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Main area
Nutrition & Dietetics
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 8 months (Secondment considered. Until 10th September 2027)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 bank holiday out of a possible 6)
Job ref
387-D&T7760-ALX
Employer
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Weston general hospital
Town
Weston
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/11/2026 23:59
Interview date
25/11/2026

Employer heading

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Dietitian

Band 6

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have merged as of 1st July 2026 to become Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. This will create an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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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.

Working for our organisation

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.  

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.  

 Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. 

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.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registration
  • Degree/Post Graduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics
  • Clinical supervisory skills
Desirable criteria
  • PENG Clinical update course and / or Bahviour change course

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills at all levels oral & written
  • teaching /presentation skills in a variety of sttings & to professional groups/grades

knowledge 2

Essential criteria
  • Behaviour and motivational interviewing skills
  • Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions

Experience 1

Essential criteria
  • Experience in an NHS or similar acute hospital environment

Experience 2

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience in enteral nutrition support, chronic disease management, nutrition support in acute illness

Experience 3

Essential criteria
  • Student / learner training
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of supervision of junior staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDDisability Confident - two yearsVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Pastoral CareStep into healthMenopause Workplace PledgeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPride In Veterans

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Wilmott
Job title
Food Policy & Stroke Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
019346470315412
Additional information

Alternatively contact the department to request to  speak to our other senior specialist dietitians Laura Noble or Ina-Mari Van Rensberg. 

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