Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 427-7753794
- Employer
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal United Hospital
- Town
- Bath
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian - Oncology
6
Job overview
This post will involve covering oncology outpatients, alongside the Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian. The post holder will carry their own caseload of oncology and haematology patients, including those being treated for pancreatic, lung and colo-rectal cancers. There will be MDT working with oncologists, clinical nurse specialists, Macmillan cancer support workers and the community teams, such as the Dorothy House Dietitian.
The post holder would be expected to support more junior members of the team with supervision. Support will also be provided in developing competencies as part of this post. This post would suit a Band 5 Dietitian looking to specialize, or a Band 6 Dietitian interested in working in different areas.
You will work, learn and develop alongside our therapy colleagues in speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, based within a new, purpose built building.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will provide a Dietetic service for oncology and haematology outpatients; this may involve face to face reviews, telephone reviews, virtual reviews, or joint reviews with other health professionals.
This will involve independently covering and prioritising a caseload, requiring good time management skills. You will work together with the Band 7 Macmillan Dietitian and the rest of the MDT team, to deliver effective, patient centred care, and should have good communication skills.
We train student Dietitians from the University of Plymouth and the University of Winchester, and this post will be actively involved in student training.
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information, in relation to roles and responsibilities, please see attached job description.
We encourage all candidates to discuss the post before applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or post graduate or other qualification acceptable to HCPC for registration as a dietitian in the UK
- Evidence of further postgraduate study and continuous professional development in relevant areas
Other
Essential criteria
- Post-registration relevant clinical dietetic experience in oncology
- Experience in oral nutritional support and enteral nutrition support
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating education
- Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of working with palliative patients
- Evidence of participation in clinical governance issues in relation to dietetic practice.
- Evidence of participation in audit activities in relation to dietetic practice.
- Working knowledge of professional ethics and their application in practice.
- Awareness of risk, clinical incidents, safe guarding and Health & Safety issues.
- Experience of working with pancreatic cancer patients, including advising on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Computer literacy must be familiar with Microsoft Office including Power Point. Presentation skills. Report writing skills Problem solving skills. Organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- British Dietetic Association and relevant specialist group membership
- Post registration training in communication and behaviour change skills.
- Behaviour change/motivational interviewing
- Experience of evaluating Dietetic services
- Familiar with dietary analysis packages. Involvement in Service Evaluation. Personal experience of data collection, analysis and reporting.
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
- Vicky Jane
- Job title
- Macmillan Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01225 824398
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