Highly Specialist Weight Management Dietitian

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Highly Specialist Weight Management Dietitian

The closing date is 03 November 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist Dietitian with NHS experience and an excellent understanding of Tier 3 services to join our Specialist Weight Management Service (SWM), which works as part of the wider Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Team.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Manage caseload of patients, including the more complex patients
• Support the team with clinical queries and provide upskilling
• To assess and monitor patients under the Tier 3 specialist weight management service
• To liaise with all relevant healthcare professionals involved in the patient's care
• To support student dietitians from Coventry & Birmingham Universities throughout their clinical placements
• Carry out dietetic / nutritional assessments (including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) to determine nutritional diagnosis
• Use enhanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist individual dietetic advice and treatment plans for patients who may present with multiple / complex clinical conditions taking into consideration patients own goals and incorporate discharge planning as appropriate
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment plans as required
• Communicate nutrition and dietetic information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers using teaching, motivation and counselling skills including situations where there are barriers to change
• Undertake department audit and service development work, translating findings into practice
• Plan and organise the clinical supervision of student dietitians on clinical placement including planning, timetables and written assessments

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• To provide clinical support to the SWM dietetic team
• To support with service development
• To support the implementation of research and embed evidence-based practice
• To carry out dietetic assessment appropriate to role and experience, provide nutritional diagnosis and provide a dietetic treatment plan for patients / clients
• To hold responsibility for own patient caseload including patients with complex presentations
• Maintain clinical records in line with local / Trust documentation guidelines
• To liaise with dietetic colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team as necessary e.g. Medical, nursing, catering and other health care professionals
• To work within National and Trust policies / guidelines; and HCPC and BDA standards and codes of conduct
• To have a solid understanding of national and local standards and able to monitor own practice against these
• To participate in bank holiday working and work flexible hours to meet the needs of the patients if required

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

We are supported by Dietetic Assistant Practitioners and are actively involved in the training of student dietitians.

Person Specification Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Address

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

218-AHP-B7-

Job locations

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire