Job overview
Exciting Opportunity: Band 6 Dietitian – Nutrition Support & Home Enteral Feeding
Are you a passionate dietitian looking to make a real difference in your community? We are seeking a self-motivated Band 6 Dietitian to join our dynamic team, focusing on Nutrition Support and Home Enteral Tube Feeding. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care across a diverse population.
Our supportive, innovative team spans Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, and Kensington & Chelsea, meeting monthly in person and weekly virtually for team building and collaboration. We are committed to evidence-based practice, inclusivity and wellbeing for both patients and staff.
What we offer:
- Collaborative, friendly and inclusive environment
- Opportunities to develop your skills in nutrition support and enteral feeding
- Flexible work practices to support work-life balance
- Make a tangible impact on community health and wellbeing
Who we’re looking for:
- Registered dietitian with experience in nutrition support and home enteral feeding
- Flexible, self-motivated and committed to person-centred care
- Strong communicator and team player who builds networks with GPs, nurses and care agencies
- Passionate about learning, innovation and improving patient care
Join us and help transform the lives of people in your community through expert dietetic care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide person-centred dietetic care for individuals at risk of malnutrition or requiring enteral feeding across home visits, care homes and clinics.
- Support people with malnutrition through food-based interventions and appropriate oral nutritional supplementation, working closely with multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs), service users, families, carers, and care agencies.
- Organise and manage your own caseload, including administrative duties, referrals and liaison with other services.
- Deliver education and training sessions for internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, and service innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a range of clinical areas including enteral feeding, nutrition support, food fortification, the appropriate prescribing of oral nutrition supplements
- Experience of enteral feeding troubleshooting including tube aftercare tasks, unblocking tubes and stoma site review
- Experience in the training of student dietitians
- Experience in conducting audits, QI and/or research
- Experience in using behaviour change techniques
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community dietetic team
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to apply core Dietetic skills across a range of clinical conditions including the assessment and treatment of patients with nutrition related disease
- Ability to communicate complex medical and Dietetic information in sensitive and easily understandable language
- Have knowledge of national policies and guidelines in Nutrition Support and Enteral Feeding
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Health Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Member of a relevant Specialist Group
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This advert is for Senior Enteral Feeding and Nutrition Support Dietitian with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Jun 2026.
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