Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 31.9 hours per week
- Job ref
- 158-25-241-AHP
- Employer
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Oncology Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Are you looking for an opportunity to champion and drive forward nutrition and dietetics in cancer and palliative care?
Do you believe that addressing nutritional needs has a positive impact on the outcome of cancer?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified dietitian to join the dietetic team. You will be working as part of the wider AHP team to help provide specialist dietetic services to a variety of patients with cancer.
If you want to be part of a fantastic team and help support the Trust with our vision for providing the best cancer care in the country, then we want to hear from you.
We are looking for a HCPC registered dietitian with good general and nutrition support experience and preferably some experience or an active interest in oncology dietetics. Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn are essential, as is the ability to work as part of a team and also on your own initiative.
In conjunction with the Band 7 Oncology Dietitians and the Nutrition Nurse Practitioner, to provide, monitor and plan oncology dietetic services as part of the Allied Health Professionals Team liaising and working closely with all members of the multi
professional team to provide a high standard of care.
Main duties of the job
Oncology Dietitian
Part time 31.9 hrs/week
To provide a comprehensive high quality dietetic service to patients
receiving care from Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.
To participate in audit and research and contribute to the standards
development pertaining to nutrition and dietetics.
To provide expert knowledge, education, advice and support to
healthcare professionals as part of the management of people with cancer.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
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Kind
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Empowered
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Responsible
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Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc OR Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registration as a Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of continual professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate study in relevant areas e.g. PENG Update course
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates good knowledge of general clinical dietetics
Desirable criteria
- Good knowledge of nutrition support
- Demonstrates some knowledge and experience of audit.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good general experience at Band 5.
- Interest in oncology.
Desirable criteria
- Oncology experience
- Student training experience
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
- Wendy Gerrard
- Job title
- Dietetic Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 556 5117
- Additional information
Wendy Gerrard (Dietetic Team Leader) w,[email protected]
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