Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Dietitian Gastroenterology in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to join the Nutrition and Dietetics Department in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will be responsible for providing autonomous, high-level specialist dietetic care across gastroenterology inpatient and outpatient services, acting as a clinical expert in evidence-based practice. The role involves delivering specialised assessment, treatment, and nutritional support for patients in critical care and those with intestinal failure, working closely within the Nutrition Team. You will also support patients requiring artificial nutrition support across integrated care pathways. In addition, you will lead on service development, quality improvement initiatives, audit, and research activities, while contributing to the ongoing development of gastroenterology dietetic services to improve health outcomes for this patient group.

Main duties of the job
As an Advanced Dietitian Gastroenterology, you will be responsible for working autonomously to develop and maintain effective communication and robust handover processes with community services, ensuring seamless patient transitions between acute and community care within the gastroenterology pathway. You will be responsible for acting as a specialist resource for dietitians and wider healthcare professionals, sharing relevant local and national developments while working closely with the divisional gastroenterology team, community dietetics, and other therapy services to optimise coordinated patient care and agreed outcomes. You will also be responsible for line managing a Band 5 Dietitian, providing clinical supervision and professional support to junior team members, dietetic students, and supporting administrative staff, dietitians, and dietetic assistants to ensure safe and effective service delivery.

About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Job responsibilities

• To contribute to clinical governance processes by identifying, documenting, and reporting clinical risks and incidents in line with organisational procedures. You will be responsible for ensuring appropriate escalation routes are followed to support patient and staff safety.
• To ensure high standards of data quality by accurately recording dietetic activity, outcomes, and service-related information in clinical information systems. You will be responsible for maintaining reliable and timely data entry to support organisational reporting requirements.
• To maintain compliance with information governance standards by ensuring confidentiality, secure handling of patient information, and appropriate use of digital systems. You will be responsible for working within regulatory frameworks to protect sensitive clinical and personal data at all times.
• To recognise and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition that require urgent attention, ensuring timely escalation in accordance with clinical safety procedures. You will be responsible for supporting prompt action in situations where clinical risk is identified to maintain safe care delivery.
• To maintain accurate, clear, and consistent clinical documentation in line with professional and organisational record-keeping standards. You will be responsible for ensuring all written records reflect high-quality, traceable, and auditable clinical information.
• To ensure adherence to organisational policies, procedures, and clinical protocols across all areas of practice, supporting consistency in service delivery standards. You will be responsible for applying established guidelines to ensure safe, effective, and compliant clinical practice.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• HCPC registered Dietitian with a recognised degree approved for professional registration.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent specialist training in nutritional support, gastroenterology, critical care, or parenteral nutrition.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex gastroenterology, TPN, and inpatient nutrition caseloads including liver disease, IBD, and intestinal failure.
• Experience in enteral feeding, discharge planning, and working with a broad range of clinical dietetic conditions.
• Ability to travel to community locations on occasion with evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
• Specialist knowledge of nutritional support including nutritional screening, food first principles, diet adaptation for gastroenterological conditions including enteral feeding, disordered eating, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is desirable.

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.

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