Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other requirements
Ability to travel across sites
- Other requirements
Flexible to fit with the demands of the job
- Other requirements
Provide 7 days service when the speciality requires it
- Knowledge and experience
Experience of managing patients with nutritional support requirements including enteral nutrition in an acute setting
- Knowledge and experience
Evidence of working as part of a team
- Knowledge and experience
Current knowledge of enteral feeding systems and oral nutrition support
- Qualifications and training
Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or Post - graduate Diploma or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications and training
Registered, or due to obtain registration, with the HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council).
- Personal/professional attributes
Polite, pleasant and understanding manner
- Personal/professional attributes
Ability to work within a team
- Personal/professional attributes
Contribute to safe and effective patient care
- Personal/professional attributes
Good communication skills – both verbal and written
- Personal/professional attributes
Good I.T. skills
- Personal/professional attributes
Good time management Good organisational skills
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and experience
Previous Band 5 experience
- Knowledge and experience
Experience of audit/data collection
- Qualifications and training
BDA membership
- Personal/professional attributes
Good caseload management
Job overview
Are you soon to qualify as a Dietitian or are you a Band 5 looking to gain more experience? We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic and with excellent communication and team working skills. This position is part of an expanding team with an opportunity to help shape the future service provision.
You will benefit from working alongside Specialist Dietitians with expertise in a range of specialities while providing care for vascular, urology, and elderly patients. You will also gain experience in supporting food policy initiatives, promoting MUST screening and service development.
Main duties of the job
- Manage a designated caseload of patients who may have divers and complex dietetic needs.
- Develop individualised holistic care plans which addresses nutritional status, weight, recommended dietary modifications, lifestyle factors, behaviour change, education, physical activity and where appropriate condition management.
- Support patient care through implementation of dietetic care pathways.
- Act as source of expertise in nutrition for medical staff, nursing staff and other healthcare professional.
- Liaise with healthcare professionals within and outside the Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Dietitian with East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 08 Oct 2026.
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