Specialist Rotational Dietitian | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; City Of London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in the UK is seeking two Band 6 dietitians to join their rotational adult team. You will provide quality nutrition and dietetic services, participate in clinical skill development, and contribute to student training. The role includes multidisciplinary collaboration and the chance to work in a dynamic environment with leading clinicians.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Options for onsite leisure facilities membership

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Dietetics.
• Experience in clinical nutrition.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutrition & dietetic services to inpatients and outpatients.
• Develop and implement nutritional guidelines.
• Input into education and training programs.
• Liaise with medical and nursing staff on dietetic issues.

Skills

Nutrition & Dietetic service

Clinical skills development

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Training and supervision

Education

Degree in Dietetics

Job description

Overview

We are looking for 2 enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 dietitians - one substantive and one FTC - to join our B6 rotational adult team where you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills, but also be involved in service development and student training. There are ten adult rotations each lasting one year: two at St Mary’s Hospital: Critical care, Liver/respiratory; four of which are based at Charing Cross Hospital: Stroke, Gastroenterology, ICU/Neurosciences, Head and Neck/Oncology; and four at Hammersmith Hospital: Renal, Gastroenterology/medical, Haemato-oncology and ICU/Cardiothoracic/Cardiology. Rotations occur in April each year. Our current vacancies are both at the St Mary's site - one in Critical Care, the other in Liver/Medicine.

Responsibilities

• To provide a quality Nutrition & Dietetic service to inpatients and outpatients in accordance with established departmental guidelines.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based nutritional guidelines and service developments in the specialist area.
• To provide speciality Nutrition & Dietetic input into education, training and development programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing and dietetic students in addition to other training requirement.
• To work closely with the specialist team, wards, units and clinics in line with departmental guidelines. Attending relevant ward rounds, MDT meetings and governance meetings.
• To liaise with and advise on dietetic issues directly contributing to the care of patients to medical and nursing staff, both internally and externally with GPs, district nurses and community teams.
• Contribute to both internal and interdisciplinary working parties
• To liaise with catering and diet bay staff to ensure appropriate therapeutic meal provision for patients.
• To take an active part in the training, supervision and assessment of student Dietitians including planning and delivery of seminars/tutorials/programmes.
• To play an active role in training healthcare professional e.g. medical, nursing and AHP’s.

About the department and opportunities

We are a large, high profile, friendly department involved in undergraduate and post graduate medical training. The department is forward thinking and our service delivery is very much influenced by the audits and research projects we carry out which are supported by excellent IT facilities and Quality Improvement initiatives.

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

• Career development, flexible working and wellbeing
• Staff recognition scheme
• Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Equal opportunities

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.

Additional information

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. This advert closes on Thursday 13 Nov 2025.