Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 186-737-26-GH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mansfield Community Hospital
- Town
- Mansfield
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro-rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Dietitian
Band 5
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Job overview
This is a great opportunity for a Dietitian to join a friendly and well developed Community Dietetic Team to offer Dietetic treatment to people living in Nottinghamshire.
The post holder will work clinically across the service that covers Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood. Our team of experienced Dietitians, Assistant Practitioner, Diabetes Educators and Clerical Staff all work together to deliver a wide range of Dietetic Services to adults, children and young people in the community.
You will join a team committed to professional and service development ensuring that we deliver evidence-based patient-centred care to improve patient outcomes and experience.
We have a supportive team approach, ensuring the wellbeing of all our staff. We provide regular clinical and non-clinical supervision and within the Trust we have a robust preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist dietetic assessment and interventions to adults within a variety of Community settings
Provide consultation to other community healthcare colleagues
Contribute to student training
Delivery of Staff training and patient group education sessions
Employ excellent communication skills including written work such as record keeping and effective team working
Use own initiative and work autonomously
Adopt good organisational and time management skills
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be responsible for dietetic assessment, treatment planning and goal orientated interventions to adults referred to the service within a variety of Community settings such as clinics, group sessions, care homes and domiciliary visits. This may also be delivered via phone and video appointments and virtual groups.
Participate in multi-professional working for the purpose of dietetic care
You will hold an individual caseload
You will maintain record keeping in line with professional and trust guidance
You will be responsible for your own clinical professional development and HCPC registration
You will participate in mandatory training as required by the Trust
You will actively participate in a regular clinical and managerial supervision and the preceptorship programme to support your ongoing professional development
You will act as a resource on nutritional care to other colleagues in the community multidisciplinary team
You will have the opportunity to contribute to audits and quality improvement projects within the team
You will provide clinical teaching, supervision, and appraisal for pre-registration Dietetic students undertaking clinical placements.
You will initiate and deliver appropriate in-service training programmes for professional colleagues, students and support staff
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent post grad qualification leading to registration with the Health Care Professions Council(HCPC) as a Dietitian
- HCPC registration as a Dietitian.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification or Clinical Educators course
- Membership of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Training or experience in the area of Community Dietetics
- Presentation skills training.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an MDT and ability to discuss management plans and their implications with the MDT
- Experience in a community setting during B or C placement / post registration
Desirable criteria
- Able to reflect on own work
- Experience of audit or clinical effectiveness.
- Experience of teaching groups
- Experience of teaching colleagues or other professionals
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date dietetic professional knowledge acquired through degree
- Complies with professional standards and code of conduct of BDA and HCPC.
- Interest in training dietetic students.
Desirable criteria
- Developed Critical appraisal and clinical reasoning skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate with clients using dietary counselling, motivational and negotiation skills
- IT skills, to support clinical practice ( e.g. patient information systems, e-mail, web browsing, literature search, dietary analysis word processing, and presentation packages
- Able to work independently and in a team, recognising own and others limitations, and seeks advice from senior colleagues when required
- Able to demonstrate good written and oral communication skills with people from a variety of backgrounds, without risk of misunderstanding
- Able to analyse information and to make judgements on dietetic issues
- Willing to continue to develop their practice as a Dietitian, to remain competent in clinical practice.
- Able to plan and prioritise own caseload using time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to work with patients and others in emotionally charged environments
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
- Some flexibility to meet the needs of the post
- Mobile within the district.
Training
Essential criteria
- Completed clinical placement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anna Clark
- Job title
- Head of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 484836
- Additional information
Amy Freeman- Hughes
Dietetic Team Leader
01623 484836
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