Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0083
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 (pa pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Oncology Specialist Dietitian - Band 6
Band 6
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Band 6 Oncology Specialist Dietitian (1.0 WTE 12 months fixed term – 37.5hours) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This role provides an exciting opportunity to provide dietetic input across a variety of our oncology dietetic services, including cover to the Head and Neck, Upper GI and support to the general oncology dietetic teams.
The post will provide both an inpatient and outpatient services (including MDT specialist clinics) across both hospital sites at Gloucester Royal and Cheltenham General.
Please see information below and the job description attached for further details, informal enquiries very welcome.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a skilled Dietitian, experienced within the NHS, to join our team providing nutritional care to patients with a variety of cancer diagnoses with particular focus on head and neck and UGI cancer.
We are looking for a Dietitian with well-developed team working, communication, interpersonal and supervisory skills. Experience of working in oncology and delivering complex nutritional support, including enteral tube feeding is essential.
This role will require ability to work flexibly, outside of normal working hours on a weekly basis, if the service requires.
Working for our organisation
We have a large, friendly and supportive Dietetic Department as well as MDT Head and Neck and UGI cancer teams.
Our dietetic department is based across our 2 hospital sites; Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) & Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH).
This role will involve working across both sites to provide support within the Head and Neck, Upper GI cancer services and support to the general oncology team.
You will work closely with the wider MDT teams within each speciality, including oncology and surgical consultants and speciality doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, speech and language therapists, psychologists, cancer support workers and ward staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will be supported by senior Oncology Dietitians and will include clinical supervision with a shared caseloads amongst the specialist teams.
Gloucestershire is a great area to live, with many areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well as excellent transport networks to the rest of the country.
Contact Details
Fiona Brown (Service Lead Dietitian)
0300 422 3460
All interest regarding this post is very welcomed to either Fiona Brown, Sarah Davies UGI cancers, or Hannah Cook head and neck cancers Specialist Dietitians on 0300 422 3460/ 0300 422 5506
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics
- Registered with HCPC
- Experience of working with a variety of patient cohorts within the NHS, preferably with experience within oncology, and complex enteral tube feeding
- Post registration training in enteral feeding, nutrition support or oncology, such as attendance at relevant accredited courses
- Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge in cancer care and enteral tube feeding
- Prioritisation of workloads, planning and organisational/ time management skills with ability to meet deadlines
- Experience of effectively working within a team
- Implementing evidence-based practice
- Ability and experience in developing and delivering education sessions to a variety of audiences such as colleagues, patients and healthcare staff
- Demonstrate willingness to be flexible, including outside normal working hours on a weekly basis, if the service requires
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening, caring and empathy, and can relate well to staff and patients
- Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care
- Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills including active listening skills
- Ability to make decisions and change practice based on clinical evidence and to disseminate to other health professionals
- Ability to implement evidence-based practice and apply this to dietetic practice for continuous service improvement
- To demonstrate Trust required behaviours in working towards individual, department, divisional and trust goals and objectives
- Evidence of continued CPD, including evidence of reflective practice, service evaluation and development
- Excellent computer literacy skills
- Able to travel between hospital sites
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Training and/or demonstrated experience in Leadership and Development and clinical supervision of junior staff and students
- Can cope with working across sites in a busy and changing environment with ability to remains calm and in control during busy phases
- Desire to deliver a high-quality service
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently, with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Experience of handling difficult and sensitive situations well
- Maintaining professional appearance and behaviours in the workplace
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Brown
- Job title
- Service Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004223460
- Additional information
All interest regarding this post is very welcomed to either Fiona Brown, Sarah Davies UGI cancers, or Hannah Cook head and neck cancers Specialist Dietitians on 03004223460/03004225506
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