Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (secondment cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0237
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 (pa, pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Dietitian, Band 5
Band 5
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
Join our Dietetics Team at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust
Are you a newly qualified dietitian seeking a supportive, progressive environment? Or an experienced clinician wanting to develop your skills in a forward-thinking department?
We’re looking for a dietitian passionate about delivering nutritional care to join our friendly, collaborative Dietetic team at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust. You’ll work independently and within multidisciplinary teams, supported by Dietetic colleagues, and have excellent interpersonal skills.
Your role will include managing a varied core caseload of medical patients, with opportunities to gain experience in Critical Care, Cancer Services, Gastroenterology, Diabetes, Renal, Paediatrics, Stroke and Neurology, Home enteral feeding and Parenteral Nutrition.
We offer a structured preceptorship for newly qualified staff, exposure to multiple specialties, strong university partnerships for teaching and research, access to the Trust’s Quality Improvement Academy, and a supportive team focused on professional growth.
Whether starting out or seeking a new challenge, this is a great opportunity to grow your dietetic career.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a motivated and skilled dietitian with experience in all aspects of adult nutrition support, including oral nutritional and enteral nutrition support. Previous NHS experience in this area is essential.
You will work autonomously, supported by specialist dietitians and a mentor to develop your skills. You will be responsible for delivering, planning and monitoring high quality, patient centred, nutritional care and education to patients with complex nutrition support needs. This will involve prioritising a dynamic workload and demonstrating flexibility. This care will be delivered to in and outpatients, and you will be engaging and collaborating with dietetic colleagues and relevant multidisciplinary teams.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, including observation, active listening, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly and compassionately
Opportunities include supporting, service development, student training, research, audit, and access to our Preceptorship programme. Flexible and remote working options, plus wellbeing support, are offered.
Ideal for newly qualified dietitians seeking structured support and varied clinical experience or experienced clinicians wishing to specialise or broaden expertise in enteral feeding. Join a friendly team valuing clinical excellence, development, collaboration, and meaningful patient care.
Make a real difference to patients across Gloucestershire.
Working for our organisation
We are a large, friendly department based on 2 sites: Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) & Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH). There is free bus travel between these sites for Trust staff.
The Department of Dietetics is a dynamic and forward-thinking department operating across both hospital sites, structured into three key portfolios. These include Nutrition and Dietetics, encompassing acute services, renal, oncology, nutrition support, education, and the adult diabetes service; the Home Enteral Feeding Service, providing comprehensive care for adult and paediatric patients requiring enteral feeding across the county; and the Specialist Weight Management Service, delivering a specialist Tier 3 weight management programme.
The Department has an ambitious and evolving vision, striving to become a recognised centre of excellence for dietetics both regionally and nationally. Staff are actively encouraged and supported to engage in service evaluation, research, innovation, and teaching, ensuring continuous development and the highest standards of patient care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See the full job description for more details — and do please get in touch for an informal chat if you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity
Additional Contact Information:
Robert Cronin
DCC/GRH acute Team Lead Dietitian
0300 422 5506
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Dietetics
- Registered with HCPC
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening, caring and empathy skills and can relate well to staff and patients.
- Evidence of excellent verbal and written communication skills including active listening skills.
- Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care
- Ability to demonstrate Trust required behaviours in working towards Individual, Department, Divisional and Trust Objectives/Goals.
- Ability to deliver education sessions to patients, colleagues, students and healthcare staff
- The ability to react in a flexible way to support changing demands in service delivery, and providing cover as required at band 5 level to dietetic specialist areas
- The ability to manage change and conflict to ensure resolutions with positive outcomes.
- Evidence of CPD, including evidence of reflective practice and utilisation of best practice.
- Excellent computer literacy skills: email, data input, internet, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Ability to work outside normal working hours, including occasional evenings if the service requires.
- Knowledge of research, audit and service evaluation methodologies
- Able to travel to other hospital sites and community locations.
- Evidence of successful clinical experience in NHS being autonomous practitioner and able to act on own initiative
- Able to apply knowledge across a range of clinical dietetic areas in acute hospital settings.
- Experience within the NHS in adult oral nutrition and enteral nutrition support
- Experience of effectively maintain working relationship within a team
- Ability to recognise own professional limitations and when to seek advice from senior colleagues
- Can cope with working across sites in a busy and changing environment with ability to remain calm & in control during busy phases
- Desire to deliver a high-quality service.
- An ability to interact with people experiencing psychological or physical health problems and / or disabilities
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals
- Self-motivated.
- Professional attitude to routine/non-routine tasks.
- To maintain Professional appearance and behaviours in the workplace
- Car owner/ drive
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD since registration
- Attendance on relevant accredited courses
- Experience in implementing clinical governance
- Willing to lead change.
- The ability to inspire, influence, persuade and negotiate.
- Ability to identify personal development needs
- Experience of handling difficult & sensitive situations well
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
- Sarah Price
- Job title
- NST/CGH acute Team Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 3460
- Additional information
Robert Cronin
DCC/GRH acute Team Lead Dietitian
0300 422 5506
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