Job summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 looking for your next challenge? Or a band 6 wanting to try something new?
We currently have exciting opportunities for candidates to develop your career within our medical surgical dietetic team, on a fixed term or secondment basis. We have opportunities within the areas of acute medicine and specialist medicine (including respiratory, infectious diseases and cardiology). Your clinical caseload will include complex patients with a wide range of medical conditions and also the chance to work holistically with the MDT to support patient flow and smooth discharge from hospital.
You will be working as part of a friendly supported team structure with a skill mixed dietetic team. Each speciality team has Band 7 dietetic leader to support you and provide guidance in developing your leadership and management skills.
In addition to leadership skills and clinical caseload you will have the opportunity to lead on audits and quality improvement projects to improve patient care delivery.
Alongside the senior colleagues within our teams, we also have a wealth of specialist dietetic staff across our friendly dietetic department that support shadowing opportunities and clinical supervision. Your development is very important to us and encouragement will be given to support you to thrive in this role.
Main duties of the job
You must have experience in an acute NHS hospital setting with a good knowledge of nutrition support.
The day-to-day tasks will differ; therefore, if you have experience of close multi-professional working, excellent communication and time management skills these posts are a great platform on which to continue to build your dietetic career and is not to be missed!
An integral part of the role will involve developing your specialist dietetic skills as well as assisting with supervision of Band 5 dietitians, therapy support workers and students.
Organisation, flexibility and an ability to problem solve and apply clinical reasoning effectively are essential as you will be working in a fast-paced and busy environment, across hospital sites.
If you are a motivated and driven individual who is keen to contribute to the development of our dietetic department we look forward to receiving your application!
The Trust is committed to providing a 7-day therapy service with participation in bank holiday cover for dietetics.
The Trust is a multi-site organisation, you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites, and you may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis, as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.
We would support applicants looking for part time or full-time hours.
If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Sarah Thatapudi, Team Leader and Dietitian on Tel. No 0121 424 2673.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 02 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-9014062
- Job locations: Trustwide, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
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This advert is for Band 6 Dietitian - Acute/Specialist Medicine with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 09 Jun 2026.
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