Rotational Dietitian - NHS

apartmentSandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust placeBirmingham calendar_month02/05/2025

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion.
With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more.

We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is growing following investment and we are delighted to offer this opportunity to join our team.

Our belief is that dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:

Enable recovery
Empower quality of life
Bring independence and dignity to our patients

We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a growing department in a band 5 dietitian position working primarily with inpatients within elderly care, trauma and orthopaedics or general medicine; with additional clinical attachment opportunities across surgery, stroke, medicine, gastro and oncology specialities and one community rotation working with people with a range of medical conditions on oral and enteral feeding pathways.

All of our band 5 dietitian roles contain an outpatient element and are well supported by senior staff and peers.

Candidates will be joining our service at a time of considerable opportunity and we are delighted to offer this opportunity to join our team.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting post at an exciting time for Dietetics, Allied Health Professionals and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust as we seek to prepare for our move to the brand new Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital bringing lots of opportunities for future development.

This is a varied post providing a dietetic attachment and broad experience across the service; providing you an opportunity to expand your dietetic knowledge and develop your passion for nutrition and dietetics across a range of working environments.

We currently offer six monthly attachments, with four attachment options in the acute setting and one in the community setting. We tailor our attachments to the needs of the service and to you as a professional providing strong development opportunities into your speciality of preference or to receive a broad experience working in a number of areas department-wide.

Our attachments strongly align with the BDA preceptorship and we have a strong focus on continued professional development and peer support. Our team is supportive and friendly and all staff members joining the department are supported with internal and external training and development opportunities in addition to access to the nationally recognised Black Country preceptorship programme for newly qualified professionals.

You would be joining our ambitious and forward-thinking therapies structure and existing band 5 dietitian team (working alongside seven band 5 dietitian peers).

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it.

Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree/Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics or Nutrition and Dietetics
HCPC Registration
Willingness to undertake CPD
Willingness to undertake clinical supervisory skill training.

Desirable criteria

Member of BDA

Experience

Essential criteria

Minimum of satisfactory completion of clinical placement as student dietitian during training

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service.

We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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