Specialist Dietitian

Job overview

We’re looking for a Specialist Dietitian to join our Oncology team, supporting Head & Neck and Upper GI patients. You’ll be welcomed into a truly diverse, multi-talented department where everyone’s background and perspective are valued. Our team brings together a wide range of experiences, cultures, and ideas—making us stronger and more innovative.

You’ll work closely within supportive multidisciplinary teams, with regular supervision and opportunities for professional growth. We’re proud of our open, inclusive culture—your voice matters, and you’ll be encouraged to shape how we work.

Outside of work, we love to connect and unwind, with regular social events and monthly lunches celebrating cuisines from around the world. We believe in working hard, supporting each other, and having fun together.

If you want to develop your skills, make a real impact, and join a team that lives its PRIDE values—People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence—apply now. You’ll gain new friends, fresh perspectives, and a workplace where you truly belong.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Dietitian in our Oncology team, you’ll independently manage a mixed caseload of Head & Neck and Upper GI patients, in both the inpatient and outpatient setting, providing expert nutritional assessment, advice, and support. You’ll develop and review complex care plans, using advanced communication and motivational skills to help patients and carers navigate challenging diagnoses and treatments. You’ll work closely with our multidisciplinary teams, contribute to service development, and act as a role model for our PRIDE values.

We’re looking for someone with strong clinical knowledge, empathy, and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication, organisational skills, and a commitment to ongoing learning are essential.

Typical decisions you’ll make:

• Adjusting nutritional care plans in response to changing clinical                         needs and patient feedback.
• Prioritising your workload to balance direct patient care, MDT                          meetings, and service improvement projects.
• Choosing the best approach to engage and motivate patients and                    carers, using counselling and behaviour change techniques.

If you want to make a real impact, develop your expertise, and join a team where your ideas and individuality are valued, we’d love to hear from you.

Interview date: 5th June 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To act as an independent advanced practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable and take responsibility for all aspects of own specialist clinical caseload.
• To work independently to undertake nutritional assessments and calculate nutritional requirements of patients with complex conditions using anthropometry.
• To communicate evidence based nutritional and dietary advice in an understandable form.
• To use highly developed communication and informal counselling skills such as reflective listening, open questioning, empathy, explanation and reassurance to communicate dietary intervention to patients and carers.
• To gain valid consent to treatment and negotiate change with patients by breaking down barriers, using motivational skills, to enable them to achieve dietary targets set.
• To devise, monitor and review complex nutritional care plans against outcome measures taking into account social, psychological, cognitive, behavioural and cultural needs, as well as taking into account the needs of the carer and adjust care plan to facilitate achievement of goals.
• To work in an often-stressful environment of looking after patients with a terminal illness and helping support the patient and carers through the emotional responsibility this can entail.
• To undertake designated specialist outpatient clinics.
• To actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• To ensure safe and timely transfer of patients by liaising with appropriate internal and external agencies.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.