Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (FTC until 30.06.2027 therefore maybe less than 12 months depending on start date.)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-8032940-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We are delighted that the opportunity has arisen to recruit a band 5 Dietitian on a fixed term contract until 30.06.2027 to join our well established and friendly Dietetic department within the West Suffolk Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds. We are an innovative dietetic department working across both acute and community settings, covering a wide range of specialist areas. We are a forward-thinking department that is continually looking for ways to improve our service. Every contribution is welcome and every team member is valued. The role is suitable for new graduates as well as those who have previous experience as we offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build on existing clinical practice.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will manage a clinical caseload across both medical and surgical wards to provide dietetic therapy to inpatients. As a department, we provide student placements and the postholder will be involved in the training programme which will include supervising students and contributing to assessments. The postholder will also hold 1 general clinic a week, which will include patients referred for nutrition support, IBS and a range of other conditions requiring dietetic input.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description attached for the full job details and responsibilities of this fixed term job advert.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- • Degree or equivalent dietetic qualification
- • Health care professions council registration
Desirable criteria
- • Member of the BDA
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Clinical placement experience including acute wards and outpatients
- • Experience of managing multiple wards or equivalent workload
- • Experience of managing patients in a clinic setting
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of clinical governance
- • Experience of quality issues and audit
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent time and workload management skills
- • Able to impart knowledge and skills at different levels, in different environments.
- • Presentation skills
- • Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and problem solve
- • Competent IT skills using Microsoft Office
- • Ability to work to a high standard, with accuracy within a busy environment
- • Ability to recognise and work within limits of the role.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent team player
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Penfold
- Job title
- Service Lead Nutrition & Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713609
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