Specialist Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- 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.
Role summary
This is a permanent Band 6 Specialist Dietitian role at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, focusing on type 1 diabetes outpatients, DAFNE, and the REACT team. The post holder will provide dietetic input to a multidisciplinary therapy team, ensuring vulnerable patients' nutritional and hydration needs are met, particularly in urgent and emergency care. The role also involves clinical support and development for a Band 5 Dietitian and student placements. The department encourages CPD and clinical supervision.
Key responsibilities
- Act as an autonomous practitioner and source of clinical expertise in type 1 diabetes and nutrition support across acute and community services.
- Develop dietetic input to a multidisciplinary therapy team (REACT) for vulnerable patients' nutritional and hydration needs in urgent and emergency care.
- Provide specialised assessment, treatment, and support for patients requiring dietetic treatment in diabetes services.
- Support dietitians, dietetic assistants, student dietitians, and members of the wider MDT.
- Develop and maintain a high standard of knowledge and practical experience in dietetics and nutritional support.
- Work autonomously to assess and advise on nutritional diagnosis and develop suitable dietetics care plans and feeding regimens.
Essential criteria
- An appropriate degree recognised for registration with HCPC
- Registered with HCPC
- Post graduate/CPD training evidence of study in relevant specialist field specialist training
- Documentary evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Ability to relate and communicate clearly at all levels with patients, colleagues and members of the MDT (verbal / written)
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Supervision of individual staff members
- Ability to work flexibly and be adaptable to meet the changing requirements and needs of the service
- Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
- Ability to state the case for nutritional intervention as part of the care plan
- Able to deal with distressed, difficult or abusive patients or carers
- Able to respond to unpredictable work-patterns and interruptions
- Ability to manage and prioritise clinical caseload
- Ability to document and record accurate records in line with national standards
- Ability to record activity and other data manually and electronically
- To complete allocated projects and meet deadlines
- Experience of engaging in project / guideline /QI /service development
- Competent user of IT equipment and basic software [email, word processing, data inputting, dietary assessment]
- PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
- Ability to assist in developing educational resources to meet the needs of patients and carers which are evidence-based
- Awareness of clinical governance and its implications for dietetics including importance of audit projects
- Awareness of regulatory bodies (HCPC) and professional bodies (BDA) and code of practice and professional guidelines Commitment to engage in CPD, appraisal process and clinical supervision
- Skills to train other health care professionals and student dietitians
- Clear and concise verbal communication
- Able to organise own caseload
- High emphasis on patient care
- Demonstrates initiative and the ability to develop professionally
- Practices evidence-based dietetics; can research and appraise evidence; can devise practical action from evidence
Desirable criteria
- British Dietetic Association Member
- Membership of Specialist Group of the BDA / PENG
- Ability to travel to other sites
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
Full advert · preview
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Specialist Dietitian
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Dietitian to join our well established and friendly Nutrition and Dietetics team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. This permanent Band 6 post is full time (37.5 hours per week) specialising in type 1 diabetes outpatients, DAFNE (potential opportunity for training/development) and the REACT team, providing dietetic input to a multidisciplinary therapy team to ensure vulnerable patients' nutritional and hydration needs are met particularly in urgent and emergency care.
The post holder will also provide the clinical support and development of a Band 5 Dietitian, as well as supporting B and C student placements. The Nutrition and Dietetic Department consists of over 40 members of staff, providing integrated acute and community nutrition and dietetic services across Buckinghamshire.
We actively encourage CPD and clinical supervision for the professional development of the team. The department has good secretarial / IT support and takes students for B and C placements. Accommodation on site may be available.
Main duties of the job
To be an autonomous practitioner and act as a source of clinical expertise in the areas of type 1 diabetes in the out-patient setting and nutrition support across acute and community servi
Join the community to read the full pack, responsibilities and person-specification in one place.
Your seat is reserved — activate it
CareerHive is included with your CareerHive Skool community membership. If you haven't claimed your account yet, join the community (or sign in with the same email you joined with) to unlock the full advert, the apply link, HiveMind AI interview & application suite, your private vault, and daily sponsorship alerts.