Rotational Dietitian
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Rotational Dietitian position within the Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The role involves working in a forward-thinking department, offering varied dietetic attachments across acute, community, diabetes, and paediatrics settings. It provides opportunities to expand dietetic knowledge and develop professionally, with strong support for continuous professional development and preceptorship.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC Registration
- Willingness to undertake clinical supervision and continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Member of BDA
- Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placements as student dietitian during training, or equivalent on the job training experience relevant to working in the NHS
- Demonstrable ability to work independently and as a team, but also able to recognise self-limitations and to seek support where necessary
- Communication skills appropriate to the level of the role
- Experience of working with an interpreter
- Good knowledge of anthropometry and its clinical application
- Skills in motivational interviewing, or cognitive, behavioural interview techniques
- Motivations
- Wants to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS
- Can demonstrate alignment to the trust ARC values (Ambition, Respect, Compassion)
- Wants to work in a band 5 role with clinical attachments
- Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
- HCPC Registration
- Willingness to undertake clinical supervision and continuous professional development
- Member of BDA
- Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placements as student dietitian during training, or equivalent on the job training experience relevant to working in the NHS
- Demonstrable ability to work independently and as a team, but also able to recognise self-limitations and to seek support where necessary
- Communication skills appropriate to the level of the role
- Experience of working with an interpreter
- Good knowledge of anthropometry and its clinical application
- Skills in motivational interviewing, or cognitive, behavioural interview techniques
- Motivations
- Wants to work at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS
- Can demonstrate alignment to the trust ARC values (Ambition, Respect, Compassion)
- Wants to work in a band 5 role with clinical attachments
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Rotational Dietitian
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are delighted to offer this opportunity to join our team.
Our belief is that dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:
- Enable recovery
- Empower quality of life
- Bring independence and dignity to our patients
We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a forward-thinking department in a band 5 dietitian position.
This is a varied post providing a dietetic attachment and broad experience across the service; providing you an opportunity to expand your dietetic knowledge and develop your passion for dietetics across a range of working environments. We currently offer six monthly attachments, with attachment options in the acute setting (gastro, medicine, stroke and surgery), community setting (integrated care and domicilliary care) and attachments in diabetes and paediatrics. We tailor our attachments to the needs of the service and to you as a professional providing strong development opportunities into your speciality of preference, or offering a broad experience working in a number of areas department-wide.
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