Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: n/a
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-9401SM
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £35,763 - £43,466 per annum inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Dietician Band 5
Band 5
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Are you looking for your first clinical post or a new challenge? We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian to join our large, friendly dietetic team at Northwick Park Hospital. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication, time management and team working skills to work in our large and dynamic team of Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants.
Northwick Park has a wide variety of specialties including Critical Care, Stroke, Head and Neck Oncology, Gastroenterology, Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for a combination of inpatient wards and out-patient clinics. You will have a varied and interesting clinical caseload with a mixture of medical, respiratory, surgical orthopaedics and care of the elderly wards. Your development will be fully encouraged and supported with preceptorship, regular supervision and training as required. Our band 5 posts include rotations within the specialities of Stroke, Head and Neck oncology, Diabetes and Paediatrics.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibilities, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Dietetic degree or equivalent
- HCPC registration
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of oral and enteral nutritional support
- Experience of managing a caseload of in and out patients
- CPD
- Teamwork
- Audits/Research
- Ethnic diets
- Accurate records and stats
Desirable criteria
- Home Enteral feeding discharge
- Developing resources
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Communication barriers/difficulties
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisation
- Presentations
- Time management
Desirable criteria
- Anthropometrics
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- prioritisation
- initiative
- IT skills
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
- Laura Tesser
- Job title
- Team Lead and Paediatric Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088692666
- Additional information
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