Specialist Dietitian

Locala Health and Wellbeing; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Huddersfield is seeking a Specialist Community Dietitian to join their team. This role includes managing malnutrition, providing comprehensive nutritional care, and supporting flexible working arrangements. Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience and a passion for service development. The organization values diversity and offers various benefits including a generous pension and flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing malnutrition in the community.
• Ability to embrace service development challenges.
• Qualifications to supervise colleagues and support student placements.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutritional care for patients.
• Offer assessments via clinics, homes, and virtual appointments.
• Triage new diet referrals as needed.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Education

2 years post graduate experience

Job description

Job Role

Specialist Community Dietitian

Band 6 - £37,338 - £44,962

37.5 hours per week (flexible working & part time considered, min 22.5hrs)

Permanent

South Kirklees

Responsibilities

We have an excellent opportunity for a Band 6 Dietitian to join our Community Dietetics Team covering Greater Huddersfield.

We are looking for someone who can work as a specialist, autonomous dietitian with experience in managing malnutrition in the community. You should have strong organisational, communication and leadership skills and embrace the challenge of service development.

You will be responsible for providing comprehensive nutritional care for patients referred to our service, offering assessments, in clinics, homes and virtual appointments, working alongside peers, senior colleagues, a dedicated Band 4 assistant and with other AHP’s including speech and language therapists.

The role supports patients at risk of malnutrition, adopting a food first based approach with the appropriate use of oral nutritional supplements.

You will be responsible for:

• Your own caseload of patients who require oral nutrition support in the community offering holistic person-centred care
• Joint working with Speech and Language therapist and other AHP’s, Social care and Nursing colleagues.
• Offering a hybrid approach including telephone/video clinics and home visits as needed.
• Supporting student placements (A, B and C placements)
• Planning and delivering training (internal and external)
• Triage of new diet referrals as needed
• Supervision of colleagues

As our service is developing, we are looking for someone who will contribute to delivering an effective, safe and efficient service and you will be part of a dynamic, innovative and highly supportive team of colleagues delivering high quality Dietetic services.

The post requires a minimum of 2 years post graduate experience and you must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post.

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For full details about the role please read the Job Description & Person Specification

For further information, please contact Clinical lead Dietitian - Kate Standeven [e-mail] or Theresa Dickinson Team Leader on [e-mail]

Closing date – 15/09/2025

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension– We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme -If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.