Specialist Community Dietitian

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Specialist Community Dietitian

The closing date is 16 February 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Specialist Community Dietitian to join our Community Dietetics Team on a fixed-term, part-time basis.

Based at Bedford Hospital, the community dietetic team works closely with acute and specialist dietetic teams to provide seamless, patient-centred care.

The team has full access to remote working, with all patient records on SystmOne, allowing for flexible working arrangements. You will be provided with a laptop and mobile phone to support this.

You will have access to ad hoc support and clinical supervision across the teams. We value professional development and personal interests, offering opportunities for both internal and external CPD, alongside a structured feedback programme within the department. We also take pride in supporting student dietitians from the University of Hertfordshire.

Audit and service improvement form a key part of our work, helping us meet the growing demands on our services.

Main duties of the job

This role delivers a specialist community dietetic service across North Bedfordshire, managing a complex caseload of patients in outpatient clinics, home visits, care homes, including those receiving home enteral feeding.

A key focus of the role is supporting the Food First prescribing project, improving patients' nutritional outcomes while reducing unnecessary prescribing of oral nutritional supplements.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Job responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this advert, please review for the full details and responsibilities

Person Specification Qualifications

• Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
• Current registration with HCPC as a registered Dietitian

Experience

• Experience working as part of a team and within a multidisciplinary team
• Current or previous NHS experience
• Experience of contributing to the development and updating of policies, guidelines, patient information and other resources

Knowledge

• Communication skills and ability to adapt communication style as required to a wide range of people
• Ability to verbally provide specialised nutritional information to medical staff or groups of health or other professionals e.g. presentation at multidisciplinary meetings
• Good organisation skills

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.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working