Main area Senior Dietitian – Community Nutrition Support Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
18.75 hours per week (Hours worked over at least 3 days) Job ref 225-DIV3-7828638-A
Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site New Cross Hospital Town Wolverhampton Salary £39,959 – £48,117 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Registered Dietitian to join our team of 30 clinical staff and an excellent support team providing the Dietetics Service to Wolverhampton and Cannock.
This vacancy is in our community team, and the successful candidate will work across Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital, predominantly in the field of nutrition support for stroke rehabilitation.
We are a friendly, supportive and dynamic team . We take students on placement from BCU and Coventry and value CPD, development and excellence in practice.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work in inpatient rehabilitation, outpatients and community settings to deliver a high quality dietetics service for patients requiring nutrition support.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).
Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.
Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.
Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome post stroke.
Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.
Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.
Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.
Person specification
Qualifications & registration
- Clinical Educators Course
- PENG Clinical Update
Experience and learning
- Experience in nutrition nutrition support and enteral feeding
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience in a range of clinical specialties within the NHS
- Post registration experience working in rehabilitation and/or stroke services
Communication Skills
Other
- Ability to travel efficiently between community sites
Experience and learning
- Experience delivering nutritional interventions in care homes and/or rehab
Flexible Working – As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications – Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: Health and Care Worker Visa or Skilled Worker Visa .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Kathryn Robinson Job title Head of Nutrition & Dietetics Email address kathrynrobinson@nhs.net Telephone number 01902 695335 Additional information
Please do get in touch if you would like to find out more about this vacancy.
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