# Specialist Dietitian Band 6 Community Diabetes > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian-band-6-community-diabetes/2b32e159-4d4c-4e1d-945d-acb6d7b7716e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian-band-6-community-diabetes/2b32e159-4d4c-4e1d-945d-acb6d7b7716e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Warrington & Halton Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 PA PRO RATA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-11T10:10:51.626Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Warrington/North_Cheshire_Mersey_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Dietetics/Dietetics-v8216322 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8216322?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity for a Specialist Dietitian to work with our friendly dietetic team at Warrington Hospital within the North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will provide dietetic advice for people living with Diabetes. The post will be based at Warrington Hospital with clinics in the community and Warrington or Halton Hospital. The successful applicant will contributed to structured group education with the diabetes nursing team in addition to face to face and telephone clinics to ensure the patients across the Warrington and Halton Boroughs have access to evidence based, holistic, diverse advice to support them with the long term self management of diabetes. The department provides student training placements and there is scope for the successful applicant to contribute significantly to this. There will also be opportunities to develop supervisory skills through supporting band 5 Dietitians and dietetic assistants. You will be involved in the development, implementation and audit of patient care practices as part of clinical governance. We promote continuous professional development and have good access to IT and library facilities. This post is a permanent role – 0.8WTE (4 days) – we are happy to discuss work patterns and flexible working with the successful candidate. ### Main duties of the job To work to a high standard as an autonomous Dietitian. To provide a range of specialist assessments, diagnosis and dietary treatments to patients presenting with a variety of conditions, with a focus on long term conditions, primarily diabetes and others such as hyperlipemia, reactive hypoglycaemia and other endocrine conditions. This post will combine outpatient dietetic led clinics, MDT clinics and diabetes group education with the goal being to provide evidence based education, SMART care plans and health goals. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will work closely with diabetes consultants, specialist nurses and greater MDT to ensure education is fully integrated within patient care pathways. You will also liaise closely with the acute and community services which operate within the North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust footprint. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To assess patient understanding of dietary treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with those patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. - To undertake ongoing and comprehensive assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies. This will include accessing data recorded by other staff and disciplines. - To make a clinical diagnosis of a patient’s condition by analysing and interpreting findings in order to formulate a comprehensive dietary treatment plan, including decision making about the most appropriate treatment options. - To reassess patient progress and re-evaluate treatment plans formulating necessary adaptations to meet the patient’s needs. - To assess and manage clinical risk in your own patient caseload. - To use the relevant dietary advice in the treatment of patients. The techniques used will reflect previous experience and learning and clinical reasoning. Full job description attached ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of working as a band 5 dietitian and seeing a variety of outpatient clinics. - - Experience of managing patients with a diabetes diagnosis - - Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team - - Experience of teaching and training dietetic colleagues and other members of the MDT **Desirable** - - Experience of managing patients with multiple, complex long term conditions. - - Experience of training undergraduate dietetic students - - Experience of contributing to service development initiatives and participating in clinical audit ### Qualifications **Essential** - - BSc.(Hons) or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics or equivalent qualification - - Current state registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) **Desirable** - - Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) or other body conferring professional insurance - - Member of a BDA Specialist Group ### Skills, knowledge and competencies **Essential** - - Up-to-date clinical knowledge of the nutritional management of a wide variety of clinical conditions based on current best practice - - Good knowledge of national policies and procedures relating to nutrition and dietetics - - Good knowledge of the principles of clinical governance - - Excellent oral and written communication skills - - Commitment to engage in CPD and the appraisal process - - Able to prioritise and manage own workload to achieve deadlines - - Ability to work independently and be self-motivated - - Good time management and organisational skills - - Uses own initiative and is self-motivated - - Enthusiastic, friendly and approachable - - Ability to adapt to constantly changing working patterns and demands - - Recognises own limits of competence and seeks and uses supervision appropriately - - Flexible, adaptable and reliable **Desirable** - - Relevant post graduate training in clinical dietetics - - Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit - - Supervisory and / or mentorship skills - - Experience of dietary analysis packages ## Documents - [ncm staff benefits (pdf, 3.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2892) - [specialist dietitian (pdf, 720.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10524311) - [ncm recruitment overview for candidates (pdf, 126.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3031) ## 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.