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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placements as student dietitian during training, or equivalent on the job training experience relevant to working in the NHS
- Experience
Demonstrable ability to work independently and as a team, but also able to recognise self-limitations and to seek support where necessary
- Experience
Communication skills appropriate to the level of the role
- Motivations
Wants to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS
- Motivations
Can demonstrate alignment to the trust ARC values (Ambition, Respect, Compassion)
- Motivations
Wants to work in a band 5 role with clinical attachments
- Qualifications
Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
- Qualifications
HCPC Registration
- Qualifications
Willingness to undertake clinical supervision and continuous professional development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with an interpreter
- Experience
Good knowledge of anthropometry and its clinical application
- Experience
Skills in motivational interviewing, or cognitive, behavioural interview techniques
- Qualifications
Member of BDA
Job overview
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are delighted to offer this opportunity to join our team.
Our belief is that dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:
- Enable recovery
- Empower quality of life
- Bring independence and dignity to our patients
We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a forward-thinking department in a band 5 dietitian position.
This is a varied post providing a dietetic attachment and broad experience across the service; providing you an opportunity to expand your dietetic knowledge and develop your passion for dietetics across a range of working environments. We currently offer six monthly attachments, with attachment options in the acute setting (gastro, medicine, stroke and surgery), community setting (integrated care and domicilliary care) and attachments in diabetes and paediatrics. We tailor our attachments to the needs of the service and to you as a professional providing strong development opportunities into your speciality of preference, or offering a broad experience working in a number of areas department-wide.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting post, working in a supportive team that prioritises evidence based practice and professional development. Our attachments strongly align with the BDA preceptorship and we have a strong focus on continued professional development and peer support. Our team is supportive, forward thinking and we pride ourselves in supporting each of our team on their own personal journey. All staff members joining the department are supported with internal and external training and development opportunities, robust clinical supervision, in addition to access to the nationally recognised Black Country preceptorship programme for newly qualified professionals. You would be joining a team of seven band 5 peers and we have a strong track history of supporting people to develop in post and to achieve promotions in role. Nutrition and hydration is very much recognised as a fundamental of care at SWB and we consistently strive to deliver and further develop the trust-wide nutrition and hydration ambition.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
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 Rotational Dietitian with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in Birmingham, 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 28 Sep 2026.
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