Dietitian: Sponsorship Available

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you looking to gain experience working as a Band 5 Dietitian in a district general hospital as part of acute and community rotational post?

We currently have a permanent full-time vacancy for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Dietitian within our friendly and supportive department of dietitians, a nutrition support nurse, assistant dietitian practitioners and admin staff.

You will be a HCPC registered dietitian with hospital and community experience.

Please note this post will close when 40 applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

To provide nutrition & dietetic service to adults and carers across North Derbyshire.

Clinical Responsibilities:

1. To provide a client centred nutrition & dietetic service at various locations according to patient’s needs.

2. To participate in the team approach to the care of individuals referred to the service.

3. To liaise with the multi-disciplinary team within the trust and the wider health community to ensure the nutritional needs of clients can be met.

4. To accurately collect relevant activity data required for service monitoring, management, and evaluation.

5. To develop evidence based dietary information in conjunction with other members of the nutrition and dietetic team.

6. To provide cover for senior dietetic colleagues as appropriate.

7. To work with other members of the nutrition & dietetic team and catering staff to develop menus to meet the need of inpatients at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and the community hospitals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered

Other Factors

Essential

  • Ability to effectively fulfil the travel requirements for the post

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in an NHS hospital and community setting
  • Experience of healthcare menu development
  • Teaching experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to prioritise own workload
  • Good time management skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Professional appearance and manner

Trust CARE values

Essential

  • Ability to demonstrate the Trust values

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 21 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.