Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Specialist Dietitian for Front Door Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.8 wte / 30 hours per week
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (7.5 hours/day). Working 1 bank holiday in 6 per year. There is the potential future need to work 1 Saturday in 8.)
- Job ref
- 387-DT3653-BAL-B
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Weston General Hospital
- Town
- Weston-super-Mare
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Specialist Dietitian
Band 7
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Job overview
Are you an experienced Dietitian ready to take the next steps in your career? Are you keen to further develop your specialist knowledge, leadership, and service development skills?
Become a Senior Specialist Dietitian at UHBW where you will play a crucial role in leading, developing and delivering high-quality nutritional care to patients within Front Door Services at Weston General Hospital (WGH).
Our friendly, multidisciplinary teams work closely together to deliver outstanding care, with a strong focus on professional development. Get to know the team - watch our team video here: UHBW Adult Therapies
No two days are the same: although there is a focus on frailty and the older person, you will encounter a wide range of patients and clinical conditions .
Why choose Weston? WGH is an integral part of UHBW, providing high-quality care to the vibrant community in the beautiful coastal town of Weston-super-Mare. With a commitment to innovation & strong links to leading specialist centres, Weston is an exciting place to advance your career. Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with the stunning Somerset coastline on your doorstep, & excellent transport links to Bristol, Bath, & beyond.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Specialist Dietitian, you will be at the heart of nutritional care for Front Door Services.
What you'll be doing:
- Provide expert dietetic assessment and intervention for complex cases.
- Work closely with leading consultants, specialist nurses, and the wider MDT to optimise patient outcomes.
- Lead and develop specialist dietetic services, influencing patient pathways and service delivery.
- Support the development of junior staff and students, sharing your expertise and passion for dietetics.
- Lead service improvement projects, and policy development.
What we’re looking for:
- HCPC registration and significant post-registration experience in dietetics.
- Specialist knowledge in frailty and the older person, with a passion for advancing nutritional care in these areas.
- Leadership skills to inspire and guide others.
- The ability to adapt quickly to established systems and drive innovative ideas to enhance service delivery.
What we offer:
• CPD opportunities
• Specialist training & leadership pathways
• Dietetic Competencies
• Monthly protected non clinical time
• A monthly team well-being breakfast
• A supportive and collaborative environment with a team passionate about patient care and professional growth
If you are an experienced Dietitian looking to make a real impact, then we would love to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. 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. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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
The Senior Specialist Dietitian provides a highly specialist clinical service for patients who present at our front door i.e. Emergency Department, assessment units and admission wards.
The Senior Specialist Dietitian will lead the Front Door Pathway providing direction for peers & colleagues.
The role will support the early identification of those patients at nutritional risk by promoting risk screening.
To guide early implementation of therapeutic dietary plans for patients with long term conditions or specialist pathways in liaison with lead specialist dietitians.
To support admission avoidance by providing timely dietary interventions, sign posting to relevant community services.
The Senior Specialist Dietitian contributes to all relevant activities involved in pathway delivery e.g. ward rounds, meetings, audit, and research.
The Senior Specialist Dietitian will provide a comprehensive specialised service, which includes relevant education and/or training to all healthcare professionals, carers and other workers.
The Senior Specialist Dietitian will be committed to the maintenance of personal specialist expertise, which is current, relevant, and accessible.
The post holder will also provide clinical cover for other senior specialist dietitians’ duties in their absence.
See Job description for full details
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • Q1 HCPC registration (E)
- • Q2 Degree/postgraduate qualification in nutrition and dietetics (E)
- • Q3 Evidence of extensive postgraduate training relevant to post (E)
- • Q4 Clinical supervisory skills course (E)
- • Q5 Postgraduate diploma/MSc or equivalent evidence of advanced dietetic practice (E)
- • Q8 PENG Group Clinical Update Course and/or Behaviour Change Course (E)
Desirable criteria
- • Q6 BDA membership (D)
- • Q7 Teaching qualification (D)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • E1 Significant clinical experience in: - Nutritional Support/Therapy in the relevant pathways of care ie frailty, care of the elderly, - Chronic Disease Management - Enteral Nutrition Support This should include a significant period of time working in a clinical speciality at a senior level (E)
- • E2 Working as part of a multi-professional team (E)
- • E3 Experience of training dietetic students at all grades (E)
- • E4 Experience of audit and/or quality assurance (E)
- • E6 Experience of managing/supervising junior staff (E)
- • E9 Experience of working in a multicultural setting (E)
Desirable criteria
- • E5 Experience of producing protocols and procedures for use by others (D)
- • E7 Experience or involvement of implementing guidance, policy (D)
- • E8 Research and Development (D)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • S1 Advanced communications skills at all levels (E) - Oral - Written - Interpersonal
- • S2 Good organisational skills and time management (E)
- • S3 Teaching/presentation skills in a variety of settings and to professional groups/grades at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree level (E)
- • S4 Computer skills i.e. Databases, Excel and use of dietary analysis programs (E)
- • S5 Advanced analytical and clinical reasoning skills (E)
- • S8 Behavioural and motivational interviewing skills (E)
Desirable criteria
- • S6 Counselling skills (D)
- • S7 Evidence of published own work/articles etc. (D)
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • A1 Ability to work under pressure (E)
- • A2 Ability to both work alone and as a team player (E)
- • A3 Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions (E)
- • A4 Ability to work under own initiative (E)
- • A5 Flexibility (E)
- • A6 Reflective approach to practice (E)
- • A7 Ability to process highly complex information or situations (E)
- • A8 Ability to deal with challenging behaviours of patients, carers and students (E)
- • A9 Promotes professional interests (E)
Desirable criteria
- • A10 Active/committee member of BDA Specialist Interest Group (D)
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
- Sian Inson
- Job title
- Pathway Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics Weston
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01934 647031
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