# Specialist Dietitian > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian/1f26fa96-d621-4da7-9fee-454836b2a19f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-dietitian/1f26fa96-d621-4da7-9fee-454836b2a19f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Weston General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Dietitian - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 8 months (Secondment considered. Until 10th September 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 bank holiday out of a possible 6) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T12:42:11.754Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Weston/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nutrition_Dietetics/Nutrition_Dietetics-v8387760 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8387760?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an experienced Specialist Dietitian to join our Adult Nutrition & Dietetics team at Weston General Hospital on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover. Working alongside Dietitians and Dietetic Support Workers, you will deliver high-quality nutritional care across a range of acute inpatient pathways, with a particular focus on medical wards, our 5-bedded Intensive Care Unit and surgical step-down patients. You will be required to demonstrate core skills in oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition support. The successful candidate will manage a varied caseload, providing specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for patients with complex nutritional needs while working closely with the multidisciplinary team. The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, education and student training. Due to the fixed-term nature of this maternity cover post and service requirements, priority will be given to candidates who can demonstrate: - Ability to commence employment within three months - Experience in an NHS or similar acute hospital environment - The knowledge, skills and experience to work effectively with a high degree of autonomy and minimal supervision All members of the team work one bank holiday each year. ### Main duties of the job The post will provide expert nutritional care across a range of pathways, notably critical care & medicine. - The role works closely with a wide range of professionals within the MDT - Ensure effective communication at all levels of health care professionals regarding the nutritional care of individual patients.Impart information to patients in situations which could be distressing / emotional for the patient, therefore require use of holistic skills. - Use negotiation skills to motivate and negotiate dietary change this will require using a variety of evaluation strategies and adapting communication techniques if necessary. - Educate, support and direct patients by advising on therapeutic dietary regimens which may involve significant and continuous lifestyle changes. - Translate nutritional concepts into practical everyday terms for patients, staff and professional colleagues of all levels.As a key member of the multi-professional team, provide expert dietetic advice at case conferences, care and discharge planning meetings. - Liaise with partners including clinical MDTs, pharmacy, catering and the community to ensure continuity of care across service providers. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good communication skills at all levels oral & written - teaching /presentation skills in a variety of sttings & to professional groups/grades ### knowledge 2 **Essential** - Behaviour and motivational interviewing skills - Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions ### Experience 1 **Essential** - Experience in an NHS or similar acute hospital environment ### Experience 2 **Essential** - Proven experience in enteral nutrition support, chronic disease management, nutrition support in acute illness ### Experience 3 **Essential** - Student / learner training **Desirable** - Experience of supervision of junior staff ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - HCPC registration - Degree/Post Graduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics - Clinical supervisory skills **Desirable** - PENG Clinical update course and / or Bahviour change course ## Documents - [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3005) - [uhbw behaviours and values (pdf, 299.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2476) - [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667) - [senior specialist dietitian (maternity leave cover) (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10717384) ## 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.