Dietetic Assistant

Job overview

Would you like to work alongside and support 80+ Dietitians working in general and specialist areas and Wards across CUH for both inpatients and outpatients?

The Dietetic Assistant (DA) role involves work with the neurology and home enteral feeding dietetic team - a combination face to face adult patient reviews on a variety of wards, as well as admin tasks supporting the registration and monitoring on home enteral feeding, preparing GP presciptions and patient phone calls as part of your essential support to the Dietitians within the department. This post is a mix of clinical administration processes alongside face-to-face and virtual contact with patients. You will work under the direction and support of a range of Dietitians (Bands 5 – 8a) across a wide range of patient conditions.

The position is required to be on-site to assist the Dietitians with the changing demands of their acute caseloads and for supervision. To support the Registered Dietitians in the provision of optimal nutrition to patients in CUH.

We are working towards and supporting Dietetic Apprenticeships within the Department; working as a DA would be a pre-requisite to the Apprenticeship Scheme (if successful).

Check out our Twitter / X page to see what we are currently doing: @CUH_dietitians

Main duties of the job

To work under the supervision of the Dietetic Team (Neuro & Critical Care specialist team) to improve or maintain the nutritional status of patients as identified by the Dietitian or through the completion of the Trust’s Nutrition Screening Tool.

To liaise with Dietitians, Nurses, catering and housekeeping staff with regard to the provision of optimal food service delivery at Ward level.

To support the Dietitians in the delivery of Ward based training and in raising awareness of the importance of good nutrition amongst Ward staff.

To support the dietitians in a range of administrative duties relating to patient care and service delivery in patients in the community who are on home enteral feeding.

Follow up patients identified by the Dietitian in either Outpatient or Inpatient setting and review both their oral intake and compliance with supplements as indicated by the Dietetic Assistant referral form.

Help with the administration of Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinics to rebook patients for follow up appointments (where appropriate) and help with reduction of patients who DNA (did not attend).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

As the working hours of this role are 22.5 per week, the pro-rated salary falls below the minimum requirement for sponsorship

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 19th July 2026

Interviews are due to be held on the 31st July 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.