Job summary
- Main area
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5-6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 282-BankDietician-June
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden
- Town
- Sutton/Chelsea
- Closing
- 07/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Bank Dietician
NHS AfC: Band 5-6
Job overview
Are you keen to enhance your nutritional support skills within a specialist oncology setting?
Do you want to work with state of the art facilities in a brand new hospital?
Do you enjoy multidisciplinary working?
Then this may be the job for you.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated dietitian to join our Sutton team. This post will allow you to gain experience in patients with a broad range of cancers and treatments. You will have a varied caseload of both inpatients and outpatient and there will be local induction and in-service training opportunities built in. Ideally you should have experience in nutritional support and have experience of working with cancer patients.
Working for our organisation
The opportunity to work within one of the top 5 cancer centres in the world and to build on your existing skills and experience. Sutton has easy transport links with it being 25 minutes from Clapham junction. The hospital offers a free shuttle service to and from the station.
Sutton has easy transport links with it being 25 minutes from Clapham junction. The hospital offers a free shuttle service to and from the station.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including the
management of patients in your care.
2. To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex
presentations/multi pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills particularly in oncology. This
may include the use of complex calculations and/or anthropometric/other equipment.
3. Formulate and deliver an individual nutrition and dietetic treatment based on a sound knowledge of
evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and analysis of
biochemical results. To be responsible for providing specialised advice to clients within the oncology
setting including nutritional assessment, dietary counselling, motivational interviewing, negotiating
targets, developing care plans and communicating these with relevant health and other care agencies.
This may be on a one to one basis or to groups, both in an in and out-patient setting.
More details can be found in the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc / Postgraduate Diploma Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent
- HPC registered
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Minimum 18 months postregistration experience in nutrition and dietetics
- Knowledge of audit and research methodology
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of dietetics in oncology
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of professional development, commitment to lifelong learning
- Accurate keyboard skills - data inputting, word processing, internet and dietary analysis
Other
Desirable criteria
- Member of BDA oncology group
- Teaching experience
Other
Desirable criteria
- Member of BDA oncology group
- Teaching experience
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
- Lucy Eldridge
- Job title
- Head of Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
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