Specialist Dietitian (Rotational)

Specialist Dietitian (Rotational)

The closing date is 04 December 2025

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for HCPC registered dietitians who are keen to develop their experience in the acute hospital setting to join our Band 6 rotational programme in our adult dietetic team. Our programme includes 7 rotations (current posts in general surgery & hepato-biliary (HPB) surgery). Part time/flexible working will be considered.

We will cover the following specialities:

• Gastroenterology
• General surgery
• Acute medicine (acute medical unit, general medicine and hepatology)
• Oncology
• Hepato biliary (HPB) surgery
• High dependency (and critical care)

We hold regular internal CPD sessions and you will have the opportunity to engage in service evaluation, service improvement and clinical research.

About us

University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.

Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

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Job responsibilities

• Be responsible for the provision of a specialist dietetic service in the acute hospital setting.
• Work in a variety of clinical settings on a rotational basis including inpatient gastroenterology wards, gastroenterology outpatient clinics, acute surgical and oncology wards, radiotherapy and chemotherapy units, the acute admissions unit and acute medical wards, high dependency and critical care units.
• Be a key member of the multidisciplinary teams and attend multidisciplinary meetings.
• Provide nutritional support to patients including management of oral nutrition support, enteral feeding, and home enteral feed discharges.
• Complete competencies relevant to each rotation.
• Supervise and support junior dietitians, dietetic assistants, and student dietitians.
• For further details on each rotation, please get in touch.

What we are looking for

We are looking for dietitians who wish to develop their experience in an acute hospital setting, with a keen interest in nutrition support and evidence of relevant, clinical skills and experience. Flexibility and the ability to prioritise and manage a busy, complex caseload is essential. You must have excellent communication skills as well as an empathic nature. You must be able to demonstrate the ability to work within an MDT as a specialist dietitian and have the confidence to present and discuss your professional opinion with colleagues. With a varied and interesting caseload, this post requires a dynamic, assertive person with an excellent breadth of knowledge and good rapport building skills.

Person Specification Trust Values

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

• Degree or equivalent in Nutrition and Dietetics
• HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) registered dietitian (RD)
• Evidence of commitment to relevant ongoing CPD and development in relevant areas
• Evidence of relevant dietetic knowledge and expertise with recent experience demonstrating this
• Ability to communicate complex information fluently, confidently and effectively to a diverse range of people: e.g., with patients, carers, managers and other health care professionals
• Ability to demonstrate a practical and sensitive approach and flexibility in working style when applying clinical judgement to complex clinical issues
• Ability to create rapport and professionally manage relationships with colleagues, patients and carers and the emotional challenges this presents
• Demonstrate a holistic approach to treatment
• Ability to cope with unpredictable events and varying clinical and non clinical work pressures, independently planning and prioritising own workload, managing own time and meeting deadlines
• Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA) and relevant specialist groups
• Experience mentoring or supervising dietetic assistants or junior staff
• Experience and involvement with dietetic student training
• Experience of audit/project work
• Ability to cover "out of hours" commitments on agreed occasions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Except 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 Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 per annum pro rata