Community Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 21
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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
This role involves providing dietetic assessment and support to community hospital inpatients, general clinic patients, and those receiving home enteral feeding. You will deliver group education to patients and healthcare professionals across Exeter, East Devon, and Mid Devon. The position offers an opportunity to line manage colleagues within the community team, working independently but with senior support. We are seeking a motivated, compassionate, and forward-thinking dietitian to join our community dietetic team.
Key responsibilities
- Provide dietetic assessment and support to community hospital inpatients.
- Offer dietetic assessment and support to general clinic patients.
- Participate in the care of patients who are home enterally fed.
- Deliver group education to patients and healthcare professionals.
- Line manage colleagues within the community team.
- Contribute to projects, outcome measures, audit, and training.
Essential criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
Desirable criteria
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- General Requirements
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
- See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description
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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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Community Dietitian
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
The role involves dietetic assessment and support in a variety of clinical contexts including community hospital inpatients, a general clinic and you will also participate in the care of patients who are home enterally fed.
You will deliver group education to patients and healthcare professionals in Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon localities of Devon ICB. You will also have the opportunity to line manage colleagues within the community team. You may often be working alone but with support and advice from senior staff across the service. Your ability to seek guidance when required is essential.
We are looking for a motivated, compassionate yet forward thinking dietitian to join our community dietetic team at the Royal Devon University Hospital.
Main duties of the job
For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provi
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