Specialist Dietitian Oncology - Rotational

Transformation Unit; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in Nottingham is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Oncology Dietitian for a permanent 1.0 WTE (37.5 hours/week) on City Campus. The post involves a rotational programme across General Oncology, Haematology and Head & Neck/Upper GI services.

You will manage caseloads in inpatient and outpatient settings, provide nutrition support including enteral feeding, participate in MDTs, and contribute to education, audits and service development.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required and must be current.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA).
• Participation in validated training courses.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload within the oncology rotation, providing dietetic advice and treatment to inpatient and outpatient caseloads.
• Support complex nutritional interventions, including nutrition support and enteral feeding.
• Be involved in MDT and dietetic-led clinics, plus training for patients and healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to dietetic audit, service development and research where opportunities arise.

Skills

HCPC registered

CPD

BDA member

Validated courses

Job description

Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site City Hospital Town Nottingham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

Band 6

Job overview

Are you a dietitian with broad range of clinical experience and an interest in working within oncology? We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity for a Permanent 1.0 W.T.E. (37.5hours/ week) Specialist Oncology Dietitian on the City Campus at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. The post will be part of a rotational programme between General oncology, Haematology and Head and Neck/Upper GI services.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will manage a caseload within the pathways of their oncology rotation, providing dietetic advice and treatment to a shared caseload of inpatient and outpatients. You will support complex nutritional interventions, as well as nutrition support and enteral feeding, so experience in these areas would be beneficial. You will be involved in MDT and dietetic led clinics as well as training and education for patients and healthcare professionals within the service. The dietetic team have become established as core members of the multi-disciplinary team, working collaboratively with consultants and specialist nurses to deliver high quality nutritional care to patients.With the support of Clinical Lead Dietitians, there is the opportunity to be involved in dietetic audit, service development and research, alongside potential opportunities to work and gain experience across all Oncology services at NUH (General Oncology, Haematology, Head & Neck, Upper GI). You will need to have excellent communication skills, a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload within a supportive team. This job will require you to work with inpatients, therefore you will be required to wear the appropriate level of PPE.

Working for our organisation

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Acts as a source of expertise on Dietetics and Nutrition for staff, carers and patients including the provision of education and training. Works as a member of a departmental team with the support of the appropriate team leader and clinical leads. Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached

Person specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registered
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Member of the BDA
• Validated courses

Experience

• Experience as a dietitian
• Able to apply additional depth of knowledge gained through experience to specialist area
• Experience in any of the specialist areas

Analytical and judgement

• Able to overcome barriers to understanding.
• Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills including explaining, negotiating, motivating and training.
• Able to work as an integral member of dietetic and multi-professional teams, building relationships with patients/carers, and other staff
• Able to handle sensitive and confidential information and respond to people who are distressed or anxious
• Able to overcome difficulties in communication, including language barriers, and adapt approach to varying situations.

Communication

• Able to communicate with a range of individuals on complex matters
• using professional judgement to solve problems and make decisions where there are a range of options

Planning and organisation skills

• Able to plan and organise own workload, including daily tasks and longer term strategic planning, despite interruptions and changing priorities.
• Able to plan and organise the work of allocated student dietitians

Physical

• Able to carry out anthropometric measurements accurately and use relevant equipment
• Able to use a computer keyboard and relevant computer programmes.

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

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.