# Adult Dietitian - Band 5 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-dietitian-band-5/52582ce7-b6de-4d73-9e7e-bd52ac4f0c1f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/adult-dietitian-band-5/52582ce7-b6de-4d73-9e7e-bd52ac4f0c1f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - **Town:** Thornton Heath - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £35,763 - £43,466 per annum incl of HCAS (outer) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-10-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-09-22T08:00:20.417Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Croydon/Croydon_Health_Services_NHS_Trust/Dietetics_Nutrition/Dietetics_Nutrition-v7454562 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7454562?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Adult Dietitian- Band 5 We are seeking an enthusiastic dietitian to join our team at Croydon University Hospital. The Nutrition and Dietetic Department is welcoming, supportive and always seeking ways to improve.  We provide an integrated service across Croydon Health Services, which provides expert dietetic care to areas including gastroenterology, paediatrics  and the community.   Our team have strong working relationships with medical, nursing and AHP colleagues to provide safe and effective patient care. You will be part of an acute team currently comprising of a band 7 acute lead dietitian, band 7 gastroenterology dietitian, a band 6 stroke dietitian, 2 band 5 dietitians and 2 dietetic assistants. The band 5 posts will include a caseload of general medical, endocrinology, respiratory, surgical and care of the elderly wards. The post holder will deliver a general outpatient clinic, deliver dietetic support to, run remote IBS sessions once a month. Recently we also have added Croydon Tier 3 Weight management service to our existing dietetic service, consisting of dietitians, psychologist, physiotherapist and therapy practitioner. Personal qualities we value are good people management skills, initiative, flexibility, and a proven track record of working through change. Clinical supervision, monthly journal club, in service monthly CPD is well established and we take placement 1, 2 and 3 students. Interview Date TBC ### Main duties of the job As a band 5 dietitian, you would play a key role.  The role will provide you the opportunity to provide Dietetic services in different areas, including medical and elderly wards and clinical areas of gastroenterology, renal, diabetes, cardiology, haematology, oncology, gynaecology and urology. The post holder will also be involved in delivering group sessions including  maternity healthy weight group and IBS. The post holder will  liaise, support, inform and work with the multidisciplinary team for elderly care, GPs, practice nurses, district nurses. Integral to the role would be to formulate, deliver and review individual dietetic treatment plans for patients based on evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of a wide range of dietetic treatments. The post holder would be encouraged and guided to maintain their portfolio by self directed learning, reflective practice and CPD sessions and opportunities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ** Please see the Job Description and the  Person Specification for  more details on the jobs responsibilities ** The advert will close early if sufficient number of applications are received. ## Job Details Adult Dietitian- Band 5 We are seeking an enthusiastic dietitian to join our team at Croydon University Hospital. The Nutrition and Dietetic Department is welcoming, supportive and always seeking ways to improve.  We provide an integrated service across Croydon Health Services, which provides expert dietetic care to areas including gastroenterology, paediatrics  and the community.   Our team have strong working relationships with medical, nursing and AHP colleagues to provide safe and effective patient care. You will be part of an acute team currently comprising of a band 7 acute lead dietitian, band 7 gastroenterology dietitian, a band 6 stroke dietitian, 2 band 5 dietitians and 2 dietetic assistants. The band 5 posts will include a caseload of general medical, endocrinology, respiratory, surgical and care of the elderly wards. The post holder will deliver a general outpatient clinic, deliver dietetic support to, run remote IBS sessions once a month. Recently we also have added Croydon Tier 3 Weight management service to our existing dietetic service, consisting of dietitians, psychologist, physiotherapist and therapy practitioner. Personal qualities we value are good people management skills, initiative, flexibility, and a proven track record of working through change. Clinical supervision, monthly journal club, in service monthly CPD is well established and we take placement 1, 2 and 3 students. Interview Date TBC ## Job Description As a band 5 dietitian, you would play a key role.  The role will provide you the opportunity to provide Dietetic services in different areas, including medical and elderly wards and clinical areas of gastroenterology, renal, diabetes, cardiology, haematology, oncology, gynaecology and urology. The post holder will also be involved in delivering group sessions including  maternity healthy weight group and IBS. The post holder will  liaise, support, inform and work with the multidisciplinary team for elderly care, GPs, practice nurses, district nurses. Integral to the role would be to formulate, deliver and review individual dietetic treatment plans for patients based on evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of a wide range of dietetic treatments. The post holder would be encouraged and guided to maintain their portfolio by self directed learning, reflective practice and CPD sessions and opportunities. ## Responsibilities ** Please see the Job Description and the  Person Specification for  more details on the jobs responsibilities ** The advert will close early if sufficient number of applications are received. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc / Post graduate diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics - HCPC registered ### Eperience/Knowldege **Essential** - Evidence of continuing professional development - Knowledge of dietetics within the NHS **Desirable** - Experience of working in acute and primary care environments ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Confident - Self-motivated - Flexible, adaptable and creative - Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions - Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines - Able to reflect and appraise own performance - Able to deal with distressed client’s and their relatives - Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds - Presentation skills and ability to work effectively with individuals and groups - Ability to prioritise own workload - Motivation and counselling skills ## Documents - [chs accomodation (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1725) - [dietitian band 5 (pdf, 784.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9701687) - [croydon trust values (pdf, 324.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2317) - [chs dbs policy statement (pdf, 53.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=972) - [map of croydon university hospital (pdf, 95.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=974) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.