# Dietitian

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bury St Edmunds
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Dietitian
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 11 months (FTC until 30.06.2027 therefore maybe less than 12 months depending on start date.)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-08T11:13:06.254Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Dietitian/Dietitian-v8032940
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032940?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are delighted that the opportunity has arisen to recruit a band 5 Dietitian on a fixed term contract until 30.06.2027 to join our well established and friendly Dietetic department within the West Suffolk Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds.  We are an innovative dietetic department working across both acute and community settings, covering a wide range of specialist areas.    We are a forward-thinking department that is continually looking for ways to improve our service.  Every contribution is welcome and every team member is valued.  The role is suitable for new graduates as well as those who have previous experience as we offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build on existing clinical practice.

### Main duties of the job

The postholder will manage a clinical caseload across both medical and surgical wards to provide dietetic therapy to inpatients.  As a department, we provide student placements and the postholder will be involved in the training programme which will include supervising students and contributing to assessments.  The postholder will also hold 1 general clinic a week, which will include patients referred for nutrition support, IBS and a range of other conditions requiring dietetic input.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description attached for the full job details and responsibilities of this fixed term job advert.

## Job Details

We are delighted that the opportunity has arisen to recruit a band 5 Dietitian on a fixed term contract until 30.06.2027 to join our well established and friendly Dietetic department within the West Suffolk Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds. We are an innovative dietetic department working across both acute and community settings, covering a wide range of specialist areas. We are a forward-thinking department that is continually looking for ways to improve our service. Every contribution is welcome and every team member is valued. The role is suitable for new graduates as well as those who have previous experience as we offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build on existing clinical practice.

## Job Description

The postholder will manage a clinical caseload across both medical and surgical wards to provide dietetic therapy to inpatients. As a department, we provide student placements and the postholder will be involved in the training programme which will include supervising students and contributing to assessments. The postholder will also hold 1 general clinic a week, which will include patients referred for nutrition support, IBS and a range of other conditions requiring dietetic input.

## Responsibilities

Please see the full job description attached for the full job details and responsibilities of this fixed term job advert.

## Person Specification

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- - Excellent team player

### Skills & Abilities

**Essential**

- - Excellent time and workload management skills
- - Able to impart knowledge and skills at different levels, in different environments.
- - Presentation skills
- - Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and problem solve
- - Competent IT skills using Microsoft Office
- - Ability to work to a high standard, with accuracy within a busy environment
- - Ability to recognise and work within limits of the role.

### Experience & Knowledge

**Essential**

- - Clinical placement experience including acute wards and outpatients
- - Experience of managing multiple wards or equivalent workload
- - Experience of managing patients in a clinic setting

**Desirable**

- - Understanding of clinical governance
- - Experience of quality issues and audit

### Education & Qualification

**Essential**

- - Degree or equivalent dietetic qualification
- - Health care professions council registration

**Desirable**

- - Member of the BDA

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 375.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10356484)

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