Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 10/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This Dietitian role within the Medicines Optimisation team focuses on improving the quality, safety, effectiveness, and value of nutrition products across the Integrated Care Board (ICB). The post holder will develop and implement guidelines, deliver education to healthcare professionals, and provide advice on prescribing queries. They will collaborate with various stakeholders to shape healthcare and improve patient outcomes.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in Dietetics.
- Registration as a Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- British Dietetic Association (BDA) Membership and membership to appropriate subgroups (e.g. Optimising Nutrition Prescribing Specialist Group).
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Skills for project management.
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
- Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Intermediate keyboard skills.
- Previous experience in project management and planning.
- Other
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
- Used to working in a busy environment.
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
- Commitment to continuing professional development.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Effective organiser.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to improve performance and make a
- difference by focusing on goals.
- May be required to travel to ICB Offices and other venues within the
- ICB area as required.
- Autonomy
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Analytical
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where they may be a number of courses of action.
- Knowledge and Experience
- Further training or significant experience in project management, quality improvement, financial management, or supporting change management processes.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
- Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Educated to degree level in Dietetics.
- Registration as a Dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- British Dietetic Association (BDA) Membership and membership to appropriate subgroups (e.g. Optimising Nutrition Prescribing Specialist Group).
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in efficient and effective project and programme management.
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence.
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Skills for project management.
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
- Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Skills for manipulating information.
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Desirable criteria
- Further training or significant experience in project management, quality improvement, financial management, or supporting change management processes.
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
- Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
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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Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
Dietitian
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Medicines Optimisation plays a key strategic commissioning role
improving the quality, safety, effectiveness and value of medicines, appliances
and nutrition products across the ICB. Working collaboratively across the
system, we commission to improve population health outcomes and reduce
unwarranted variation. Our Team focuses on medicines commissioning, medicines
safety, antimicrobial stewardship, population health and data, and targeted support
to primary care, helping to deliver local, regional and national healthcare
priorities.
We are a friendly, supportive and multidisciplinary team,
bringing together pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, dietitians, and
support staff. We value collaboration and innovation, and provide opportunities
to work across organisational boundaries, and influence system-wide transformation
that makes a real difference to patients and communities.
We recognise the importance of flexibility, wellbeing and
personal development. Our roles are primarily remote working, but you should
have an ability to travel to our offices on occasion. You will be supported
through learning and development opportunities to contribute to high-profile
work across the health and care system.
If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes,
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