management, prioritising and the ability to complete a task
• Ability to work autonomously within code of practice with peer support
• Caring and sensitive to the needs of patients, staff and colleagues
• Evidence of service and project development
• Evidence of presentations to groups

Work related Circumstances

• Able to travel across Northern Care Alliance sites to meet patient need, access training and attend meetings
• To understand and adhere to relevant Trust policies and procedures including data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety
• Portray a professional image
• Membership of the BDA
• Membership of relevant professional groups

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.