# Rotational Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-dietitian/23d92279-29c5-493a-a0ba-1821a14f1c70 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-dietitian/23d92279-29c5-493a-a0ba-1821a14f1c70.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** City Health Campus - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T09:40:35.035Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/BirminghamSandwell/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Dietitian/Dietitian-v7977328 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7977328?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - 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 - Demonstrable ability to work independently and as a team, but also able to recognise self-limitations and to seek support where necessary - Communication skills appropriate to the level of the role **Desirable** - Experience of working with an interpreter - Good knowledge of anthropometry and its clinical application - Skills in motivational interviewing, or cognitive, behavioural interview techniques ### Motivations **Essential** - Wants to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS - Can demonstrate alignment to the trust ARC values (Ambition, Respect, Compassion) - Wants to work in a band 5 role with clinical attachments ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics - HCPC Registration - Willingness to undertake clinical supervision and continuous professional development **Desirable** - Member of BDA ## Documents - [personal spec (pdf, 199.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10270544) - [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657) - [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982) - [rotational dietitian jd (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10267834) - [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604) - [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.