Specialist Community Dietitian

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health services trust in Reading is seeking a Specialist Community Dietitian (Band 6) for a full-time role. The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, provide specialist dietetic treatments, and support junior staff development. This position offers opportunities for continuous professional growth and is focused on delivering quality care through innovative methods. The ideal candidate must have a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and experience in paediatrics. The role promotes a supportive work environment with flexible options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to wellbeing tools

Discounts at popular retailers

Staff networks for diversity and equality

Generous maternity and paternity leave

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Registered with Health Care Professionals Council.
• Ability to work from home with access to Wi-Fi.
• Demonstrating experience in dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Provide dietetic care to a diverse patient caseload.
• Deliver dietetic treatments and coaching.
• Involve in departmental research and quality improvement.

Skills

Knowledge in paediatric dietetics

Coaching and supervising skills

Flexibility to travel

Education

Undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Job description

Job Title

Specialist Community Dietitian Band 6

Reading, Berkshire, Full time (37.5hrs) - job share can be considered

The Paediatric Community Dietetic Service based in Tilehurst, Reading - has an opportunity to offer a permanent full time paediatric Band 6 role.

The post holder will be covering a varied community caseload, including clinics across Berkshire seeing patients for fussy eating / CMPA / Gastro issues / faltering growth along with other dietetic concerns. There are also opportunities to develop experience and skills in other areas of community dietetics as well as line managing and mentoring junior staff.

We are a mobile working service and offer our patients the choice of face-to-face, virtual and phone appointments as well as home visits. To support this, we have excellent IT access and support staff home-working where appropriate.

As a team we strongly value continuing professional development and offer an employee-led appraisal process and personal development plan. We will support you to develop your ideas for research and audit and offer collaboration and training with our Research & Development and Clinical Effectiveness teams. We also engage in student training and facilitate teaching opportunities.

We are continually striving to improve the service we offer our patients and embrace new ways of working via our Quality Improvement System (QMIS).

We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and committed dietitians to join this forward-thinking team.

• Working under the guidance of the Clinical Lead Dietitian, to provide dietetic care to a varied and diverse caseload of patients in the community and community inpatients.
• Providing specialist dietetic treatments e.g. CMPA and fussy eating advice.
• Delivering a proportion of some care using online platforms e.g. One Consultation and MS Teams.
• Coaching, delegating work to, and supporting Dietetic Assistant Practitioners (DAPs) and involvement in student training programme.
• Involvement in departmental research activity and quality improvement project work.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites.

The “must haves” for this role:

• An undergraduate degree or post‑grad qualification in Nutrition and Dietetics and registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membership.
• Ability to demonstrate good experience and knowledge in paediatric dietetics.
• Aptitude for coaching and supervising junior staff including Dietetic Assistant Practitioners.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly, travelling to multiple sites if required.
• Ability to work from home with access to Wi‑Fi using equipment provided by BHFT.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to email: Trudie May – [e-mail] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Jan 2026.