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We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and dynamic Dietitian to provide a Dietetic service to the Upper GI (UGI) and Sarcoma patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (UHB). The vacancy is a 1.0 WTE band 6 permanent position. Experience with all forms of nutrition support and home enteral feeding is essential.
This post involves providing inpatient and outpatient services to UGI patients. This entails seeing and managing a range of upper GI patients including surgical, oncology and benign patients. The successful candidate should work well in a MDT, strives for a high level of excellence and will be involved in audits and research to improve patient care.
The dietetic department at QEHB has a robust CPD program, and is committed to providing excellent line management, supervision/support, specialist training and other forms of continuous professional development.
If this post is for you, come and develop your clinical, multi- professional and audit skills, knowledge and practice with the dietetic team at QEHB.
For further information please contact Reena Mair/ Rebekah Smith on 0121 371 3485.
Main duties of the job
*To provide a dietetic service for both inpatient and outpatients within UGI and sarcoma at QEHB.
*To attend the weekly MDT
*Utilise a high level of knowledge, skills and experience as an independent practitioner within the service area.
*To act as an expert nutritional resource and to educate and train other Dietitians, health professionals and dietetic students and others as required within the Trust.
*To participate in audit, service development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines/protocols/policies.
*To be responsible for training and clinical supervision of junior staff.
*To provide highly specialised nutritional assessment of this patient group, including dietary assessment, body composition and assessment of risk of maldigestion.
* To provide highly specialised nutritional advice for patients, including nutrition support, dietary manipulation, management of malabsorption, management of bowel obstructions and (home) enteral feeding.
*To be able to work and communicate appropriately with patients, carers and relatives who will be undergoing a high level and frequent level of distress due to the nature of their treatments/ disease.
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: 07 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-1101523
- Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- * Post-graduate experience relevant to post
- * Teaching skills including supervisory skills for student training
- * Relevant post registration experience at entry to post
- * All types of nutritional support
- * Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work
- * In depth knowledge of nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools
- * Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings /journal clubs
Desirable
- * Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- Clinical e.g.
- - accredited specialist training courses
- - attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA / AUGIS
- - attendance at relevant multi disciplinary courses/conferences
- - Specialist experience relevant to clinical area
- - Experience of clinical audit or research
- - Experience of multi-disciplinary team work
- - Communication skills training or counselling skills training
- * In depth knowledge of relevant clinical area
- * Evidence of teaching groups of professionals & patients
- * Evidence of clinical audit and/or research
Qualifications
Essential
- - Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- - Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- - Registration with HCPC
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This advert is for Band 6 UGI and Sarcoma Dietitian 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 Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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