Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-8270523-CH
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Parkview
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/10/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Dietitian - C&YP
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
The Clinical Specialist Dietitian will be part of a specialist multidisciplinary team and work as an autonomous, independent clinician; responsible for delivering safe, high-quality evidence-based dietetic assessment and treatment to inpatients across the Parkview Clinic site. The post holder will work with the MDT and the facilities team to ensure the site provides nutritionally appropriate care and treatment. The post holder will provide strategic input in matters relating to nutrition.
The post holder must be willing to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire for meetings, supervision and CPD opportunities.
Main duties of the job
In particular, the post holder will be required to:
· Manage a clinical caseload providing a comprehensive, effective, and safe dietetic service, using highly specialist knowledge and skills.
· Be responsible for the planning, development and direct delivery of dietetic care offered to people admitted to Parkview Clinic.
· Receive and promptly respond to referrals.
· Assess patient nutritional risk and interpret relevant blood results, where appropriate.
· Undertake development of nutritional resources to educate and treat people referred to the service.
· Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including caseload management and direct clinical care and to work within professional and Trust guidelines and scope of practice.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about this job role please the attached person specification and job description.
- Obtain and record consent from clients at each contact in accordance with Trust Policy.
- Document all patient and professional contact in line with legal frameworks
- Carry out audits on nutritional intervention and progress using outcome measures.
- Work with the facilities department to ensure adequate access to nutritionally appropriate diets in line with patient clinical need.
- In collaboration with colleagues’ plan and deliver training and development to meet needs identified and act as a resource for specialist information where required.
- Participate in service development, audit, pathway development and ongoing training needs of the clinical teams.
- Network and develop working relationships with relevant staff, liaising closely with professional colleagues to ensure the delivery of excellent quality services.
- Provide clinical supervision for dietitians and students as required.
- Work with other dietitians within the Trust and externally to raise the profile of the dietetic profession and promote the dietetics workforce.
Person specification
ESSENTIAL
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust’s Values
- BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
- Active continuing involvement in appropriate CPD
- Articulate with good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients in one to one or group settings.
- Able to convey highly complex, sensitive or contentious information (eg. challenge weight manipulation, communicate need for inpatient treatment) to patients, carers/families and a wide array of other professionals within and outside of the NHS, where there may be complex family and organisational systems.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based treatment
- Good interpersonal, dietary counselling and motivational skills.
- Team building skills
- Knowledge and skills in multidisciplinary team working with complex clients
- Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work.
- Ability to manage and have good insight into the personal emotional impact of working with unpredictable levels of high emotional distress and psychological trauma amongst the client group being served.
- Ability to maintain a calm and professional stance in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and potential threat of physical violence.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
- Ability to manage time effectively, managing a caseload and prioritising on a basis of need.
- IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching databases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations and for using email and intranet systems.
- Significant recent clinical dietetic experience including relevant training and experience within eating disorders and CAMHS and able to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
- Evidence of CPD in a range of clinical settings relevant to this post.
- Experience of working as an integral member of the MDT
- Able to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
- Able to demonstrate leadership in dietetics for specialist area.
- Able to deal with distressed patients, carers/families.
- Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Committed to client centred, non-discriminatory practice
Desirable criteria
- Relevant postgraduate continued professional development and significant evidence of clinical dietetic experience.
- BDA (and learning disabilities group) membership
- Experience of organising and providing training for other health professionals
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
- Pippa Neal
- Job title
- AHP Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476 362100
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