Snr Dietitian Primary Health Care (stroke rehab)

Job summary

Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) have a vacancy for a permanent Senior Dietitian to join our friendly, innovative primary care team in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, working for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Leicester

Nutrition and Dietetic Service (Community) has a team of approximately 100 staff, made of dietitians, community nutritionists, dietetic support workers, community food workers and support team staff covering the population of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the Primary Care nutrition and dietetic team that works across the health care community, including community hospitals, as well as out-patient and telephone clinics. The post holder will work as part of our community hospital team with particular responsibility for the dietetic input for the specialist stroke rehabilitation in-patient unit in Coalville community hospital, and as such will have a caseload of in-patient adults.

We are looking for a registered dietitian with relevant band 5/6 experience with good leadership, communication and team working skills, who can also work independently.

You will have the opportunity to work with and supervise a Dietetic Support Worker. Due to the nature of the work a car driver is essential. The service is committed to CPD and personal development and we have good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you.

The service is involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements, to which the post-holder will contribute. Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car during working hours.

For further information or an informal chat and please contact:- Tim Coulton :- Telephone 0116 222 7170 or timothy.coulton@nhs.net

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us:

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

• Date posted: 05 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 006564
• Job locations: OSL House, East Link,, Meridian Business Park,Leicester,LE19 1XU, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1XU, United Kingdom

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