Band 6 Mental Health Dietitian - Bristol
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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.
“This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for an experienced Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Dietitian in Secure Services, based at Callington Road Hospital in Bristol with in-reach to Blackberry Hill Hospital. The dietitian will provide and develop clinical dietetic services, focusing on weight management and diabetes within a mental health setting. Key responsibilities include delivering specialised dietary advice, managing a clinical caseload, and participating in multidisciplinary team working. The position involves planning and delivering nutrition training and maintaining accurate clinical records.
Essential criteria
- Car driver
- Aware of and meets professional code of conduct
- Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems
- Ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times
Desirable criteria
- Member of the BDA
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good presentation and teaching skills
- Experience of evaluation of practice / managing a project
- Demonstrates ability to reflect on practice with peers or mentor
- Able to demonstrate leadership qualities
- Experience and knowledge
- Experience / interest in working in mental health setting
- Clinical experience in Malnutrition, Diabetes, Weight Management
- Comprehensive, in depth knowledge and understanding of clinical nutrition and dietetics and a wide range of clinical conditions
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Education and qualifications
- BSc degree in nutrition and dietetics or post graduate diploma in dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Teaching qualification
- Motivational interviewing qualification
- Car driver
- Aware of and meets professional code of conduct
- Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems
- Ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times
- Member of the BDA
- Skills and abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good presentation and teaching skills
- Experience of evaluation of practice / managing a project
- Demonstrates ability to reflect on practice with peers or mentor
- Able to demonstrate leadership qualities
- Experience and knowledge
- Experience / interest in working in mental health setting
- Clinical experience in Malnutrition, Diabetes, Weight Management
- Comprehensive, in depth knowledge and understanding of clinical nutrition and dietetics and a wide range of clinical conditions
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Education and qualifications
- BSc degree in nutrition and dietetics or post graduate diploma in dietetics
- HCPC registration
- Teaching qualification
- Motivational interviewing qualification
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 Mental Health Dietitian - Bristol
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Are you an experienced dietitian looking for development opportunities in Forensics Mental Health? We are currently recruiting a Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Dietitian in Secure Services. This role will be based with the BNSSG Dietetics team at Callington Road Hospital in Brislington with in-reach to secure services based at Blackberry Hill Hospital. This role would suit someone with an interest in weight management and diabetes.
We welcome candidates contacting us to discuss this post prior to interview and / or making an application.
Right to Work in the UK: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
Under the guidance of the Lead Dietitian for BNSSG, this role will contribute to the work of the AWP Nutrition and Dietetics service in the following capacity:
- Providing, maintaining and developing a clinical dietetic service.
- Plan, justify and be responsible for the delivery of specialised dietary advice to service users and their families / carers.
- Plan, manage and prioritise own clinical workload and
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