Specialty Dietitian – UGI Surgery
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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 is for a Specialty Dietitian focusing on oesophagogastric (OG) surgery patients at Churchill Hospital. The post holder will provide comprehensive dietetic services to pre- and post-operative OG patients, working as part of a multidisciplinary team. It involves managing clinics, liaising with the MDT, and supporting patients with nutritional needs and treatment side effects. The role also offers opportunities for individual and service development, including quality improvement projects and clinical audit.
Key responsibilities
- Provide screening and assessments of patients at all stages of treatment.
- Manage weekly telephone/video clinics and potentially face-to-face clinics.
- Liaise with the OG MDT regarding the nutritional management of patients.
- Provide short and long-term follow-up and management of treatment side effects.
- Advise and teach medical and nursing staff on dietetic management and enteral nutritional support.
Essential criteria
- Registration as a Dietitian with HCPC
- BSc (Hons) Nutrition / Dietetics degree or post graduate diploma or equivalent
- Evidence of a range of CPD activities
- Demonstrates knowledge, skills and experience of a wide range of clinical areas
- Range of experience of nutrition support, including managing patients requiring artificial nutritional
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team.
- Able to set priorities and manage own time.
- Adaptable and flexible.
- IT skills (e.g. experience of working with electronic patient records, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office 365, preparation of audit reports and presentations, internet use)
Desirable criteria
- Completion of relevant post registration clinical courses (e.g. PENG, clinical supervisory skills, behavioural change).
- Member of BDA & relevant BDA Interest Group
- Experience of Oesophagogastric Surgery
- Experience of service development, research or audit
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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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Dietitian – UGI Surgery
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with an interest in oesophagogastric (OG) surgery and wishes to work as part of a tumour-site specific multi-disciplinary team who values and respects the role of the Dietitian.
This post will support and work alongside the OG dietetic team to provide a comprehensive dietetic service to pre- and post-operative OG patients treated at the Churchill Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT), Oxford.
The OUH is a regional centre for OG cancer management covering the Thames Valley and one of a few UK centres providing the surgical management of trachea-oesophageal fistula (TOF), end stage achalasia and other complex benign diseases of the oesophagus and stomach.
We encourage every Band 6 to protect 20% of their time within the role to development, both individually and as a service. This can include quality improvement projects, clinical audit and CPD, as well as service development, such as reviewing the way the service is delivered and the patient pathway. This role therefore provides a great opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
The primary focus of this post will be to support the OG cancer patients who are trea
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