Band 6 Eating Disorders Dietitian-Bristol
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Join a supportive team of Dietitians at the STEPS Eating Disorder Service, based at Blackberry Hill Hospital. You will provide specialist dietetic assessments and interventions to patients recovering from Eating Disorders, working across both inpatient and community settings. The role involves managing a caseload, assessing patients, setting treatment goals, and facilitating groups as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will be well-supported with supervision, management structure, and opportunities for CPD and training.
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Experience and/ or interest working with Eating Disorders
Desirable criteria
- Work experience in the relevant area (mental health), or relevant transferable skills.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.
- Demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills
- Experience of running and delivering groups
- Education and Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- HCPC Registered Dietitian
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Experience and/ or interest working with Eating Disorders
- Work experience in the relevant area (mental health), or relevant transferable skills.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.
- Demonstrable IT, numeracy and literacy skills
- Experience of running and delivering groups
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Eating Disorders Dietitian-Bristol
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
You will be joining a small and supportive team of Dietitians working at the STEPS Eating Disorder Service based on the Acer Unit at Blackberry Hill Hospital. The dietetic team consists of 4 Dietitians and a Dietetic Assistant, who work alongside the wider MDT including OTs, peer support workers, psychology staff as well as the wider nursing and medical team, providing specialist dietetic assessments and interventions, supporting patients in their recovery from Eating Disorders.
This post spans both the inpatient unit and community team, which gives opportunity to develop and expand knowledge and skills across all aspects of Eating Disorders treatment. We also have close links with our acute colleagues in neighbouring NHS Hospital Trusts. We have an established supervision and management structure, so you will be well supported to learn more on all aspects of eating disorder pathways within our established dietetic team.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve carrying a caseload, assessing and providing treatment goals for eating disorder patients. This includes 1:1 work and also facilitating groups. You working as part of the multi-disciplinary team in planning needs whilst service users are admitted to our 1
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